16 months

I am a little late on this '16 month post' seeing as how Connor turned 16 months on December 16th, but better late than never!  

Connor continues to love playing with his toys, singing, and dancing.  I can't really pick out a favorite toy as he usually loves playing with them all.  He also really enjoys opening and closing doors and playing with a bottle that has a cap.  He is becoming quick on his feet and his broken leg didn't slow him down much at all.  He is doing more of a run these days and still loves the game chase.  In fact, this is his favorite game!!  

He is repeating more words these days and I know I will leave some out, but here is what I can remember off the top of my head: mama, dada, sissy, more, ball, yes, uh oh, down, up, thank you, sit down, night night, open, baby, bubble, pop, out, cake, cookie, tractor, shoe and cracker.  He, of course, does a lot of "uh uh" and pointing to get his point across, but we're pretty good at making him request using a word before we give him what he wants.

Connor goes to bed around 7:30 and usually sleeps until 7:30 or 8:30 in the morning.  He also sleeps 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon.  He has no problem going down to bed.  He still loves for us to rock him before bed and this usually includes us singing to him at his request.  Putting him to bed at night or at his nap is my absolute favorite time of the day.  This is our one on one time!  At times he just lays his head on my shoulder and I sing to him.  Other times, we work on identifying body parts or play little games.  It sounds like we spend a long time putting him to bed, but we really only spend a few minutes doing this.

One of our favorite things that Connor is doing is this.....

 See those eyes??  When he is excited, being ornery or playful....he makes his eyes really big!

Connor loves looking at books these days.  He will crawl up in our new chair and just look at books!

Connor loves dancing.  Some days, I let the kids watch sesame street while I'm cooking dinner.  He loves watching the beginning song- that's about all he will sit for :)

Grandma and Grandpa Zurcher got Elli and Connor a recordable book for Christmas.  Both kids love listening to Grandpa read the book and Connor loves swaying to the music when it plays.