16 months

We had special visitors for Mateo's 16th monthday. My aunt and uncle! She took these lovely photos.

Mateo happened to have the night before this photoshoot one of his worst nights ever. He didn't fall asleep until after 3am. Mommy and daddy were NOT happy about this. The week before he was up for 2 hours in the night and November 2 he was up many times in the night. I said that was his 2nd worst night, but now he has had 3 of those in a month. The rest of the time he has slept through and had 2 long naps in the day. Hard to know the causes for those restless nights.

He is a climber. Today he discovered how to get on the kitchen table chairs. Next step is on the table I am sure.

The little man says something that sounds like 'dag' (bye) when he waves. I think he says something like 'dada' or 'baba' for 'papa.' It isn't clear what he says, but he has a certain sound for his daddy. Particularly loud when he sees daddy coming off the platform at church.

15+ Months

In his special Hebrew onsie. It says "righteous". The cute jammies are from grandma.

Today was Mateo's check up and shots. He weighed 11.8kg/26lbs and was 85.?cm/33.5in.

This past month Mateo not only spent the night for the first time away from mommy, but his first time was 13 nights in a row! How his mommy enjoyed that *wink* Mateo had a great time with his cousins, auntie and oma. They took great care of him. I am sure he thinks their houses are much more exciting than ours. Mommy was truly able to enjoy her trip in Israel. It is crazy to think of doing it with a baby or child. I kept telling myself that I needed to enjoy every moment, because who knows when I would have such an opportunity again.

What are Mateo's newest tricks? He amazes me every day with what he knows. He seems to have grasped the questions, "Where is your head?" and "Waar is je neus?" (Translated: Where is your nose?) He knows how to turn the internet and phone off, normally when I am in the middle of something important. He knows it is a great way to get attention. He has started copying our sounds, which can be pretty funny. Growls, screams, grunts, whispers, sneezes. He loves waving hi and bye and now adds on kisses; it doesn't matter who he is greeting. I think he picked up from the little boys he played with to make "brm, brm" sounds when he drives his cars around.

The little guys is full of bruises. It comes with learning how to walk. Plus, it seems the terrible 2's are creeping up on us. Mateo knows how to throw tantrums when he doesn't get his way or is told "no!" Often he then starts flailing and banging his head on things. I try to lay him on the carpet and ignore him, but sometimes he still hurts himself from it.

 Yesterday was a big day in his little life. We bought his 'first' pair of shoes. I guess I should say I bought for the first time shoes for him for his current size/need.

Stones & Bones size 22/6