Dear Declan, You're 15 Months!!

Dear Declan,


Runner, climber, talker/signer, bubble chaser and animal lover!  Your day is jam packed with movement and we are staying in shape just keeping up with you.  As long as we nap when you nap!

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Youare sleeping just one nap a day now (most days at least... a car ride late morning will put you to sleep).  You still are a great night sleeper!  Thank you for that!!

It was really hard for Mommy to go back to school this fall with all the fun we had this summer.  We didn't go on as many long trips as your first summer but did lots around Hutch!

You still absolutely love signing time and sign or say a new word everyday.  You have also started signing right along with Rachel on the videos, even new signs!  It is amazing to me how much you can communicate and how you love talking.

Declan, you have an extreme obsession with animals... pet, zoo, bugs, SNAKES! ((ahhhh says Grandma Sue!) You will always have animals around you.  I say more animal sounds in a day and of course, all your favorite books the characters are animals.  Hippo, Excuse Me, Good Night Gorilla and Farm Friends are your obsessions!

B is your favorite/easiest letter to say... Bubbles, boat, bath, baba, book, etc... But you said "cracker" clear as day and I about cried!  We are going to get good understanding Toddler speech I think!  This week at daycare it was B week and you had fun in a ball pit.  At our fall church party you loved the ball pit so much too!

You won your first tantrum the other day vs. Mommy.  You were so mad I cut an apple so I caved and gave you a whole one and you chomped away on it with your four teeth! Pretty independent you are becoming!  You climbed the ladder to our slide all my yourself (and Adam's bunk bed ladder was no problem)

Age: 1 YEAR  3 MONTHS                 Dr. Appt. Wed, Sept 24th 

Weight:  Guessing..21.5 lb            Actual:   22 lbs!   37%

Length: Guessing..30.75 inches   Actual:    32.5"      87%  
Head:  Guessing..18.75 inches    Actual:    19"         86%
Teeth: Still just 4!! 

The days just keep getting better, our love keeps growing and your smiles continue to light up our lives!

Love you through and through,

Momma