15 months old and Fun at Tilden Park

So Arjen is 15 months old now, my favorite age so far I think! This little guy is also not so little anymore!  From 12 months to 15, he shot up like a weed, to the point that people will ask me if he's two!  He now weighs just over 25 lbs (50th percentile), and is 33" long (90th+ percentile!).  Just 3 months ago it was the reverse...50th for height and 90th for weight.  Guess that's what you call a growth spurt.

Some of his current faves and proud momma moments:

- the kid definitely loves to be outside.  He likes raking, sweeping, "riding" his bike, chasing the dogs, watering the yard...any excuse to be outside and he'll take it!

- he is using more sign language; the big three are eat, more, and please...go figure

- the pediatrician asked if he has any words.  Ask me and well, yeah, he has an entire vocab!  To the untrained ear though, it still mostly sounds like baby babble, but "ba" can be baby, banana, balloon, pretty much anything that starts with a 'b'.  "Da" can be Dad or dog.  I'm finally getting "mama!"  We're hearing "dis" for "this", and "uh" for up, "wuh" for woof, and of course there's "buh" for "bye" which almost always comes with a 30 sec delay (i.e. you're out the door before he says bye).  He just doesn't cease to amaze us!

- to communicate more complex things, he'll grab you by the finger and take you to where he wants you to be...often times this leads to the back door, then he'll point to the door knob as in "duh, of course I want you to take me outside!"

- he loves climbing on things, particularly into a big chair so he can "lounge" (for all of 15 seconds before he then gets down, just so he can do it all over again)

- he still loves the remote, the iphone, anything tech-y

So in the spirit of our "grown up toddler" we've been trying to get out to take him more places.  The other weekend, we went to check out the Little Farm at Tilden park.  Hidden Gem!  You take lettuce or celery there, and can wander around freely to feed the various animals.  The cows intimidated Arjen a bit, but he definitely seemed to enjoy feeding the goat!

The reaction to the goat taking his food.  All smiles!

On the way home from the Little Farm, we had to stop at the Steam Train, I mean, the kid was dressed appropriately for not just the farm, but conducting a train too!

Walking Gma Cherie down the path

 

Yeah, so hard to say whether he really liked it or not, but there wasn't any crying, however, no super excitement either!  Perhaps next time he'll enjoy it as much as mom and dad!