I think its cute that Elias sleeps in the same way as he did 15 months ago :) 
Yes our handsome baby boy is 15 months old. He has melted my heart lately with his sweetness.
He has NEVER let me rock him to sleep, yet a few nights ago he wasn't sleeping well and he fell asleep with me rocking him in his chair. 
It was so sweet and rare that I stayed in there rocking him 30 mins after he fell asleep taking in and enjoying the moment. A few days before he had woke up a few hours after going to bed so we put in bed with us while we were watching TV and he fell asleep which is also a very rare thing these days. We left him there until we were ready for bed. I wouldn't of minded him sleeping with us but he kicks and moves too much. Ha. I can't believe that we co-slept until 6 months.
Ok, enough about sleeping and on to more interesting stuff :)**Our BIG boy is now 29lbs and 33 inches tall.
(that puts him in the 95% for weight and 75% in height) All of his weight is in his big ole noggin, because the boy is skinny and still a very very picky eater. The pedi would like us to do a follow up with the neurosurgeon since we haven't seen him since last summer. She isn't overly concerned but he is still making his own curve on the charts with his head growth. She said that he is incredibly smart and well above his age with his motor skills, (thanks Doc, we think he is pretty smart too. ha) but would rather know 100% that everything is ok with his head. She said his eating habits are normal for his age and to just keep offering him everything that we eat. 
As I was typing this he took my banana I was eating and ate most of it and last night I was eating carrot sticks and he actually took one of those and ate it too. He is definitely Mr. Independent and wants to do things when he wants to do things.
**He is very loving, and will randomly come up to you for a hug or kiss or put his head on you. It melts your heart to mush :) He also likes to come and sit in your lap to watch ELMO.
**He is SUPER fast and I have a hard time keeping up with him sometimes because he is all over the place. He definitely keeps me on my toes and busy.
**He loves blocks and can stack them up. He also likes to destroy what his Dada has built. Haha.
**He has also shown an interest lately in cars and trucks or just about anything with wheels including his stroller in which he wants to be OUT of the stroller playing with the wheels and not IN the stroller strapped in.
**He follows instructions really well and even knows the difference in things like a shower or bath (we do these in different bathrooms) and will go to the bathroom that you said shower or bath.
**He now goes up and down the stairs. I think its hilarious to watch him go down cause he just slides as you can check out in the videos in previous blogs.
**He is definitely a Jewell boy with his love of hats.
He loves wearing hats, especially his Dada's hats and brings them to me to put on him. He also likes sunglasses in which I found the cutest aviators at Old Navy.
**He likes balls and the best purchase I could have made is one of the big ones from Target.
His eyes light up when he sees it and shreaks "ball ball". He has gotten really good at throwing a ball and we are teaching him to catch one and he can catch it about half the time :)
**He also loves his Little People Farm.
He will put it up on the couch so he is level with it and just babbles away and makes all of the animal sounds with it.
**He also has an obsession with keys. He knows that the keys to the cars hang by the door and when we get to the bottom of the stairs he wants them. He also knows that when we leave we lock the door behind us and he wants to do that. He also likes the panic button on Momma's keyless entry and will push it, A LOT. Haha. He knows how to take the key in and out of the file cabinet and can lock and unlock it thanks to Dada...that might be something I could have done without him learning quite yet. :) We bought him a fancy play key set from Target hoping he would like those and steer away from wanting ours. Nope. He wants the real thing, although his BFF Will likes his play keys :)
**He talks A LOT and most of the time you can make out what he says but there aren't really any certain words that he always says if that makes sense. He will copy you a lot or say something when he wants it but you can't really get him to say it when you want him to. IE if you say, "Elias, can you say cracker?" He wont say it, but if he sees a cracker he will squeal with delight and say it.
**He likes getting into my jewelry drawer and playing with my costume jewelry.
(Shhhhh dont tell Dada. haha)
**He isn't into reading books as much as he was, mainly because he doesn't like to sit still long enough to do so. He still likes to be read to before bed but it has to be a story that keeps his interest and he has to turn the page.
