15 month update

Michael is now 15 months old! Time flies when you're having fun. It feels like it was only yesterday that I was holding this little big munchkin in my arms for hours because he couldn't sit up, crawl or walk. He's now older, more playful and even more social. We play all day long, and when I say all day, I mean it...until 11pm, well lately midnight or later. Michael is a party animal. He sleeps sooo late and its getting tough for daddy who has to wake up for work at 5am.

He can understand almost everything you say, and he still uses gestures to communicate what he's trying to say. Here are a few things we'd like to remember about him at this stage:

• Words: He's starting to babble more. His favorite words start with the letters "b" or "d". He says ball, bat, bana(na), bub (boob), duck, dog, dair (there), dat (that). He also says hour (flower) and woah (pillow).
• When he wants to give you something, he will open your hand and place the object in it for you to hold it.
  
• He's so affectionate. He likes to give open mouth kisses.
• Food: He loves eating grapes, blueberry pancakes, anything with ketchup, turkey meatballs, and freeze-dried peas. We now have to hide veggies in other foods like mashed potatoes or coat them with ketchup. Thank goodness for freeze-dried veggies! He loves the crunch-sound they make.
• Teeth: He still has 8 teeth (upper and lower incisors), but the upper cuspids (canines) are poking through. Shouldn't the molars have grown already?
• Body Parts: In addition to the body parts he knew at 12 months, he knows hair, head, eyes, mouth, teeth, chin, fingers, hands, legs, arms, peepee and boobs.
• He has a favorite blanket and doggy that he hugs and holds so tight when he goes to bed.
• Tv: He loves watching Handy Manny and Yo Gabba Gabba. But anything with a catchy tune like the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Elmos World or the Fresh Beat Band, he'll run to the tv and dance.
  
• Hand dominance: We're still not sure. He feeds himself with two hands, but when given a spoon, he'll feed himself with his left. He throws balls with his left, but swings a bat with his right.