Monthly Aidan

Aidan is 15 months old today! Here's what's going on in his world. Aidan:
-wakes up between 7 and 7:30 each morning and goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 each evening
-is transitioning to one nap a day, against his mother's will
-only likes to ride in the car if it's for a short time
-pulls up, cruises, and pushes his toys wherever he wants to go. Will walk holding one of his parents' hands, but won't let go just yet
-loves to play peekaboo
-pretends everything is a phone. "Hello?"
-is full of words. New ones include oven, hot, bunny, dog, clock, out, and hat
-is going through some separation anxiety. Is fine when we visit other people and even if Mom or Dad leaves, but if we're at home, he does NOT like to be set down
-has started his fourth semester of Kindermusik classes, as well as sign language classes
-has started telling us what he wants, by crawling to his high chair to eat or going into his bedroom and pointing to the crib to go to sleep
-wears 18 and 24 month clothes
-has twelve teeth - four top, four bottom, and four molars
-is learning about facial features: eyes, nose, mouth, and his favorite, tongue
-loves pointing out all of the appliances in the kitchen
-woofs whenever he sees or hears a dog
-will eat as much fruit as we will give him. Has started being a bit picky with meat and a few vegetables, but is still generally a really great eater
-can stack blocks but prefers to knock over towers that we build
-is obsessed with buttons. The ones you push, not the ones you fasten:)
-likes combs and brushes and pretends to brush his own hair as well as ours
-is adamantly against diaper and clothing changes
-thinks it's hilarious to shut himself in a room for "alone time"
-can spend hours playing open close open close open close open close with the kitchen cupboards
-pushes the garage door opener button and says "UP! UP! UP!"
-has developed the sometimes cute but mostly frustrating habit of sorting through his toys and chucking anything unwanted over his shoulder
-has ticklish thighs and underarms
-weighs 25 pounds - we'll update height after his checkup Friday
-is the absolute light of our lives!