Landon's 15 month appointment

On Monday, we had Landon's 15 month well-visit. At least, I thought we did. It turns out that his appointment actually was supposed to be on Friday. (I maintain that the doctor's office mis-scheduled it. I specifically took a sick day for Landon's appointment, which I intentionally scheduled the same day as my doctor's appointment.) At any rate, being fabulous and wonderful as always, the front desk ladies worked us in and we saw the doctor.

The consensus is Landon is growing well! He is pretty tall - in the 77th percentile, although his weight is only in the 62nd percentile. His head size is the real talk of the town - it is in the 100th percentile.

He's doing great developmentally. Most 15 month olds know 3-6 words. As you probably gathered from the last post, Landon knows 22. (Actually, he knows 23 words. He recently added BANG! to his repertoire. He loves the jingle from the Big Bang Theory, and at the end, when they yell, "Bang!" he always adds his own bang, albiet a few seconds too late.)

So our boy is in great shape, although we need to get blood work done to check glucose levels, since he drinks a bit excessively, and schedule another follow up with the cardiologist to get an echo to check his heart murmur.

King Penguin is 15 months old!

Today marks 15 months since Landon made his appearance in the world. He gets cuter, smarter and more interactive each day, and never fails to surprise us with his energy, affection and desire to learn. It's hard to believe that one year ago today, we were celebrating three months with our King Penguin by taking him for his first ride in the Vette.

I'm going to start a tradition of updating Landon's vocabulary and favorite lists each month on his birthday - I was a record to really show his progress, and since they say once something's posted on the Internet, it's there forever, I figure this way I can't lose my updates!

So without further ado, enjoy this month's KP Update:

Words

1. Mama
2. Dada
3. Kitty! 
4. Baba (bottle)
5. Ball
6. Bird
7. Car
8. Cookie
9. Book
10. Uh-oh!
11. Bye-bye!
12. Papa (for Pop-Pop)
13. Cracker
14. Duck
15. Clock
16. Gaga (Grammie)
17. Boo!
18. Apple 
19. Ta-da!! 
20. Starr (for Grammie's girl poodle)
21. Tickle-tickle
22. Thank you! 

He is trying to get out truck and motorcycle, but their not quite consistent yet...maybe we'll be adding them to the list by next month! 

He also understands a lot of phrases including: shut the door, peek a boo, sit down!, give me a kiss/hug, outside, do you want some milk?, come here, give that to Mommy (or Daddy, or Grammie, or Papa), take that to Mommy, no!, give me a hug. 

FAVORITES

TV Show - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Sesame Street, The Big Bang Theory (he LOVES that jingle!) 
Songs/Jingles - Big Bang Theory theme, "We Buy Any Car" jingle, the Hot Dog Dance, No Matter What, Simple Man 

Food - the boy loves food, so this category is difficult. He loves any and all fruit, yogurt, crackers, animal crackers, gold fish, turkey, chicken, hot dogs and macaroni, but I think his favorite, hands down, is spaghetti and garlic bread! 
Thing at the park - slides - especially if he can go down himself! Merry-Go-Round. Swings 

Animal - a kitty! Although he also loves to watch birds and squirrels too, and he is always up for petting a puppy. 

Game - boo, being chased, trucks, his shapes, chasing the kitty, steal the phone or remote control 

Books - On the Night You Were Born, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Ladybug's Lesson 

NEW THINGS 

spinning himself around to get dizzy

walking around, nodding his head up and down and saying "Ma, ma, ma"

yelling to talk on the phone
trying to put on his own shoes

Pictures of our "official toddler"!

I wanted to add some other pictures of Landon to the haircut post, but these just didn't seem to fit with the theme...so enjoy an unprecedented second post today!

Duck head!

Yesterday morning as I was getting ready, Landon was sitting in his chair, playing with his singing duckie. Suddenly, he started yelling, "DUCK! DUCK! DUCK" (Aside: Landon has learned a few new words lately: apple, duck, clock and cracker). I thought he was just commenting that he had his duck - he likes to point it out to us, even in obvious situations. Instead, he set his duck on his head, put his hands at his side and was balancing the duck atop his cranium, trying to get my attention. I wasn't quick enough to snap a picture of the true balancing act, but you can see his excitement even after it started to fall.

When Landon first came home from the hospital, we took pictures of him nestled inside Brian's helmet. Well, his body no longer fits inside the helmet...but he's developing an affinity for wearing the helmet the right way! It's still too heavy for him to manage by himself, but that doesn't stop him from trying to stuff his head in at any opportunity.

I got the haircut blues

On Sunday, we decided that Landon needed a haircut. This is something we'd been putting off a long time. Despite the fact that locks of his hair invaded his eyes, and tufts stuck out from all sides of his head, giving him an Einstein-esque look, I was adamant - WE WERE NOT CUTTING HIS HAIR! Cutting Landon's hair would mean he was "officially" a toddler and no longer my baby. 

As you may recall, I've already posted other instances of what makes Landon "officially" a toddler. His first birthday. His ever-growing vocabulary. His always-improving mobility skills.

Well, here's another one to that to the "Landon's an official toddler because..." list: his first hair cut. Although I've called him an "official" toddler before, the hair cut marks the stage where official officially becomes official. (Kudos to you if you followed that!)

My stance on the hair cut changed when Brian told me that someone asked him in Landon was his daughter. I couldn't stomach the thought of my rough-and-tumble, handsome, all-boy son being mistaken for a girl. So, I swallowed the lump in my throat, took a deep breath...and agreed to cut the baby's hair. Oops, sorry! I agreed to cut the "official toddler's" hair.

I have to admit, he looks better. I just have to adjust to the fact that his baby face is looking more and more mature everyday.

Before the haircut - he was a little disconcerted.
"Uh, mom? You're not really getting that close to me with those scissors are you?"

All smiles afterward! 

Check me out! I'm one handsome boy!