Alex is 15 months!

Another tick on the age scale...Alex is 15 months old! His molars are coming in, he had his third haircut, and he is *always* on the move! Our own little mini-tornado. Let's check out his stats:

Height: 32 inches (80th percentile)
Weight: 26.31 pounds (91st percentile)

Head: 18.5 inches (56th percentile)

Shots: Dtap-IPV-HiB (Pentacel)

Teeth: A full set of four on the top and four on the bottom, and then all four molars have broken through or are definitely on their way.
Hair color: White, basically. [Towhead: a blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow, "tow" being flax or help fibers. Alex's hair is definitely flax-ey.]

Eyes: blue

Diapers: Size 5

Shoes: Size 6

Clothes: 18-24 months, or 24 months. We have not broken into the 2Ts just yet.

Sleep: 2 Naps a day, usually 9:30 -10:45 am and 2-3:30 pm. Bedtime at 7:30 pm and he sleeps through (has for awhile). Wakeup is around 7:15 am. 

Food: Like all of us, he has days he eats a ton and others not so much. He doesn't have a consistent favorite food! It's really annoying actually because a lot of the time I don't have a guaranteed thing he will eat no matter what. I have started giving him some of Ashton's sneaky kale smoothies and he loves those - he mastered the straw a couple months ago and that was pretty life-changing. Fortunately, he has no allergies, at least that we know of. He's had peanut butter and eggs with no issues - because Ashton is so allergic to sesame we don't keep much of anything in the house that has that in it, so that's another big one we need to somehow try with Alex.
Biggest vice: bottles. He still gets three 6-ouncers a day of whole milk, at each wakeup (before breakfast, and after each nap). He's never taken a paci and it's a comfort thing I think. He walks around with it and is quiet while he has his milk and it's just a nice time haha. But a lot of people would tsk tsk this so I'm going to start thinking about phasing it out. 

Words: Well, none. So guess what - his Early Intervention evaluation is next week. If you've been reading this since the beginning, you'll know that Ashton went down this road and it was nothing but a great experience for us. So I'll post again about that after I know whether Alex qualified. He makes all kinds of sounds (and has said "mama" but not directed at me, just the sounds in general). 

Usually found: playing with toys and books. Very appropriate. But he does move, let me tell you. He just spins around the house and on the back deck and generally loves to check things out. 

Loves to: Give hugs, try and keep up with Ashton, get into the kitchen cabinets, bring you a book and whine until you open it to read it, so you read one page and then he shuts it and wants to get down. Also loves to ride around the neighborhood in his blue car, go down the slide all by himself, and LOVES the water. Whenever we are in the backyard he goes over to the water table and hits the cover and looks at me expectantly. I took him to Beaver Brook for the first time the other day and he outlasted all the bigger kids he was with, including his brother! And finally, Alex also shares Ashton's love of mud puddles.

In general: I find Alex to be a lot more...advanced? Than Ashton was at this age. I'm confident it's largely because he has Ashton as a role model and watches and learns so much from him. Alex seems to understand a ton and sometimes his behavior is very interesting. A little while ago he was playing in the dining room and found the yellow top to the shape sorter. He picked it up, walked through the living room over to the toy box, found the bottom and placed the yellow piece right on top before going back to his under-the-dining-room-table lair. He picks up cars and trains and runs them along the floor or wall and makes whooshing noises. 

Last word: Our little guy is just a happy-go-lucky explorer who is generally very busy but will stop everything for a popsicle. Here are some photos of things that have made him who he is today :) xoxo Alex!