Brennan - 15 Months

Brennan had his 15 month check-up with Dr. Myers on Monday and got a clean bill of health. He weighed in at 25.5 lbs and 34 inches tall, good for the 75th and 90th percentiles, respectively. He was able to avoid getting shots this time around, but despite all of the poking and prodding managed to put on a brave face.

All in all there's not that much new to report on Brennan. He continues to love eating (most of the time) and being outside, playing with brooms, throwing things in the trash, and has a somewhat obsessive, love/hate relationship with vacuum cleaners. And he absolutely loves brushing his teeth. He is also starting to understand and try to communicate more and more everyday. He still doesn't say much, limited to "Da-da" really, although he did squeak out "hi" a few times recently. Most of the rest of the time relies on a lot of grunts and gesturing. Mabel taught him "more", "please" and "me" in sign language, but he only uses them sporadically at this point. We're pretty sure Audrey had a much larger vocabulary when she was his age, but we know he'll figure it out eventually so we're not using much sleep over it. He also really likes playing on the iPad, mostly with flash cards and animal sounds, but recently it's become one of his favorite things to do.

Not much new exciting since we spent the last few weekends outside cleaning up leaves - it's great to finally have both kids old enough to occupy themselves. Can't wait until they're actually old enough to help...