15 month check-up

Wow, it has been a while. The weather has been so blah lately I have had a hard time getting motivated to do much, but there is so much to do. It seems like this will be the summer of projects around our house. Good thing I like that. But Otto is what you are here to read about. On tuesday this week he had his 15 month check-up. We got there a little before the appointment, no problem. I brought some trucks to play with while we were waiting. Otto was having a grand old time and seemed in very good spirits. That all changed when the nurse called his name and we wanted him to walk down the hall. Suddenly he became very suspicious. He was not about to stand or sit on the scale without eric or I holding him. So I held him and we were weighed together, and then just I was weighed etc.. you know how that works. That was the first time I have been on a scale in a long time, thanks a lot Otto. It was actually better than I thought it would be. He screamed, flailed and generally was a wreck all through being measured and having his temperature taken. He managed to grab the measuring tape and chuck it on the floor and grab the end of the thermometer and take that too. It was good times. He is now 32" tall and weighs 23.8#. He is finally slowing down growing. But he is still on the tall skinny side. 75% for height and 35% for weight. Looks good to me. Once the nurse left the room he started to calm down and resumed playing with toys and looking for trouble. Eric taught him how to turn off the lights which he thought was a lot of fun. He did OK with the doctor as long as she didn't try to touch him. The exam part was pretty rough. He freaked when she was listening to him breathe, look in he ears, everything. At one point she had to go across the hall to get a new light and he waved bye-bye to her. He NEVER waves to anyone. We all thought that was pretty funny. He did wow her with his body part knowledge. He knows his head, hair, ears, mouth, nose, hands and feet. And he did them all. Sure beats the 9 month check-up where we had never even tried patti cake, something kids that age can do. Who knew?? As you can imagine, things were going so well the shots part was bound to be a breeze. Yeah, well lets just say we all made it out of there alive, just barely. But he is healthy and happy and that is all that matters.

Here are some photos to catch you up on the last week or so....

This is the first time we showed him that you can color on his chalkboard walls. He really seemed to like it and was very good at making marks.

It is important that every piece of chalk be unwrapped, we wouldn't want to stifle his creativity.

This is a smile, just in case you were wondering

Otto has discovered the joys of AutoWeek. He wants it read to him over and over again. The other night he scorned the usual stack of books for bedtime stories and climbed over eric to get the AutoWeek. "This" he said and wanted it read 3 times before he would go to sleep. Eric couldn't be happier.

Behold, his trike

My mom brought him this the last time she was down here. He loves it. I am hoping to get more pictures with it, but I have to wait for it to stop raining. Every time we walk by it in the garage he points to it and wants to ride.