happy 15 months, miles!

yes, i know i missed 14 months...but hopefully these cute photos will help make up for it!

here is miles at 15 months:

he is VERY active these days. i am enjoying seeing him play more with his big brother. they are very cute together. and now that miles can walk, the two of them like to run and chase!

sleeping: it has actually been better since the time change! yay! we also ended up moving both of their bedtimes to 7:30-7:45 since being sick. i kept with it since it seems to be working well. we put him down at 7:30 and he usually plays in his crib for about 15-30 minutes and then sleeps until 5:30 or 6:30. then he will go back down for another 45 minutes to an hour. so much better than before!

routine: pretty much stayed the same. wakes between 7-8 with naps from noon-3. LOTS of playtime in between!

milestones: walking all over now and it is very cute! he can get up the stairs very well, but needs help coming down since he often tries to walk down like his big brother. he does fine on his own if he will crawl though. definitely getting closer to talking. he tries to repeat things we say. he understands A LOT even though he may not say many words.

some of his favorites:
food: cereals of all kinds! cheese sticks, lil' smokies sausages, pancakes, crackers. some foods he has tried lately, but hasn't been a fan of are fish sticks, green beans, scrambled eggs, mac-n-cheese.

fruit: watermelon, canteloupe, apples, red grapes, diced peaches and bananas.

veggies: still not a lot of luck here. i tried green beans again and he still doesn't like them. diced carrots are hit and miss. he does like corn and mashed potatoes. he is a little carb guy!

drink: now that we've figured out his medication dosage, he is doing well on milk. we are back to regular milk as the lactose-free didn't really seem to have any difference and he needed to be on his meds with it as well. we are in the process of weaning from the bottle. i didn't even try earlier with him since ethan had trouble early on...too much to worry about and a few more months with a bottle isn't really a huge deal. i found these green sprouts silicone bottles to ease with the transition, i started with the regular nipple and then just started with the sippy cup nipple for naps this week. hopefully he'll be on all sippy cups by the end of the month.

toy: he plays with the trains with ethan and is trying more and more to keep the trains on the tracks. he gets frustrated easily and will tear apart the track, but he is definitely starting to get the hang of it. loves the john deere tractors we have too. he wants them down from the shelf each morning so he can push around.

book: 10 little ladybugs he loves this book! grandmother and grandfather have the full book and we have the 5 little ladybugs mini book and he just loves to flip through the pages and gets so excited pointing out the different animals on each page.

activity: coloring. he loves to use crayons, pens, magna doodles, anything that he can draw with. ethan wasn't ever interested in coloring this early, so i am excited to see how it continues.