Nicholas at 15 months

Life got busy in December, so I didn't post about Nicholas at 14 months. Nicholas and I came down with a HORRIBLE little stomach bug just before he turned 14 months and it just put me too far behind.

Weight: 27.6 lbs (with a sleeper and diaper on)

Height: 30 1/2 inches

Tooth Count: 8 seriously crooked teeth

Favorite Games:

• "Go Find Papa": He will go searching around the house until he finds his Papa.
• "Can you touch it?": This is game that is hard on Mom's back. He likes to be lifted up so he can touch various items attached to our ceiling, such as fans, lights, vents, and smoke detectors.
• Visiting the Puppies: He still loves visiting the neighbors dogs. He runs to the sliding glass window when he hears the dogs bark.

Favorite Times of the Day:

• Bath time: He loves his little foam fishes that we got him. I will stick them all over his body and he likes to pull them off. He also loves dumping out cups of water on his large round belly. He does this about 2o times and laughs every time he does this.
• Outdoor time: He loves wandering the yard while I rake leaves. It was weird to come back to warm weather after being in Utah, but I grateful for it. (Since I wrote this on the 8th, it has snowed and turned cold.)

Favorite Foods:

• For the past week, Nicholas has been on a sugar detox after visiting the grandparents' house. Over the break, he loved all the juice and fruit snacks he devoured. Also, grapes are out of season so he hasn't had any since he left Utah. He still loves just about anything sweet, and he is SLOWLY learning to like vegetables.

Current Habits:

• He still loves unloading things.
• He loves lids.
• He LOVES TO BE HELD!!! He wants me to carry him around all day. When I try to set him down, he refuses to stand up on his own and will lean into me. When we leave the house and go to a store or a friend's house, he doesn't want to be carried. For example, on Monday it was so cold we decided to do our walk at the mall. Nicholas loved wandering around and smiling at people. He didn't really want much to do with me; however, if the people got too close to him then he would point at me as if to say, "I'm with her, don't get any ideas."

Favorite Toys:

• He loves the 3D glasses that we got when we saw Tron.
• He loves remotes.
• He loves all the new toys he got for Christmas. We got a sandbox from Grandmother and Grandfather Muhlestein. It is sitting in the middle of our living room and Nicholas loves to climb in it and hide in it. (Joseph likes the sandbox because he has finally found a way to eat in the living room on the carpet that meets my approval. He will pour himself a bowl of cereal and sit in the sandbox while he eats it and watches TV.) He got a pop up tunnel from Grandma and Grandpa Wells. He loves going through it and will now crawl through without any encouragement.
• He loves big books. He loves looking through the Hymn book during church. He also loves all the new books he got from Grandma Wells for Christmas. His favorite is "The Wheels on the Bus."

Sleeping:

• He still sleeps 12 hours a night and goes down at about seven o'clock. He gets really grumpy around 10 am, so I put him down for a morning nap. He refuses to take a afternoon nap though, so he gets pretty cranky during the evening.