15 Month Cole Update

Coley hit 15 months recently and he's just getting....more. More what? Sweet. Stubborn. Talkative. Goofy. Cranky. Hilarious. All good things (well, I could do with less cranky, but we can't be picky now, can we? Oh wait...add that to the list--picky).

At his 15 month doctor's appointment all looked well. He weighed 24.6 lbs (75%) and I forget his height but it was about 90% and so was his head circumference. Big boy!!

As for words, he's got a gazillion. Well, we lost count around 60, he's got way more than that. He's even hinted at putting two words together. Today I said "Daddy's here!" as we drove in the driveway and then as we walked up to the house several minutes later he repeated the same thing. He also said "Elmo ook" (Elmo book) the other night while he was taking story requests (And shaking his head and saying Nooooooo to the other books I offered).

Cute things he's done/said lately:

• In addition to "uh-oh" he now says "oh NOOOOO" when he drops something
• "Ummm" everytime he looks inside the fridge (reflecting my indecisiveness at what to feed my family, apparently)
  
• He says Mama? Dada? Ah-dee? in question marks when he wants us. Addie and Cole can go on forever. Ah-dee? What? Ah-dee? What? Ah-dee? WHAT?? But the cutest is how he will want to tell us something. "Mama? (T)ruck." (I just saw a truck) "Mama? Up." (Pick me up!) Dada? Elmo" (Yo dad, let's getting moving on reading this Elmo book, kay?)
  

• He recognizes and can say the following character's names: Elmo, Big Bird, Abby, Grover, Bert, Oscar; Dora, Boots, and Map; Wow Wow Wubzy (it's adorable to hear him say this), and Mickey (still dik-dee). Mickey and Elmo are big faves.
• He can say please (peez), thank you (dahdoo), and bless you (behoo). How polite! It's the cutest when he does them umprompted (some of the time)
  
• We listen to Pandora (internet radio that you can set to themed channels) and after listening to the Lion King channel a lot, Cole can now identify a Lion King song after the first line and will make his "what does a lion say?" sound (kind of a TV-static little raspy roar thing) to let you know he knows it's from the Lion King
• Speaking of animals, he knows the sounds for (and uses daily) a cow, sheep, elephant, monkey, lion, owl, cat, dog, bird, mouse and horse. And Uncle Dan gets just as much of a kick out of asking him to do them all over the phone as he used to do when Addie was this age.
  
• Speaking of animals (yes, again), the other day Cole went from walking to down his hands and knees and started crawling on the floor saying "woof woof woof woof" then stood up and looked at me and said "dog" :) I love that he can pretend now! And yesterday he started saying "hoo hoo hoo (as he was walking towards us)" stops and says "Owl" then walks away. Thanks for the info, dude.
  
• Speaking of yesterday (am I boring you yet?), we were at Rockville Town Square playing in the fountains and Cole would play for a minute or two then come back and give me a kiss, play, kiss, play, play, kiss. I melted each and every time.

• Speaking of potty (oops, we weren't, but go with me on this one)...Cole has now sat on the potty a total of 3 times, though no deposits were made and I have NO intention on potty training him early even if his big sister is a promoter of all things potty. He's been able to tell us "boop" as he is pooping for awhile now. Then he started saying "bee bee" when Addie or one of us goes to the bathroom. Since his big sister holds her self MichaelJackson-style when she has to use the restroom (We're working on breaking that habit--ideas welcome), he's started grabbing the front of his diaper and saying "Bee bee" anytime one of uses the restroom. This led to Addie insisting that he needed to go to the bathroom so we got out the potty insert for the toilet that Addie used to use. It's cute, but yeah--no rush on my end for him to start using the "pobby" exclusively.
• He's known "up" and "down" for awhile now but now he knows the difference between hot and cold. He prefers water with ICE thankyouverymuch. Because it's "brrrrr"
  
• He's gone from having a trucker's appetite to being a lot more picky. Sigh. At least he liked the ribs!
  

• The kid is STUBBORN. He has an unhealthy obsession with my iphone. He loves talking on the phone and he knows how to unlock it (two step process: press circle button, then slide button on the screen) and can scroll through pictures and has even found a few of his favorite apps. If I take it away? Hysterics. And not easily distractable either. Sigh. This happens with other less expensive items too. If he doesn't want to be picked up he will straighten his arms in not-so-passive resistance so you can't get a grip under his armpits. He knows what he wants and makes it quite known to you.
• He so wants to be a big kid.
  
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• His relationship with Addie is still really great. They are often found playing Ring-around-the Rosie together in the living room and laughing at each other's belly buttons (Cole calls his "buddy" which I think is a hybrid of "Belly" and "button"). They fight over toys and dora books, but overall they really truly love each other and they cooperate quite well together.
• OH! Addie, the drama queen, will cry over every scratch and barely a boo-boo and lately Cole will walk over to her and give her a kiss wherever she's hurting...so sweet.
  
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• They really do love each other and I am immensely grateful to how that worked out.

Coley Boley. A sweet and silly clown like his daddy :)