15 Months and (Gulp) 3-4 weeks BB

I know it's a week before Michael is 15 months officially, but now I have the time for it, so I thought I would update.

First...Michael...

Of course, he is walking! And in the week since he started, he keeps getting better and better! He likes to just start walking out of the blue. When he walks towards me or Michael, it's fine, but when he walks around the room, it's a little unnerving because he is really not that good at it, and I don't want him to get hurt if/when he falls into something that's not soft. I know that's just how it goes, but I'm afraid of him knocking out a tooth, or really whacking his head for when he falls face-forward rather than on his bottom.

We go for long walks which we really enjoy. He holds my hand for most of it, but he just likes to go and go and go without ever really tiring! There is even a big hill at our park and he even climbed it all the way up (holding my hand...but still, it's a lot of work for little legs!).

His vocabulary is really growing. His ability to imitate words is pretty impressive, but there are still lots of words that he knows from memory:

• On
• Off
• Fan
• Cheese
• Keys
• Dada
• Light
• Ducky
• Bath
• Nakies (ahem.."naked") but sometimes he says it "Nee-nees!"...oh my...so cute!
• Berries
• Water
• Bottle
• Bread
• Car
• Eyes
• Matthew (well, more like "Maff!")
• Even sometimes colors, like "red" and "green."

There may be more, but those are the most frequently used.

Michael is a very strong-willed little boy, and while sometimes it takes an extra bit of patience, it doesn't take away the fun of watching him grow and learn.

I know there is more to say, but his personality is just so full and vibrant, I just don't know how to describe it all!

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Matthew is coming soon! We haven't scheduled a date yet, but it will be the first week or two of November, and considering we are just about into the second week of October...well, it will be soon!

The pregnancy is going well..I feel very good and seem to have a lot of energy, which is good for me to get in some good Baby Michael time. It will be a little bit of time after Matthew is born before we get back into the rhythm of normal play, so I want to really soak in this time now.

Matthew is a big boy, it seems! He is measuring two weeks bigger than his gestational age, so we'll see where he lands when he is born in terms of size, but it sure makes the decision to have another C-section much more peaceful.

I have a list of things I have to get done before he comes, and am slowly getting things checked off. Things like buying a car seat, getting his baby clothes washed are among them, but also just maintenance things that will be easier to do with one kid in tow rather than two, like getting my tires rotated and getting my car cleaned out a bit, running extra items to Good Will, and getting rid of my growing mountain of recycleables.

It will be an adventure, to be sure, and having two boys scurrying around will be a blast, but, wow...it's going to be a change in pace!!