16 Months Old

I still can't believe how grown Nicholas looks now at only 16 months.  I swear he looks more and more like his daddy with every passing day.  Here is what he has been up to recently. 

Activity:  Nicholas gets funnier by the day.  Here are just a few examples of his personality coming out -
Every time the Apple iPad commercial comes on he gets up and starts "dancing" - it is too cute!

 

Nicholas owns MANY elephant stuffed animals (go figure).   Daddy and Uncle Ryan are extremely talented in making the elephant noise.  Whenever Nicholas plays with one of the elephants, he too will try to make the elephant noise (which equates to him just making blowing noises).  He can also tell you what noise the dog and the cow makes.  Every time he sees a cat either on television or in a book, he calls it a dog.  We've tried to correct him, but he might have inherited his mother's dislike of cats and just wants to refer to them as the preferred "dog."

Since football season has started, daddy has Nicholas watching the Alabama pregame video pretty regularly.  He loves it and will say "Boom!" when there is a big hit.  Daddy has also taught him to say "Yea Yea Yea" just like Alabama's strength and conditioning coach - but in a much sweeter way. 

The sweetest aspects of Nicholas is when he gives you a hug and a kiss.  Melts my heart every time! 

Speech/Development: Nicholas continues to talk non-stop.  Newer vocabulary include: shoes, uh-oh, no-no, baby, daddy, mommy, and Mimi.  He knows several body parts including his belly button, nose, and ears. 

Health:  Nicholas has had small rashes (mainly in his elbows and the back of his knees) that we attribute to be heat rashes.  Just recently they seem to be getting better and will hopefully continue to do so.  The majority of last week Nicholas had a runny nose (thanks to mama bringing home germs from the various children's consignment sales that I worked).  At this point, he is pretty much back to his old self. 

Sleep: Nicholas sleeps fine, as long as he has that blankie with him.  Recently he has taken a bit longer than usual to fall asleep and he will sometimes protest being ready for bed by throwing his blankie over the side of the crib.  He seems to be weening down to one nap a day (with still 2 on some days), but still gets around 2-2.5 hours.

Nutrition: We have made an effort to expand Nicholas' palate, to no avail.  It seems like he doesn't even want the old standby's of bananas, grapes, etc.  I have struggled with this as I don't want to raise Nicholas to be a picky eater, but at the same time I need to realize that he is a toddler and this is probably just a rite of passage. 

Since Nicholas goes non-stop, it's much harder these days to get a picture of him, but here is the latest (do you think he has enough toys?!)