Otto loves peanut butter.....but not that much!!!

Words, Words, Words

Otto will soon turn 15 months old and will go for his well child check on Thursday where he'll be weighed, measured and poked. Until then I thought I'd share some of the many words Otto has learned. It's quite amazing the rate at which he learns and uses new words. He mostly says one syllable words repeated several times at once. Usually Andrew and I are the only two who know what he's saying, but some of his words are understood by others. He also has really been stringing sounds/words together to form sentences and even uses intonation. Most of these streams of sounds are not understood by anyone, but we always acknowledge that he's said something and either try to mimic what he's said or just give some random reply like, "Oh, I didn't know that. Can you tell me more?" I can see why toddlers get so frustrated by not being understood.
So here's a quite remarkable list of Otto's words/sounds:
more, bird, mama, dada, blueberries, bubbles, dog, woof, meow, quack, duck, cup, moo, roar, binkey, airplane, truck, car, key, bus, balloon, ball, book, juice, apple, cracker, cookie, shoes, yogurt, banana, night-night, boo, up, down...
I'm sure I've forgotten loads more, but these are just a few that he uses regularly.
Last night Andrew and Otto were downstairs watching the NCAA championship basketball game together and Otto said "night-night." Andrew brought him upstairs and put on his pajamas and Otto went right to sleep in his crib. I guess the basketball must have worn him out. Words, words, words...

Grandpa Doug's Ducks

"Grandpa"/Neighbor Doug has resident ducks in his pond this year. Otto loves to go over and feed them daily. Otto has learned to say "duck" and can even make a cute quack sound.

Otto's First Bubble Bath

Otto took his first bubble bath ever. At first he was alarmed by the sound of all the tiny popping bubbles. It was like a giant bowl of Rice Krispies. After a while he relaxed and was up to his old splashy self. He wasn't too fond of his disappearing water toys. The bubbles hid them from sight. We'll try another bubble bath in a few days.

Easter with Great Grandma

Otto, my mom and I went to Wenatchee for Easter while Andrew stayed home on-call. We spent the weekend with Otto's Great Grandma Stewart. Here we are all dressed up on Easter morning.

My mom and Grandma helped Otto find Easter eggs and toys that were hidden all around the yard.

Otto was pretty good about putting the eggs into the basket after he found them. He only fell and spilled the basket a couple of times.

More help from Grandma and Great Grandma.

Otto was very proud of himself for finding all of the eggs.