Sixteen Months

16 Months

• Oh boy, you are growing up so much. You are turning into quite the explorer. You figured out how to climb up on chairs, which quickly lead to getting up onto the table, which naturally lead to running around and dancing on the table. The couch isn't safe anymore. You will use the pillows as a step stool to get up and then will walk the couch and end tables like a baby ninja warrior, or find yourself perched on the windowsill, soaking up the sun like Mowgli. 
• Langauge is still behind, but both me and dad swear you say, "nah nah nah nah boo boo" to get us to chase you. I have heard you say shoe twice, but mostly you just point to stuff and grunt "uff". You understand us really well though. 
• You favorite thing right now is drawing. You will sit on my lap for 30 minutes drawing. You love the markers the best because it is fun to take the caps on and off. I love watching lean in close to the paper and concentrate hard  on the task. It is so cute. I laid out a huge newspaper end roll on the kitchen for you to draw on. Even though it was three feet wide, you still ended up drawing on the tile. 
• Church is a crack up with you. It doesn't bother me one bit that you wander around (which you do a lot). I think it is as a secondary entertainment that keeps other people awake. The other Sunday though, Dad was on call and it was just us. Right before the sacrament, I noticed you had a poopy diaper. If I took you out to change it, I would miss the sacrament. I decided that we could wait the 15 minutes. Well, that is when you wanted to wander the most. Oh boy, you were a walking stink bomb. I was so grateful that people were wearing masks. 
• List of things that you like: food-cheese, curries/asian food, marshmallow mateys; book-The Hat, Dear Zoo, Tap the Magic Tree; indoor activity-coloring, playing with the tea set and taking baths; outdoor activities-playing in the rocks