15 months and we have a WALKER! Sometimes I say the phrase "we have a walker," or "he's a walker" because I just like using my maiden name. But truly, we've been waiting a long time to be able to say this about our Caleb-boy, and the time is finally here! He's-a walking and he's making it clear that he's not going to slow down any time soon.
Stats: 18 month clothes, size 4 shoes. Five teeth. Finally starting to have his hair come in and it will probably be time for a hair cut in the next month or so.
Some things to remember about this month:
-He started walking! It really was only within the last week that he even attempted to take a step. We were hanging out in our family room and he decided to take a few steps from David to me, and back again. This was a huge deal because in the past if you even put him on his feet to have him stand, he would drop immediately to the ground and crawl. He has started cruising furniture, but aside from that he has shown basically no interest in walking. Later that night Cal and Sue were down visiting and he started walking from person to person and by the end of the hour he was taking 5 and 6 steps at a time! (He would only take that many steps if you were far away though, because as soon as he got within arms reach of you he'd stop walking and just dive toward your lap instead of finishing walking the rest of the way.) You could see that a switched was flipped and after that, every day he's walked more and more and doesn't plan on slowing down anytime soon.
-A subset of learning to walk (that David reminded me to post about)- Caleb was so incredibly proud of himself for learning to walk. He's been pleased with himself before, but you could tell that he knew that learning to walk was a huge accomplishment and he was just so darn proud of himself. It wasn't always easy and he falls down a lot, but he gets this look of concentration and he stands back up and once he gets his balance he starts walking and gets this huge smile on his face and you can just see how proud he is of himself!
-A baby standing up from the middle of the floor is one of the most amazing things I ever see. I just think it's incredible!
-He got a Little Tykes car for his birthday (like the yellow/red ones, but it's a fire truck), and he can climb in and out on his own and he's so proud about it.
-He says "nana" for anything that he really wants to eat. It used to just be for bananas, but now he'll say it for strawberries, popsicles, basically anything that he really wants right then.
-He's loving summer. He likes to be outside and if you leave the door open
-He's really shy around other people. He'll watch them, but if they start talking to him he'll turn his head away and pretend like he can't see them. (If I'm holding him, he'll bury his head in my shoulder, but if he's just sitting on his own, he'll just turn his head like he's snubbing them and totally ignore their attempts at interaction.) He's wary around other people, but he's also really great for babysitters, especially if Lydia and Austin are there.
-Some people say that he's a mama's boy, but I don't really feel that way. I feel like he loves David and I both, and that when we're around a lot of people he usually tries to get as close to me as he can (usually by crawling to someone standing by my and getting them to pick him up and then reaching over to me - he really knows how to work the system). But if you watch him and his reaction when David gets home from work, you'd know who the real favorite is. As soon as he hears the garage door start to open he squawks loudly and starts beelining it to the mudroom door. As soon as David comes in there is yelling and huge grins as he tries to climb up David's legs until he picks him up. It's basically the best reaction ever.
-He's still nursing. I'm not really anxious to wean him, in fact - I'm holding off and hoping that he'll nurse until he's 18 months. But he's still felt like a baby to me and now that he feels so big with his walking thing, I feel like it's right around the corner and I'm sad.
Some pictures of this month. Jeez, this baby is so darn cute!
Happy 15 months little guy. You're just the best!
