The State of the Finnegan

Life with a 14 month old (almost 15 months!) is never, ever boring.  Since Finn was born, I've been looking forward to him being between the ages of 3-5, those are my favorites ages.  But I never anticipated how much fun this age would be.  He's doing something new every day, and has the best sense of humor.  Today I started laughing while we were driving, and he started laughing too, even though he had no idea what I was laughing at.

While he's suddenly become very attached to me and Nanny M, he's also become incredibly social as long as one of us is holding him, or is nearby.  He's especially social with kids; when we're out, he waves at them all like they're his long lost friends.  He plays shy with adults, but then will suddenly give a huge grin or blow a complete stranger a kiss, and melts hearts everywhere.

He also waves at planes (while covered in dirt)

Blows kisses to birds

Gets kisses from dogs (that's Cletus - Nanny M's dog)

Tries to get dogs attention by signing "dog" whenever one walks by

Asks for cheese at the grocery store - as soon as we walk in the door he's asking for cheese, he knows where they keep the free samples! (He also furiously signs "cheese, cheese please" when we walk down the cheese aisle, or whenever the word cheese is said - it's the Food that Shall Not Be Named in our house)

He currently can say 15 words: hi, bye, mama, kitty, dog, nahnah (Nanny M), cheese, bird, tree, boo! (I think that counts as a word, he loves to say it, and uses it appropriately), more, snack, hat, ball, please.  He knows the signs for a lot of those words, and will usually sign and say the word at the same time, which makes it much easier to understand what he's saying.  He also knows the sign for book, eat, and melon, and we're working on the signs for outside, berry and thank you.

Each day is a new adventure with my little boy - it all passes so fast, I think I'm going to try to do one of these posts every few months, just so I can remember these little snapshots of what life is like right now.