15 months

Wow, time is really flying by! Owen is now 15 months old and he's really showing us what he knows. We will go for his checkup next week so I'll let you know his weight/height then. We enjoyed a little snow this past weekend and while Owen didn't get to see it while it was falling, he did have fun walking in it and seeing it the next day.

New skills:

• says lots of names - he likes to do "roll call" throughout the day asking for various people he knows and I tell them where they are (ex: Owen, "Dada?" mommy, "he's at work")
• points to many objects, people, and pets on request (actual and in pictures)
• he says, "hot" when I am about to give him a bite of his food
• he said "cold" when he touched the snow
• when I open it, he races for the freezer to grab ice (not really a skill but it shows his hearing is pretty darn good from the other room)
• he knows where "Mammy's" house is - he can get there on his own! (but luckily we are dutiful parents and are not yet letting him cross the street by himself)
• he rolls cars all over the house - on the floor, on a chair, on a counter
• he reeeeeeaches up for stuff on the counter (typically a phone, remote, or other contraband), grabs his prize, and runs with it
• he can hold and drink out of a regular cup with "some" spilling (this is best left in the tub since "some" equals lots if he decides to practice pouring) - but we hold the cup for him at meal time so he actually gets more water in rather than on him
• he pretends to talk on the phone - placing the phone behind his ear (so cute)
• he will hug a stuffed animal
• he will try to hug the cat (sometimes with a little too much love)
• he will let me know with signs when he's "all done" or when he "wants more" with no prompting
• he is almost running everywhere and tends to move faster when he's managed to secure something he's not supposed to have
• his vocabulary is very large and no, I haven't been writing all of his words down (I know, I'm surprised too)
• he says, "woah" or "wow" when he sees something that impresses him

Here are a few pictures - two from our "snow day." It is getting increasingly difficult to get a smiling, non-blurry picture of Owen lately... (I've been struggling with Christmas pictures for four days now so who knows what kind of picture will be in the card)