16 months

I guess John turned 16 months yesterday. What a fun age! I find myself continually surprised at what he is doing and laughing like crazy at his antics.

I bought John a set of 5 lacrosse balls last week and he enjoyed watching me toss two of them between my hands, so I asked Dan to show him juggling. Now John frequently brings me three balls, not at all deterred by the fact that one of them always ends up falling down. This morning, one fell in my room. I went to the kitchen to start making breakfast while John looked for it. I came back but couldn't see him and did a quick scan of the house. Where was that kid? A more thorough scan of the house revealed two little feet peeking out from under the quilt - he had sat down under the bed with the balls!

We have a puzzle of different types of cars and emergency vehicles. I've made up different noises for each of them, so John loves bringing me pieces so I'll make the noises. The motorcycle says, "Vroooom Vroooom." On Tuesday, John started making the motorcycle noise every time he picked it up - "ooom, ooom" - with his lower lip sticking out. It is so cute! As I was making dinner last night, he brought me his toy airplane (which has three large wheels) and pushed it along my leg while saying, "oooom, ooooom".

When we walk, I've always pointed out the trees (and there are many) so when John started pointing at things near trees, I assumed he was pointing at trees but that he had bad aim. This week it dawned on me that he has been pointing at animals or animal noises. Unfortunately, he seems to have picked up on the word "tree" and says "eee" while pointing at barking dogs, flying birds, playing squirrels, dancing butterflies, and the window if birds are chirping outside. Oh well - so much for veterinary school.