Matt, Christen, Derek & Rylie

15 Month Highlights
We took Derek in for his 15 month well check today. It was nice to get established with our new pediatrician in AZ. We LOVED Dr. Glinder and were sad to leave Palo Alto Medical Foundation, but our new pediatrician worked at PAMF prior to moving to AZ and we got a great recommendation for her before we moved.

Derek's 15 month well check stats are: 

height - 32" (93rd%) 

weight - 24 lbs 11 1/2 oz (53rd%)

We were excited to see what Derek's stats were since we knew that he had grown a ton the past few months. Most people I meet seem to comment about Derek, "He's only 15 months old. He's such a big boy. Your husband must be a big guy." HA. At Derek's 12 month well check he was in the 50th% for both height and weight, but in the past 3 months he has shot up in height! Derek seems to be growing just like his daddy did when he was a kiddo!

Derek eats like a champ (eats just about everything we put in front of him) and sleeps like a champ (12 hours through the night)! We are most grateful for those things. His napping is not as consistent these days as he is working on dropping a nap. Some days he takes 2 naps and other days he takes 1. It is hard for me (the planner), but I am learning to adjust. Derek has a few words - cracker, Costco, hi, ice, up, and dadda. He still signs "more, all done, and please." We are working on "thank you." Derek is also into shaking his head no! It is so fun to see him learn to communicate through words and not just signs

Derek has been consistently going to the childcare at the gym we belong to and the church we have been attending now for just about a month. He still clings to me (I have to pry him off and hand him to the childcare workers) and cries when I leave, but for the most part the crying only lasts 5 minutes. At least I get to workout and Matt and I can go to church together, for this we are most grateful!! Here are a few pictures from the month!

 Great Aunt Flo Flo's stool are still fun to play with!

 all ready to go to the Children's Museum

 playing outside with his dump truck

 Derek loves to attach the straps together

 This is the typical way Derek plays at the water table (splashing and pouring water over his head)!!

All set to play outside! This kid LOVES buckets.

Derek is also into singing these days, espcially songs with actions. Enjoy this video!

After the bath, Derek's favorite thing before getting his jammies on is running around naked!!

love his eyes and long eye lashes

 practicing the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" (the spider is crawling up the water spout here)

 brushing his teeth with Thomas the train toothpaste