The last day of October meant another month of life for our sweet boy! He learned a lot in his fifteenth month: he started saying saying "Da!" for Daddy and signing it, too, and "Daw!" for dog, a couple weeks later followed by "Ma!" for Mama. He also started waving goodbye. He continues to explore and figure out toys and household items and is quite adept at fine motor skills. He loves the freedom of walking and it's getting harder to keep him happy in a cart or stroller these days.
He loves to do whatever his big sister is doing, but also likes to sit and play alone, especially if he finds a good book to look at. He continues to love emptying all the drawers and cabinets and shelves he can find (sigh!) and loves his riding and pushing toys.
He's regressed a bit in his sleeping through the night, but traveling + teething + a touch of sickness will do that to a guy. He's wearing size 4 diapers and size 5 shoes and though he's still finding 18 mos clothes a little baggy and long, he's outgrowing the sleeves of a lot of his 12 mos shirts.
This is his "I see a dog or cat over there" face. He is very wary of animals.
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Amy Evelyn Oden
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9:00 AM
I was planning a road trip up to Oregon with the kids in October to surprise 'Aunt' Jenny for her 40th, and Rebekah's diagnosis made the trip doubly necessary - and logical, since my heart & mind were already in Oregon, it followed that my body should get up there, too. It was our first drive up since moving to Sacramento - and the kids were amazing! They were happy little road-trippers and it was so nice to leave in the morning & be there by late afternoon.
A little snooze with Cherry Jam...
Grandma's stairs - always a favorite hangout!
New pajamas!
Sporting her sparkly ensemble from Granma O.
He's mulling over his next pick-up line...
A visit to Rebekah's
A visit from Aunt Jenny
Bonding with the Blair cousins
Ice Cream Sandwich Spazz
Bea reading to the younger ones!
Timothy's a super happy little guy!
Jenny's 40th Birthday Bash
In Grandma's beauty salon
Found this cutie on the stairs
A snapshot with Rebekah at church prior to her "hair release party"
At the salon for the party
The lovely Lincoln ladies
All the ladies who showed up to support Rebekah - she's well loved!
That beautiful signature Rebekah laughing smile
Ava & Rebekah
Bittersweet goodbyes to the Blairs
A visit to the Gustafsons'
and to the Storeys'
And then we headed back home to Sacramento...I thought this view of a precisely cloud-shrouded Mt. Shasta was amusing!