16 month update

I know Den is going to love this photo. It cracks me up just to look at it. He really seems to like the slide. The whole piece of plastic is below.

Eddi has become a little person.

He LOVES balls. Everything is a ball. He will page through his books, looking for the pictures with balls -- or anything slightly resembling a ball and proudly yell, "ball!". The problem is also that he likes to throw his balls. This is not an issue with the soft ones, but with the small, hard balls, it's quite painful. I'm trying to teach him not to do that--but might end up having to put them all away.

I think (and g'ma Ohio really thinks) he's starting to learn his colors. G'ma Ohio especially thinks Eddie knows the color Orange. He will eventually. I call out the colors when he plays with his quatro legos--giant sized legos. However, I'm getting bored with his toys. I'd like some new ones. I'm trying to resist tho' as soon he'll be good for the 18 month old toys. There's some cool stuff out there.

Still a little unsteady on his feet, but doing pretty well with walking. He can get himself to a standing position by himself, without using anything to pull up. Still smiling like crazy, but a little more leary of most strangers--for a couple minutes at least. Current fav foods include watermelon, applesauce, banana (I think because he can bite it off himself), and tomatos. Likes canned peas and green beans--not frozen. Wonder how he'll like the garden green beans. There are others, but those are the ones on the top of my head.

Climbs and descends the stairs well (with help). He seems to have good comprehension. When you tell him it's time to take a bath, he goes upstairs and into the bathroom. He follows all kinds of commands--shut the door, shut the drawer, 'alto mano'--raise your hands--when he's choking, put your shirt in the hamper, etc. I've also decided he's not a morning person. He might get up early, but that doesn't mean he's the best to be around. I thought we were going to kill each other this morning, we were both so grouchy.