15 months

Christmas Night 2009, originally uploaded by bburbank.

I am really enjoying you at 15 months. You have become a real boy! I know I keep saying that, but it’s really true this time. You run around pointing at things and showing me with your sign language and your facial experessions exactly what you want and need. You joke around, hug and kiss, dance and keep rhythm, make baskets in your new basketball hoop and then clap for yourself, get excited when we provide the thing you ask for whether it’s a banana or a TV show or pick you “up!” You had a great Christmas opening so many packages and visiting all your family who loves you so so much. You got many new books because, really, they are your favorite things. You got blocks and rubber balls and a comfy beanbag chair and blanket and your b-ball hoop and your shopping cart. For Christmas dinner you dressed up in your vest and tie and you Great-Grandma we call Oma couldn’t stop laughing and smiling at your tie. You are such a handsome sweet cuddly boy with the most expressive face and so serious sometimes! You know the signs for up, banana, eat, drink, more, kitty-cat, dog, and bird and are learning a new one every day these days. I am so excited for everything this new year has to teach you. I want to take you on more day trips this year and I want to pay close attention to your diet. It has been an amazing 2009. I’ve watched you grow from a helpless four month old to a pretty independent little 15 month old and it has been quite a journey. Thanks for making this year so amazingly special for me and for your Dad.