15 Months!

"Just wait til he's crawling" everyone would tell me...wait until he starts to crawl, then you'll really have your work cut out for you.  Nope.  Didn't happen.  Even when he started to crawl at 10 months, he was still content hanging out in the living room, playing happily with his same toys over and over again.  Fast forward 4.5 months and we have a different story.  We officially have a "walker" on our hands and I feel like my sweet, innocent, always content baby Elijah has turned into a boy.

Ok, so he's still sweet and innocent, but definitely not as content with staying in one place for too long.  I feel like he's changed over night, but I love it (of course we have some rough days...usually when I'm tired)!

Trying to find Daddy after breakfast, with Mr. Elephant in hand!

At 15 months (next week), he can say "Dada", "Mama", "car", "nana" (for banana), "hi/hello", "buh bye", "done" & my personal favorite: "no, no no"  : ).  He can also do signs for: milk, more, all done, please, thank you & water.  We are slowly adding more signs, now focusing on "clean" for clean up time and I'd really like to add "i love you".  He knows how to give kisses, blow kisses and give hugs.  He also knows to fold his hands before we eat, so we can pray.

He spends quite a bit of time after Daddy leaves for work saying buh-bye and waving at the door.  He seems to think Daddy is always leaving, even on the weekends, he'll say "dada, buh bye" and start to wave.  Although, he LOVES his Daddy.  He is quick to point him out in pictures and gets really excited when he comes home from work.  By that point in the day, I'm more than happy to have him follow Dustin around the house for the few hours before he goes to bed.  : )

Elijah still LOVES to eat and the only food that I've found that he won't eat is zucchini.  He's learned to not whine when he sees his milk, instead he signs "milk please" and waits patiently (most of the time).

He has about 2 more weeks left to swim class and is now able to swim from person to person for about 3 seconds and then recognize rolling over and floating to get a breath.  By the end, the sequence should go swim, float, swim, float until he is able to grab the side of the pool.  He still cries at EVERY SINGLE lesson, but continues to work hard and accomplish his goals.  We are so proud of him!

He also has about 3 short months before he becomes a big brother!  We love him so and look forward to what each day has to bring, as he is constantly learning new things!

Enjoying a somewhat cool, fall morning in the backyard!