Milestones: 15 Months Old

At 15 Months, Austin:

- Is still getting his top molars. We are going on a month now! It's getting ridiculous. Part of them have popped through but the rest of the teeth just don't want to come in. It makes the poor boy miserable and in turn makes Mom and Dad crazy.... :(

- Has this new game he plays with his Dad where they head butt each other. Austin thinks it's hilarious! He keeps trying to do it to me but I don't find it so amusing. Their relationship is one of a kind I tell you....

- Started screaming one day while we were sitting in the living room watching a movie. We jumped and ran to him only to find that he was scared of his shadow on the wall! Every time he saw it move, he freaked out! We couldn't stop laughing once we realized what was going on. To try and calm him down we started doing shadow puppets on the wall. He stared at our creativeness on the wall in awe but stayed close to us the rest of the night.

- LOVES HIS MOMMA! All throughout the day he will stop what he is doing and run over to me with open arms saying, "Mama!" and hug me. He also holds my hand in the car (our car is pretty small so it's not as tricky as it sounds with him being in the back seat). Not only does he hold my hand, but he hugs it and lovingly says "Mama...." People always told me that boys are so much fun because they adore their Moms and I am starting to see that it's true :).

- Is becoming more and more independent. He hates his stroller (grrrr...) and feels the need to run by himself everywhere. This means he is extremely difficult to take anywhere because he freaks out in the shopping cart, freaks out in the high chair, and freaks out if I try and hold him when he wants to get down and wreak havoc. Honestly, I wouldn't care if he wanted to get down and stand next to me like a good little boy, but instead I get the child who instantly runs away, throwing things on the ground and leaving utter destruction in his wake. Because of his need for independence and our need to keep him safe and alive, he has started throwing tantrums. We have already entered the terrible two's! He will literally lay on the ground in the middle of the store or restaurant and dare us to try and pick him up. We have our hands full to say the least!

- Loves to be outside, especially when we are exploring our new park! They just put two new parks in down the street from us and we are LOVING them! It's hilarious watching him enjoy his freedom. He runs around screaming in complete happiness, playing in the park sprinklers, digging in the dirt, and trying to do what all the big kids around him are doing. We are at the park at least twice a day. Now that fall is here the evenings are perfect for a family stroll :).

- Throws things on the floor and adorably says, "Uh-Oh...." It's so cute when it's a toy or a ball..... and not so cute when it's his dinner.....

Some Fun Moments over the Past Month:

Playing in the sprinklers at the park!

Spending Saturday morning walking around the community garage sale with Mom. As you can see, he is very interested in the cute Halloween wreath I got for two bucks!

He gets at least a million kisses per day from Momma. I can't resist those squishy cheeks and adorable smile!

Making a new friend at the park. She was so cute with him and even though she was at least 3 years older, she played with him anyway.

He fell asleep on the car ride home after playing over at his friend Emmett's house. They have a great time together and I love anything that will tire him out ;).

He is obsessed with the dishwasher and all day long I am yelling, "No!" at him as she his reaching for the steak knives or trying to eat the detergent. I've tried the time out corner but I realized it wasn't working when he ran and put himself in time out. He just sat there smiling at me with that mischievous face....

Eating Italian ice with Dad at the new park grand opening.

Baking banana bread with Mom. Yummy!!

He prefers to push the stroller now, rather than sit in it.

We love gymboree! He runs straight for the jump rope every time :).

Playing peek-a-boo with Momma. He was laughing hysterically until he ran into the table. After that incident he had no interest that game anymore.

So handsome! Heading to church.

Celebrating Auntie Sadie's birthday at the Cheesecake Factory! He made us all work for our supper. He wanted to be passed around from person to person and run around the restaurant. Basically I asked for a to go box and ate my dinner at home :(.

Auntie Bri was a big help at the Cheesecake Factory. She took him into the bathroom and entertained him by taking pictures! lol

While we should have been enjoying our cheesecake...

On a side note, speaking of Sadie, she got into the fire academy for a second time!! Fingers crossed that there will be no political drama this time and all her dreams will come true!

Baby plumber's crack.... cutest thing in the world!

He has had shoes for months now but never wanted to wear them. They always made him trip and fall down. Well, all that changed on day when he grabbed his shoes and begged us to put them on him by saying, "shoes! shoes!" He now LOVES wearing shoes because he knows that means he gets to go outside and play!

Dad likes to push him around in the laundry basket :).

He loves his Daddy so much!

Walking around enjoying our Friday morning and Starbucks.

Sitting in his wagon waiting for Mom to give him a ride!

Playing at Emmett's house. Emmett loves to feed Austin his snacks and give him drinks. They are so stinking cute!!

He wasn't feeling good thanks to those dang molars so I asked him if he wanted to watch his favorite show and he quickly grabbed his big fish pillow, his blankie, and a cracker and made himself comfortable next to me. He's never done anything like that before!

The two of us have a lot of fun at home :). Sometimes we just lounge around on the floor playing with toys and taking pictures!

Love my Bubbas!

Sometimes taking pictures in the bathroom is the only thing we can do to keep his mind occupied while he is in pain from teething :(. Poor kid! He has been so miserable!

Mom hasn't been feeling very good with the pregnancy but that doesn't stop Austin from running 100mph. Most of the pictures we take of him are blurry!

Ignore how large my butt looks here... it's just a bad angle okay! I just wanted to show Austin's other favorite past-time. He likes to sit on my back and play with my hair! I don't mind it one bit :).