Grayson ~ 15 Months

~ 15 Months ~

Grayson is 15 months old!  He is talking so much now, climbing on everything, growing taller and thinning out, getting all 4 molars (although only two have broken through the skin), loves airplanes, Elmo, playing chase and running under our legs, vacuuming, dancing, loves his Oma, Papa and Mimi (and Momma, Dada, Juju and Ethan of course).  He has now started yelling for Momma and Dada and then waits for us to respond.  He does this at our music class and then runs over to me after I say yes, honey? and gives me the biggest bear hug.  

He is talking so much now and will repeat almost every word we say.  His new words are Oma (Grandma Beurskens), Papa (Grandpa Braham), Mimi (Grandma Braham) ~ (they came to visit Dec 4-9 so I will do a separate post on their visit), happy, yes, doggy, monkey, car, apple, all done and does the sign for it with his hands, open, up, hot, and the following words in Spanish: si (yes), agua (water), mono (monkey), comida (food), naranja (orange), pan (bread), and carro (car).  

He is obsessed with airplanes and loves to watch for them through the window.  He gets so excited when he sees one fly by and will point and say airplane.  He will say bye bye to the airplanes when he he grows tired of looking for them.  He loves Elmo and squeals when he sees him on tv.  His new favorite thing is throwing things over the gate down the stairs.  He is now a pro at opening the gates so we had to buy locks.  We can't keep our eyes off of him for long as his little mind works so fast.  He loves to throw and kick balls.   I'm hoping he will be a soccer player like his momma and I will be signing him up for lil kickers soon.   

Oma came to visit for 2 weeks and Grayson was in heaven.  He loves loves loves his Oma.  And I think she is pretty obsessed with him too.  Their bond is like no other.  One day I was yelling for her to come upstairs and from that day on Grayson yells for OMA! when he wants her.  It is so cute how he yells for her.  I can't even describe it, but I will hopefully get a video of it.  He is so sad when she leaves and can't wait for her next visit.  

~ Doctor's Appointment ~

He got 4 shots at his 15 month appointment and started crying as soon as we held him down before he even got the shots.  It was so sad.  He weighs 23 pounds 13 ounces (50-75th percentile), 32 1/2 inches tall (90th percentile) and his head circumference is 19 3/8 (95-98th percentile).  His doctor said he should be saying 3-5 words now and I was in shock as he's saying more like 20-30 words.