Today Sweet Pea is sixteen months old. Is that really possible?

At this point he can walk, run, jump, dance, and climb. He loves anything that has to do with animals. He can make the sounds for the cow, dog, snake, bird, mouse, lion, tiger, and he makes an awesome fish face.

His favorite food is still oatmeal. I think it might always be. That boy could eat oatmeal breakfast, lunch, and dinner and would be content. This evening he went to the spot in the kitchen where we keep the oatmeal and asked for some. He knows the sign for “more” and has started to use it without prompting. We are working on please.

He knows lots of his body parts. Mainly his eyes, nose, mouth, head, hair, toes, and belly. He knows where his belly button is, but gets upset when we ask him about it because his belly is so chubby he can’t see it! So he always ends up pointing to ours.

Reading is a favorite. We could spend an entire evening taking each book off the shelf and reading it four times. He loves to snuggle in our laps and turn the pages.

He loves to help me sweep. I have two brooms so that when I pull mine out I can give one to him and he can help me. Although more often than not he just messes up my pile.

He still has a pacifier. I am not sure how or when we are going to try to break him of this. I don’t really mind him having it. It helps a lot with comforting and when he is upset in the car.

He loves to cuddle and hug. Throughout the day he is constantly stopping what he is doing to give me hug. Then he will jump down and go back to whatever he was doing. My heart melts a little every time he does this.

He has become quite the daredevil. He loves to climb. I have caught him more than once standing on the rocking horse. Not sure how to get through his head that this is a bad idea. He knows I don’t like him doing it because he does it when I am not looking and then when I catch him he grins and jumps down.

We have a twin bed in his room and at bedtime we lay down with him and cuddle until he drifts off. Some people may frown on this, but my baby will only be small once and I want to savor his body snuggled next to mine as long as possible.