BIG 16 month old!!!

declan had his 16 month checkup today, WOW where does the time go?!!!
first the amazing stats and then the photos! i've really never been one to get all caught up in the stats each time and i usually don't even remember a week later, but today i am very amazed how much this boy has grown in the past 4 months.
height: 35 inches WOW!!! he was 32 1/4 at his 1 yr appt so he grew almost 3 inches in 4 months, holy cow! well ABOVE the 95th percentile... that means he's basically the tallest boy in his class. :)
weight: 28 lbs 11 oz, he is one heavy boy and the scale confirmed it! up 2 1/2 pounds from last time. 90th percentile

having lunch before the appt

he's been enjoying holding a whole piece of food and taking bites with his teeth instead of having food cut up into tiny pieces. i think it makes him feel older and more independent, like in the picture above where he wants the whole cheese stick. this is a big milestone for me too because my biggest fear is him choking on food. so i watch him very carefully these days but so far so good, he's doing really well and seems to like his newfound food freedom.

getting undressed for his checkup, daddy surprised us at the office between his meetings.


chilling out, just waiting for the doctor. we were laughing so hard at how LONG he is on this table! it seems like yesterday he was a tiny little peanut who fit neatly in the square of paper and couldn't even roll.



climbing on anything he can find as usual. he climbed on these steps, ran around the room and loudly screeched "da da da da da da" while we talked with the doctor. normal toddler boy behavior!



another first! we hit the grocery store after the doctor and something made me think he might be ready to ride in the giant cart-car thing. after wiping it down with about 12 lysol wipes i threw him in. somehow he knew exactly what to do - he moved the steering wheel back and forth and even beeped the horn! he lasted about 10 aisles before i put him up in the child seat, about 8 more than i thought!