* You still absolutely LOVE the outdoors. We are usually outside a good portion of the day. You love to run down the hill on the side of our front yard to the bark pit. You think it's super funny when I throw bark in the air. You love to check the mail and will hold the key and turn it back and forth in the slot. You would drop rocks down the storm drains all day if I let you. At some point you always venture to the back yard where you usually walk underneath the deck and peek out through the stairs. When we come inside, you always shout "crack!" which means crackers, which essentially is crack for you. You almost always have a rock in your hand and it's pretty much normal to find rocks all around our house, in the car, and sometimes in your crib. You love to wander. If we go to the beach, you never stay in one spot! You'll walk up and down the beach, pick up rocks, drum on logs, point to boats, etc. Speaking of Edmonds, you always notice the water when we are still pretty far away and will squeal in delight "wa!!!" At the greenlake wading pool yesterday, you would get in the water, play with a toy, walk out of the water over to the lake path, pick up rocks, wander to the grass, go under trees, then go back to the water. CONSTANT MOVEMENT. You are a prime candidate for a child leash, but I don't think we're to that point yet- we just have to watch you like crazy because in an instant you're somewhere else.
* You really love music. Sometimes it seems like you have a song in your head because you'll randomly start bobbing your head and moving your body. The minute we get into the car you point to the radio and want to start the music. We listen to the same cd over and over (Dan Zanes house party), I need to get some more in the car. You love track #17 "Old Joe Clark." I am so used to listening to it that i've found myself playing the cd when you aren't in the car with me! If I let you watch videos all day, you would do that too. You love to watch Laurie Berkner and Caspar Babypants videos. You love to run into your room and turn on the radio.. we have to be careful though because sometimes you turn on the alarm and a couple mornings it's turned on at 5:40 in the morning.
*You've turned into a bit of a shrieker, which definitely is not one of my favorite things, but we're working on a solution. We've taught you how to say "help please" in sign language and it's really helped. It's so cute to watch you rub your belly hard when you really want something. The other day when you were in the Edmonds children's parade for the 4th, you found your lunchbox in the wagon, and kept trying to open it. When I looked over you were staring at me rubbing your belly back and forth so hard.
* One of my favorite things is to watch you play with papa. He taught you how to make an airplane noise while flying around a plane, which is quite possibly the cutest thing ever. We also recently got out your tball set, and you have developed a quick love affair with the bat. I let you take it in the car with us a few days ago, and I looked in the back seat and you were hugging the bat going "bat bat." Your dad is working hard to teach you how to hit the ball, but you basically just bump it off which is perfect too!
* You understand pretty much everything we say, and aren't super verbal on command, but daily you randomly repeat or say words that are new. You've started to say "mine" which seems to be pretty easy to pull up in your vocab when you discover something that just has to belong to you.
* You still love animals - the zoo is one of your favorite places. It seems as though your love of dogs is fading a little bit, but you still love cats. You can make quite a few animal noises including a cat, elephant, dog, monkey, duck, and cow.
* One thing I love is that you almost always are carrying something around in your hand. Sometimes it's a little yellow school bus, sometimes it's a little shovel, or a rock,sock, or a random bike reflector. It was so hilarious because when Nana was visiting, she didn't want to make you upset by taking things away, so I would get you up from your nap and find random trinkets in your bed.
* Another favorite thing this month is that you have learned how to blow kisses. It makes my heart melt!
* One of my favorite times of day is putting you to bed at night and before your naps. You always tend to get a little silly and will try so hard to make me laugh, and you usually succeed. You love to pull up my shirt and poke my belly button. Sometimes you'll eat my hair, other times you'll give me HUGE open mouth kisses on my cheek. I usually give you "tickle kisses" which is a butterfly kiss, and it always makes you laugh.
*You've developed a love of trains recently. I think it started by watching the trains in Edmonds when we're at the beach. One time we were in Edmonds, we saw a train, and for the next 10 minutes you constantly did the more sign because you loved seeing it so much. I love your train noise. It's sort of like "chugga chugga choo choo" but it's even cuter. I need to get a video. Another major obsession is the elevator at your cousins' house. I'm not even kidding that you know the freeway exit when we are getting off. If we go the other way, you start crying, but if we pull into the parking lot, you start saying "ah" "ah" "ah"
There are just SO many fun things at this stage! I love you so much little man!
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OH I MISS THAT BOY. He did love to climb the mountain next door. I am glad that is off the daily activity list.
I followed that man all the way up the hill, out of the neighborhood and down to where the sidewalk ends and back. He has probably walked miles by now. Oh the Old Joe Clark days......It is amazing how you get to love certain songs you hear 100 times. I just had trouble sometimes interpreting the arm in the air and pointing up....oh that is look at the ceiling, no ....oh that is move to the music.....oh we forgot to turn on old Joe Clark. I will completely miss his current language...He has so much to say but not sure what it is....Love you Colter...Mr. 16 month man.
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