**We are restricting his paci, because he seems to babble and talk a lot more without it obviously. He mostly just gets it in his crib but I do occasionally cave when we are out because I know that when he is fussy the paci soothes him.
(that puts him in the 95% for weight and 75% in height) All of his weight is in his big ole noggin, because the boy is skinny and still a very very picky eater. The pedi would like us to do a follow up with the neurosurgeon since we haven't seen him since last summer. She isn't overly concerned but he is still making his own curve on the charts with his head growth. She said that he is incredibly smart and well above his age with his motor skills, (thanks Doc, we think he is pretty smart too. ha) but would rather know 100% that everything is ok with his head. She said his eating habits are normal for his age and to just keep offering him everything that we eat. 
As I was typing this he took my banana I was eating and ate most of it and last night I was eating carrot sticks and he actually took one of those and ate it too. He is definitely Mr. Independent and wants to do things when he wants to do things.**He is very loving, and will randomly come up to you for a hug or kiss or put his head on you. It melts your heart to mush :) He also likes to come and sit in your lap to watch ELMO.
**He is SUPER fast and I have a hard time keeping up with him sometimes because he is all over the place. He definitely keeps me on my toes and busy.
**He loves blocks and can stack them up. He also likes to destroy what his Dada has built. Haha.
**He has also shown an interest lately in cars and trucks or just about anything with wheels including his stroller in which he wants to be OUT of the stroller playing with the wheels and not IN the stroller strapped in.
**He follows instructions really well and even knows the difference in things like a shower or bath (we do these in different bathrooms) and will go to the bathroom that you said shower or bath.
**He now goes up and down the stairs. I think its hilarious to watch him go down cause he just slides as you can check out in the videos in previous blogs.
**He is definitely a Jewell boy with his love of hats.
He loves wearing hats, especially his Dada's hats and brings them to me to put on him. He also likes sunglasses in which I found the cutest aviators at Old Navy.**He likes balls and the best purchase I could have made is one of the big ones from Target.
His eyes light up when he sees it and shreaks "ball ball". He has gotten really good at throwing a ball and we are teaching him to catch one and he can catch it about half the time :)**He also loves his Little People Farm.
He will put it up on the couch so he is level with it and just babbles away and makes all of the animal sounds with it.**He also has an obsession with keys. He knows that the keys to the cars hang by the door and when we get to the bottom of the stairs he wants them. He also knows that when we leave we lock the door behind us and he wants to do that. He also likes the panic button on Momma's keyless entry and will push it, A LOT. Haha. He knows how to take the key in and out of the file cabinet and can lock and unlock it thanks to Dada...that might be something I could have done without him learning quite yet. :) We bought him a fancy play key set from Target hoping he would like those and steer away from wanting ours. Nope. He wants the real thing, although his BFF Will likes his play keys :)
**He talks A LOT and most of the time you can make out what he says but there aren't really any certain words that he always says if that makes sense. He will copy you a lot or say something when he wants it but you can't really get him to say it when you want him to. IE if you say, "Elias, can you say cracker?" He wont say it, but if he sees a cracker he will squeal with delight and say it.
**He likes getting into my jewelry drawer and playing with my costume jewelry.
(Shhhhh dont tell Dada. haha)**He isn't into reading books as much as he was, mainly because he doesn't like to sit still long enough to do so. He still likes to be read to before bed but it has to be a story that keeps his interest and he has to turn the page.
**We are restricting his paci, because he seems to babble and talk a lot more without it obviously. He mostly just gets it in his crib but I do occasionally cave when we are out because I know that when he is fussy the paci soothes him.
All in all, we are having so much fun being Elias' parents. He as such an interactive and playful age and we love it. We are very active in our Mom's group and meeting up with our friends Alison and Will and we notice that he is a much happier child when he is out and about than being stuck at home. Sorry for writing a book but I want to remember everything :)
