Gavin is 15 months old!!

I can't believe my itsy-bitsy baby is 15 month old already (yesterday)! He's looking more and more like a little boy to me every day. Yes, we're still going strong with the nursing, usually between four and five times a day. Yikes! Still taking two naps a day, usually lasting about two hours each. Pretty much sleeping through the night (11 hours), but occasionally wakes up once in the early morning hours. VERY attached to his thumb, still!

Gavin has become a different baby over the past few months. He's starting to become more vocal with the "eh!, eh!, eh!s" and screeching. I'm not liking the screeching so much, so I'm trying to work with him on signing a bit more to see if that will alleviate some of the stress. Gavin loves to spend time with Brooklyn and Blake, but those feelings don't always go both ways. Blake, especially, seems to be rough with Gavin, just smacking him for some random reason or yanking things away from him and in turn, Gavin has learned to swing his arm and hit. Just lovely! One of the perks of having older siblings, I guess!

Gavin absolutely LOVES to be outside. If the front door doesn't get closed all the way, he thinks it's an open invitation for him to go out. And if you go outside and shut the door in front of him, be prepared for a cry-fest!! Also, if you even MENTION the word "outside," he runs to the front door! He's such a boy!

Things Gavin says: (he's quite the talkative kid!!)
Da
Mama
Go
Yah
Uh-oh
NO!
Whee!
Whoa
Hi
Bye-bye
"Eh-oh" - hello
"Nah" - banana
"Ap-poh" - apple
"Go go" - yogurt
"Toh" - toes
"Noh" - nose
"Bah" - ball
"Ba" - bath
"Nuh nigh" - night night
"Mohk" - milk
"Ehmo" - Elmo
"Wooeee" - Woody (yes, from Toy Story)
"Mote" - remote
"Beebee" - baby
"Shhhh" - shhhh! ;)

Shakes head "yes" or "no"
Signs the words "more" and "milk"
If you mention the word doggie, he says, "Woo! Woo!" (woof! woof!)


Things Gavin does:
~ walks 99% of the time
~ listens to directions and follows them surprisingly well
~ gives hugs and kisses
~ slaps hi-fives
~ plays peek-a-boo
~ likes to take things to the trash
~ dances, which is more like bopping up and down like a wild man
~ climbs on EVERYTHING
~ has discovered his belly button and "boy parts"
~ learning to use a spoon
~ drinks from a sippy cup