So sweet

L is 14.5 months old.  M taught him to walk and it's adorable.  He's starting to sign and speak.  He signs YES, MORE, and  PLEASE.  He says "Uh-oh" and "Thank you".  He nods his head and shakes it for yes and no.

He climbs on everything and has fallen off a chair more than once.  Ouch!  Recently he stumbled on a sidewalk.  He caught himself on his arms and then just rocked forward enough to kiss the pavement and get a scratch on the face.  It wasn't too bad, just a rub that is gently scabbing today.

climbing

L loves to climb at the playground.  He is in that annoying phase of climbing up on tables and throwing everything down.  The good thing about having 5 children is the ability to recognize this as a distinct developmental benchmark.  : )

L has 7 teeth.  4 on top and 3 on bottom.  The new one on bottom just seemed to appear half way grown in overnight.  But he fussed it up.  I just never noticed until the other night.

L crawls all over the house and out onto the back porch.  It's fun how independent he can be.  We love his smiles and hugs.

growing

 L has figured out how to climb like crazy!  He went through a rough week of climbing up on the couch and falling off.  Now he's pretty good at getting down.

He loves to brush his teeth, and hair, with his toothbrush.  He's so adorable.

pictures of baby

Sometimes I worry that we don't get enough pictures of L and that his childhood is passing too fast.  But we have got some pretty epic pictures of him.  We don't have enough pictures of him rolling around on the floor, but we can work on that.

He didn't learn to walk in NYC but he did use his excellent skills in making eye contact to entrance women, men and children everywhere.  We got used to the sound of strangers making goo-goo faces at him all the time. 

L is very into eye contact.  He loves to bounce around and then stare into my eyes "Did you see that?  Wasn't that funny!"  The first time I put him up on my shoulders he kept straining his head down to make eye contact with me.  He's so charming.

Sugar plum

L is so sweet.  I call him sugar plum and give him lots of kisses.
Then I put googly eyes on him and take a picture.  

Handsome club

L wore this little suit last week.  So cute!

mover, shaker

This little guy is so mobile.  He can navigate the areas in our house with 1-2 steps.  He pulls up to standing on everything.  His long term fluid in the ears and nasal gunk are still ongoing.  Still, he is very pleasant most of the time.

His hair lays down most of the time but with just a slight breeze he's back to his awesome hair.  He's so adorable!