{Micah Owen - 15 Months}

Micah Owen, you are 15 months old!

Since turning one you have rapidly moved from a baby into a very active toddler. You have gone from walking to climbing up and on everything. Every day we have to put down the chairs around the kitchen table because not only will you climb them, you then climb onto the kitchen table and like to sit up there. We are often reminding you to have safe feet because once you're standing on something you think it is fun to test the boundaries of being on furniture. You are getting more skilled at going up and down stairs (on your tummy) which is great. You also love running more than you do walking - we think it is because you are trying to keep up with your brothers. As the weather gets better, you have been loving being outside more. You love going down the slide, digging in the dirt, or being on the swing.

After your first birthday we began offering you milk in a cup with each meal and transitioning you off your daytime bottles. You actually took to that transition easily and was off bottles more quickly than we had planned for.  Generally you enjoy food, but when you are teething, all interest in eating goes out the window. You love eating bananas, blueberries, raspberries, pancakes, crackers, hot dogs, oatmeal, and eggs.

Micah it is so fun to see you recognizing patterns. When you see papa get a wipe for your face or even mentioning that your face needs wiped you either try hiding your face behind your hands or you run and hide in your play kitchen. You also have recognized how we put water in your water bottle. You often take your water bottle to the water dispenser and stand underneath and hold your bottle up.

You are working on trying to communicate more to us, but because you're limited you definitely get frustrated. The words you do say seem to be for multiples. So you say "dada" for mama and papa, you say "Elijah" for Elijah and Levi and you say "Jet" for Jet and Jade. You also recently started saying "nana" for banana which has been so cute. You've said "mama" a couple times but it has not been in your regular vocab. You've also been pointing at things quite a bit such as lights or smoke detectors. You're a very curious boy!

Your sleep has been improving consistently at night once we started throwing pacifiers in your room. However, we also decided to move you downstairs into your brother's room to sleep. You have been loving sharing a room. It took about a week for you to stop trying to keep them up at night or to stop waking them up so early. You seem to be comforted by their presence and if you're waking in the night, you are also putting yourself back to sleep.

Micah, these past few months have felt more busy. You celebrated your first Easter, though you didn't quite understand the egg hunt. You watched big brother Elijah finally get to go to in-person school during the week which means you've had a few hours each day with no brothers around. We have family that recently moved to Seattle so you've been able to meet cousins! We also took a family trip to Cannon Beach and you loved it! Your favorite part was running away from mama on the beach, you thought you were so funny!

Over the next few months we think you are looking forward to your brothers being home for Summer break and flying on your first airplane!