The Crazy Adventures of the Merten Family: 16 months

Nolan is a pro at climbing onto anything...chairs, tables, high chairs! Our little bundle of joy has no fear. We unfortunately witnessed our first blood bath, Nolan feel off the chair and bite his lip. He did much better than mommy at the sight of his own blood. We were able to calm him down pretty quickly, but oh did I feel bad.

Nolan is really starting to develop his personality. He is learning that he wants things done his way...when he knows he is mis behaving he sticks out his tounge, and whines an unknown demand and then promptly does the naughty task. He has also started to hit and throw things at you if you try to take them away. We have not started time-out yet, but are getting very close to starting.

Nolan has been working on cutting his molar. So far they are just giant bumps. He has been running a slight fever and gets big giant pink cheeks. His current weight as of Dec 24 is 21.3 pounds. He is wearing 12-18 months clothes and has a shoe size of 4.5.

Nolan knows how to remove lids and match the correct size to another container. He is learning how to sort like things. He is starting to pick up toys and gently place them into the toy box.

We went a saw Santa...needless to say this did not go as planned.

We had a wonderful Christmas celebrating with both families and needless to say Nolan is quite loved and spoiled. He loves all of his new toys!