16 months

Carter is 16 months old now. Not that that is your typical milestone age, but he has been learning some new words and tricks in the last month or so and I wanted to write them down before I forgot!

• Will answer questions by nodding his head yes or shaking for no



• Doesn't have a very extensive vocabulary, but will say dog, ball, more, donut, dada, momma, nana(which depending on the situation is either BAnana or Christiaan's mom Nana!), and a few other words are hit or miss like GrandDude, GranPam, wawa for watermelon, and lots of mumbling



• Loves to play in the water, specifically the water hose



• Can climb on most of the furniture. He loves to steal your seat when you get up!



• Obessessed with dogs



• Not afraid to touch bugs



• Favorite foods are chicken nuggets, green beans, any kind of cookies, all fruits, french fries, applesauce, hot dogs, and he will literally eat anything if it has been dipped in ketchup. He's recently developed a love for Gatorade and carbonated drinks, but also still likes ice water and rice milk. When he sees something he wants to eat he will very emphatically say "MMMMmmmmm!!!"



• Has decided that diaper changes are the source of pure torture and makes it very hard to change his diaper


• Likes to go down his Little Tikes slide repeatedly, and usually stops himself with his feet at the very bottom, stands up and then jumps off the end!


• I think he is beginning the Terrible Twos. He has become quite the tantrum thrower, a biter, will fling himself to the ground kicking and screaming, will throw the closest item at you, and arch his back to get away from you. Its quite a scene.


• His latest cute trick is to steal anyones cell phone and talk on it. He has figured out how to unlock iPhones. Consider yourself warned.


• On the size side of things, he is about 22 lbs, wearing a size 4-5 shoe, is bridging into 18 month clothes and size 4 diapers. I recently gave him his 3rd haircut. He has his 4 front teeth on top and bottom, 2 molars on the top, one on bottom and another working its way on the bottom.

This is all I can think of right now. No new pictures this week! I'm going to try to start being better about journaling his growth and progress because his baby book is sadly quite empty in spots!