well little boy you are 16 months now! hard to believe how fast it has gone. you are doing so much and eat everything now. even things you shouldn't, like crayons, paint, play doh, dirt, pretty much anything we play with you want to know how it tastes.
you started eating with a spoon about a week ago. one morning when i was feeding you oatmeal you took the spoon from me, turned it upside down and put it in your mouth. (you get the upside down spoon thing from Daddy. he does the same thing when he eats oatmeal!)
yesterday while i was changing your diaper i asked you to say cat and you repeated with a 'caaa'. then i asked you to say dog and you said 'daaa'. then i asked you to say 'more', you made a little noise that could have been 'more' in baby talk. it is so cute how you want to repeat everything. you are VERY vocal. you 'talk' constantly. whenever you hear anyone say bye you put your hand up, wave, and say 'bye bye'. you also say 'uh-Oh' when you drop something. there is so much you are doing and saying it is hard to keep up with it all. did i mention you started to whistle when you were about 7 mths old? you still do it every once in awhile. it has always cracked us up!
and of course, you LOVE to play! you play with cars and make noises as you roll them on the floor. you do the same thing with airplanes. it's so cute to see your little hand in the air, flying toy airplanes around. you love real airplanes as well. whenever we are outside playing and you hear an airplane fly over you stop whatever you are doing and point at it in sky, then make your airplane noise.
you pick up books and look through them and point at the words and pictures like you are reading. i read 'Sleepy Dog' to you every night. we usually read it a couple of times. i love watching you look at the pictures. i still sing to you as i am putting you to bed. you have always been so good at putting yourself to sleep. ever since you were tiny i would lay you down and you would soothe yourself to sleep with your blankies and your lolly. right now i hear you in your crib. i just put you down for your afternoon nap. your cd player is on and you are making the little 'video game' noises you make when you are tired. you will put yourself to sleep in a few minutes with all of your blankies wrapped around you. don't grow too much today little baby. i love you!
of my sleeping baby.
'they' say not to wake a sleeping baby.
i don't think it's because babies NEED sleep. 
i think it's because the people who wrote those books,
just couldn't get themselves to do it.
most parent's need sleep, 
but they CHOOSE not to get it, 
for moments like this.
i took my baby out of his bed today, 
just so i could hold him.
it was totally worth losing sleep over.
i can't get enough of them playing together.
too cute!
btw the reason Jayden has the same sheet on his bed in every picture i take is because we have a few of the same ones. this one is one of my favorites for Jayden's room. i am sooo glad we bought few of them. my mom made the bumper pad for Jayden's crib. she also made Peyton's bumper pad. they are soo cute! Jayden's is green and brown and Peyton's is blue and brown. i will have to take a picture of the boy's rooms again soon. Peyton's room is going to get a total makeover sometime after the new year. it is almost time for a big boy bedroom. i can't believe it!
he is so tired by the time we leave and usually sleeping by the time we get home. i carry him into his room to finish his nap. i love it! he is such a snuggle baby.
so cute how Peyton sticks out his tongue when he is working hard on something.
i love watching them together. they are such good boys.
the playroom WAS clean this morning. see what two boys can do in one day! CRAZY messy! 
i want to eat him.
stop growing so fast. just sleep and be a little boy as long as you can.
will there ever be a time where i don't sneak in on him to watch him sleep? 
i remember when Peyton was a newborn i would hope and pray he'd sleep all night and have great naps. which i still do, but i catch myself getting excited about his naps being over soon. it's like i can't wait to see him and play with him again. i really can't believe how much i love him. it's crazy baby love.
