Watching William continue to grow up constantly amazes me. He literally changes every day, and it's just incredible. Sometimes I just sit there and watch him, as he cruises around and think, "How is it even possible that this is the same person who was a little baby just a year ago?" I mean, you can look at his pictures and tell that it's him, but he's just such a person now. He understands so much of what we say to him. It constantly amazes me that he will tool off to get his sippy cup of milk if I ask him where his milk went. Or get this! Now he's turning books and flash cards around if they're upside down so that he can look at them the right way. I love it when he does that.
We took him in to see his pediatrician a couple days ago for an early 15 month appointment. He weighed over 25 pounds and was over 31 inches tall. William's just about at the 75th percentile for height and weight now. Big kid! Needless to say, he's far outmeasuring his father at the same period in his life. We looked up David's stats, and David didn't hit 24 pounds until he was two years old! So David's hoping that William will at least outgrow him. I'm pretty sure it's looking good for that.
There was something else David wanted me to report on...Oh yes. You know how we always read "Goodnight Moon" to William every night before bed? Well, every time that David gets to the part about "the old lady whispering hush," William gives a soft shriek. We were a bit mystified at first, but then David figured it out. Every time we're in a restaurant and William starts to get bored, he begins to call and shriek in a progressively louder voice (See: Reasons we probably shouldn't take William out to eat for awhile). We always say things like "Hush," and "Sssh," and "Use your inside voice, William" (not that I think a 14 month old really has good grasp on the concept of an inside voice yet, but oh well). And William delights in shrieking louder, usually with a huge smile on his face because he knows that he's doing the exact opposite of what we want him to do. So when he hears "hush," he wants to make noise. That's my boy.
Well, we're off to our very last swimming lesson. Today, we get to swim in the baby pool, so we're all excited about that.
3 comments:
Wow! He really is growing! I imagine this coming year will be one with lots of changes. He's going to keep Mom and Dad quite entertained and busy!
With love,
Mama Dee
That's hilarious that saying "hush" gets the opposite reaction than what you want - and he loves it. He's a smart one!
One bit about the inside/outside voice...yes, on the contrary he is getting it! Believe me, y'all are smart to keep doing that now while he's young...we didn't start that until about 2 years and Isabel was just old enough to be sassy about it. It is one of our biggest challenges especially in the middle of church. Izzy has more than once declared, "I don't have an inside voice!" Argh! Not fun. -Phuong
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