Landon at 14 Months

The changes continue, what fun we are having! I thought I'd be sad to see my little guy grow out of baby and into toddler, but I have to say we are enjoying this time more than ever. At 14 months Landon is a running parrot. Specifically he:

• Speed walks everywhere and in all directions. Often times you can tell his mind is working faster than his body and that's when he'll trip and fall.
• Repeats everything we say. His main vocab right now is: mama, daddee, dada, mommie, two, three, four, a boo (peek-a-bow), Hi Boo (for Chloe), ah choo (sneeze), up, Nanny, Papa, Auntie, shoe (his favorite), sock, Ry-Ry, cracker, please, yah, no no
• Waves, gives kisses, plays beek a boo, gives high and low fives, claps hands, smiles and laughs
• Crouches down to look under doors and the coffee table for things that may have rolled.
• Loves to be chased and to play hide and seek with me.
• Is learning to climb down the stairs
• Insists upon feeding self with spoon yoghurt and apple sauce
• Is a diva . .when he doesn't get his way his whole body goes limp and he stretches as if to fling himself backwards on the ground like the cover of a trashy romance novel
• Loves juice. Sometimes will reject water
• Is drinking well out of cup that is not a sippee
• Has been reaching for books. Sometimes will sit still to listen to a story, sometimes not.
• Favorite songs are "On Top of Spaghetti, Monkeys on the Bed and Old McDonald"
• Somehow misplaced his green shoe yesterday
• Is ready for bed by 7 pm sharp. Sometimes I try to give him quiet time with the rocker and a story, but he wants none of it, just wants to be put in the crib, cries for about 5 minutes and then is out for 10-12 hours.
• Is clingy to me in the mornings, when he is tired and when he gets hurt
• Is obsessed with going both up and down stairs
• Loves toys that have tiny buttons and make music
• Insists upon carrying both remotes - the one with batteries and the one without
• Likes baths, but despises getting his face washed
• Sings, "Bye, bye baby, Bye, Bye" and "Ei, Ei, O"
• Can identify my nose, eyes and ears
• Points to things all the time, not sure exactly what they are