15, 16,and now 17 Months!

Wow! Can you believe that Noah is now, as of today, 17 months old? I have fallen behind on posting his monthly milestones and accomplishments. I am going to try my best to catch all of you up. He has been a busy little fella these past 2 months! Here is what he has been up to.

15 Months

• Noah is now 34 3/4 inches tall and weighs 21 pounds. He is still wearing 18 month clothing and a size 4 diaper.
• He now has 12 teeth! His little chompers are the cutest!
• This month Noah celebrates his 2nd Mascoutah Homecoming. This year he was big enough to enjoy a few rides with his big brothers! I am not sure if he had fun on the rides because he just sat and sucked his thumb as the ride went round and round.
• Noah made his 2nd trip to Texas to see Grandpa Dan and Grandma Violet. While there, he enjoyed seeing Shamu at Sea World and swimming in the ocean for the 1st time! He was a big fan of playing in the sand and crawling on the shore.

16 months

• No statistics to report this month. However, this little boy is growing each and every day both physically and intellectually.
• Noah is now wearing a size 5 shoe ("shoe-shoe" as Noah calls them) with a medium width. Yes, his little feet ("my feet" as Noah calls them) are getting fatter/wider! He covers a lot of ground with those little chubby feet! He is getting faster and faster these days.
• Noah says lots more these days. He is like a little parrot and tries to repeat what you say. Some of his new words are: ketchup (loves to dip anything and everything in ketchup), more (as he points to the ketchup bottle), welcome (after you say thank you to him), thank you (he is so polite), mote (As in remote control. He loves to get his little hands on it!), Ouch. That hurt. (as he rubs his little head), poop (as he touches his crotch after going pee, poop, and/or farting), down (he uses this word is he wants to get up and down), and blankie (blanket).
• Noah made is 3rd trip to Texas this month. This time he had Mommy, Grandpa Dan, and Grandma Violet all to himself. Nicholas and Joshua stayed behind with Daddy due to school. We made a special trip because Grandpa Dan had to have a test on his heart. He must have studied hard because he passed the test! Either that or he passed because he had his "good-luck charm", Noah, near him.
• Noah LOVES Blue! Blue as in Blue's Clues that is. Noah will sit down and watch an entire 30 minute episode without blinking. He now can say "Blue Clue". Very Cute!