December Update (a little late)

Dear Connor,

Its January now and you are 15 months old. This last month has proved to be your most eventful. You have mastered things like eating with a fork (on Boxing day) and spoon (today!), dipping your French fries (or cookies) in ketchup and you also learned how to cheers...funny how everything revolves around food with you. You now wave to everyone you see, their cats, their dogs, their cars, whatever. You match keys to doorknobs, toothpaste to toothbrushes and you wipe your own hands (on command) on the towel that hangs on the oven - possibly your most impressive 'trick' yet. You will eat anything I put ketchup on and you are quite often the last one eating at the table. There's a very good chance you will follow in your Dad's footsteps by eating more then anyone else in the house, and then eating what's left on everyone else's plate...a tradition your Dad takes very seriously. You give a great 'high 5' now and you are really close to giving 'knuckles' - you stick out your index finger like ET and touch the other person's knuckles. I think you want to curl up those fingers of yours but you can't because they are just too darn pudgy. Which leads me to my next point - you are pudgy. In a cute, healthy way though. You can point to most body parts but we're not doing too well learning the animals. This is mainly due to the fact that your mother is a dimwit and can't tell which animal is which. "Um...honey...that's a...a...a lama?". Show me someone who knows the difference between a turkey, chicken and rooster and I will be the 1st one in line to get a lesson on farm animals. Perhaps Dad should work on the animals with you from now on. Christmas was great. You got spoiled rotten thanks to friendly competitions between grandparents and uncles. Oh, and lest we forget that you are opening doors now, or not opening doors thanks to door knob locks - which leads me to my next point - tantrums. You have them. A lot. But they are short lived and really not so bad. Actually, I usually find them quite funny. I know this sounds terrible but it's that big, fat bottom lip of yours. It's so darn adorable. I can't help but smile when you pull it out.

That about sums the month of December up. I am so proud of you, honey, and all of the learning that you have done over the past month. You have your grand mother convinced that you are a genius and if she thinks so then you must be! Right? Don't ask me. I don't know the difference between a turkey, chicken and rooster...

Love Mommy

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