16 Months

Our little man is 16 months today. While I know all my readers may not enjoy reading these updates, I use them for documentation process. Thanks for hanging in there with me. :)
At 16 months, he:

• weighs: 26.2 lbs (my measurement)
• is 32 in tall (my measurement)
• is a fabulous eater. For the most part, he eats whatever we eat. It's fun that I can serve him up his own little plate. While he can't use utensils by himself now, he is able to bring the fork to his mouth and eat off it when we put the food on it. His appetite has increased lately and some meals he is eating an adult sized portion. He loves all kinds of veggies and fruit and I take pride in that he isn't a picky eater.
• has learned and regularly use the sign and the words "all done" at the end of meals. It's nice to see that he is finally doing it himself after months of modeling it.
• continues to cruise the furniture and behind anything that he can move. He can walk holding onto just one of my hands now. He also has taken up to 5 steps in between Jeremy and I. I believe now it's just a confidence thing...we're so close to walking!!
• continues to be obsessed with pulling everything out of any object drawer or cabinet he can get into. Daily I am having to clean up tupperware off the kitchen floor.
• loves positive reinforcement esp. after he has stacked his rings or put the shapes correctly in the shape sorter. However, he does not liked to be disciplined. He is really try to test his boundaries and doesn't want to hear the words, "No, sir".
• says the following words so far: Mama, Dada, all done, and ba (ball). For cows, he moos.
  
• continues to love books. He will go over to the shelf, pull one down, look through it, and pull out more. I hope his love for reading always continues.
• loves to climb into his chair and stand up. Natalie taught him how to crawl from the chair to the ottoman and he tries to do it often.
• has learned to drink out of a straw.
• His favorite activity is climbing the stairs (partly because he doesn't get to do it as much as he would like).
• is sleeping like a champ. He goes to bed at 7:30, wakes around 7 (this week a little earlier) and takes one LONG (3 hours) afternoon nap.