15 months

Avery weighs 24 pounds 6 ounces  (75%) and is 32 inches tall  (75%)

Avery wears 12-18 month clothes and size 4 diapers. 

Avery is into EVERYTHING. He is just as busy, if not more, than Ryane was. Which is a lot. He is opening locked cabinets, playing with glass bowls, opening drawers and fishing for goodies. In the time it takes me to put Ryane in her bed, he had already taken out her books from her bookshelf and tossed them all over the floor. He is a mess!!

He is walking!!! He started walking (more than 5-7 steps) at the beginning of January and walks about 50% of the time. 

He can stand up from the middle of the floor with ease. 

He has 12 teeth and is cutting 4 more! All at the same time, poor guy. 

He is starting to talk more and more. He says a lot of new words! Book, ball, balloon, banana (he moved his tongue back and forth on his top lip to say it) , mama, dada, papa, Mimi, please, more, bath, fish, woof, bye bye, 

He still does the sign for water, eat, milk, more, all done and yogurt. 

He sleeps well. He goes to bed at 7 and usually wakes between 7-7:30. 

Avery started to let me rock him again before I put him down in his crib. And now he will get the giggles (especially when I am humming a song to him) and we will both be rocking in the chair giggling at each other. It's the best part of my day! 

He naps 1-2 times per day, depending on if we are home or out. If we are out he will occasionally fall asleep in the car for about 30 minutes in the morning. If we are home he will go down down for a morning nap. He is usually pretty happy even if he doesn't get a morning nap. Even if we are home in the morning, he sometimes just plays in his bed and doesn't sleep. I will start weening him to one nap soon, it looks like!

Avery has always been very ticklish. He laughs even when you wipe off his hands! But he is EXTREMELY ticklish on his head, neck and shoulders! Whenever you try to put a hat, mask, sunglasses, etc on him, he scrunches up his face and raises up his shoulders to his ears. It is hilarious!

Avery is in love with his siblings. And they adore him too. It's fun to see how his relationship is different with each one. With Kaden, he loves to be near him and watch him. He loves when Cam plays with him, and he is still a little nervous around Ryane. But he has started to take toys from her and throw them away from her to make her mad! It's always someone!!

He started to love reading books and likes to pick out the books from his shelf. 

He and Roxy have the best relationship and Roxy tolerated him more than she did with any of the other kids. 

Avery loves looking at the pictures going up the stairs. He points at the kids and I say their names. Then he points at Nic and whispers "dada!"

He still gets very excited when Nic gets him from work. He waits by the garage door and cries if Nic doesn't pick him up right away. 

Avery loves balloons and gets so happy when we have balloons that he can chase around at home. He loves to say "ba-oon!" when he sees one. 

Happy 15 months, cutie boy!