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Happy 16 months!! 

Clothes: 12 months & 18 months- 12 months in separates, 18 months in onesies and jumpers.  We are getting close to 24 months though, and I have put up several 12 months things and even some small 18 month ones!

Growing Up: Cooper is running around like crazy!  He has also mastered several words, though most of them start with 'b', so they all sound similar: bird, bye, bug, boo, boom, book, ball, dada, hot, bubble (BU very emphatically), pop (a bubble pops), up, & please (dees).  He has started saying please on his own, but usually needs a reminder.  Still no momma.  He can sign milk, car, book, please, more, eat, and hat.  He can also blow kisses without a prompt now.  Cooper also has been picking up on things we do and tries to do them himself (putting dishwasher detergent in, folding clothes, combing his hair, blowing on his food if it's hot, etc).  He can also locate ears, nose, mouth, tongue, foot, toes, and belly.  He can point to yours, but not his- except he can stick his tongue out. :P

Likes: berries, rolls, carrots, walking, riding mommy like a horse, riding his horse, books, throwing things, emery boards, taking clothes out of the closet, balls, leaves- dead and crunchy ones especially, digging through the trash, bouncing, playing chase, being outside, playing in the rain, opening closet doors, hugs and kisses, patting things, drinking mommy's smoothie, shoes, digging through mommy's purse
 

Dislikes: when you take away something he was playing with, mommy or daddy leaving him, when he wants something to eat he can't have, riding the in car, "No", not being able to go outside, food with tomatoes, having a poopy diaper, eating noodles

Schedule:  

This is our basic schedule, but it changes depending on how well he naps and when he wakes up

7:00 - up for the day!
8:15 - breakfast

9:30 - nap

11:00 - play
12:15 - lunch

2:30 - nap

4:00 -snack
4:30 - play

6:15 - supper

7:00 - bath

7:30 - bedtime

Moments:  Cooper got to see most of his family in one week!  He hadn't seen Uncle Clark since Christmas!  He threw up for the first time (yuck!), but he wasn't sick.  He is not eating with a bib on most of the time instead of ripping it off, so he doesn't have to eat naked now.  He fell down the stairs in the sunroom a couple of times, so now he is scared to try to go down alone.  I won't say that bothers me!