16 months

You and mama took a 3 week trip to Seattle while dada went surfing in Nicaragua! I flew by myself with a toddler! You were WONDERFUL! You slept for 2 hours, ate and played for 2 hours, and the last 1.5 hours you were pretty much over flying, but you behaved and I could still distract you with toys. We got in Seattle at 7:45pm and you stayed up and played till almost 10pm. Everyone was so happy to see you! We had a wonderful trip, with visits from Aunt Shaye Shaye(you learned how to say Yay Yay!), Great Grandma and Pop Pop (you learned to say GG and PopPop!), and Jenna (Nenna!) The first week you were fussy and irritable and I thought maybe it was all the changes and new surroundings, but then I discovered you popped 2 new molars! After they came in, you were back to being happy and content. We had a really great day at the zoo with Shaye, PopPop and GG, and Poppy and Grama. You didn't cry once the entire day! We went to Tutta Bella for pizza dinner and you were perfect at the restaurant too! We also had an amazing day with no crying going to Bainbridge island to see Jenna. You rode a ferry for the first time and loved it. Jenna's brother asked "Is he always like this??" (meaning so good and perfectly behaved!) 

You are a talking machine. Everyday you say a new word. It's hard to keep up, but I take little notes on my iphone. You newest words at 15/16 months are: Sock, PopPop, GG, baby, pee pee, Poppy, Rocco, moon (and when I ask "Where is the moon" you just stick your finger straight up in the air!), boat, thank you, sticker, Zebra, zoo, Lisa, Kimi (Mimee), Panda (baya baya), fan (ban), rock, gentle, knot (and you point to the knots in wood....we have no idea where you learned that!)

You have a loss in appetite which I've read is normal since you are gaining less weight than you did in your first year. You are waking up every night around 2am screaming for mama, so I come into your room, give you your "buck" (cup) which you ask for, and you sleep with me until anywhere from 5:30am-6:30am. I put black out curtains in your room (not sure why it took me 16 months to do THAT! It's been life changing for your naps. You slept/napped so well in Seattle thanks to the dark cave room we stayed in! You can't say Grama, but called her so many funny names in Seattle "Mimi, Mi Maw, Mommy, Mom, Ama". We facetimed with her today at lunch and you said "Poppy!" and she said "I'M not Poppy! What do you want to call me?" and you said "Poppy!"

You love playing with water and magnets (you played with magnets with dada for 45 minutes last night!) In Seattle, every worker man we walked by, and every truck or excavator we saw was "Dada!" Even the blue angel jets were "dada!!" When we landed in Hawaii you were asleep since it was 9:30pm. As I was transferring you to the car you sleepily opened one eye, saw dada, and your eyes FLEW open and you squealed DADA! DADA! And you were laughing and shrieking with joy. It was sooooo cute! You fell asleep on the ride home and when we went into the house you saw the dogs and squealed "BooBoo! Oooey!" and you saw your favorite toys and wanted to play (at almost midnight!)

Everyone thinks you are the cutest baby they've ever seen. I think so too!