This week was Zeeke's 15-month checkup.
Zeeke weighed in at 24lbs and is a little over 30 inches tall (both
about average). Our pediatrician proclaimed him a very health boy.
We've started taken evening strolls every day after dinner with Zeeke usually walking most of the way on his own. If we forget, he brings us our shoes to remind us. Whenever we pass a tree, all three of us point up at it and say, "Tree!" (Although it sounds more like "Tee!" when he says it.) He's getting good with vowel sounds. We often catch him singing the "E-I, E-I O" part of "Old MacDonald Had A Farm."
His new favorite game (when he's not playing with diaper boxes) is to pull out one of the letters from his alphabet mat, and raise it over his head to make us shout out the letter. He gets so much joy from it, most of which is because he loves to be in charge.
This was our first full week of no cry drop-offs at day care! We take him in, he sits down in a big kid chair (proud as punch), and we sneak out while they're giving him Cheerios.
Oh, and we've set up a You Tube channel for our favorite Zeeke videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PB5aNbhoccrBIqjkx0Qbg/videos
Saturday, we took an early trip to the Italian Market for produce, then drove all the way down to Maryland for the annual crab feast at Karen's Dad's house. Zeeke had a great time playing with his cousins and actually said "Bye" to Karen's cousin Chris when we were leaving.
Sunday morning, we had a nice trip to the playground. Zeeke wasn't clingy at all and seemed to have his old playground confidence back. Steve's parents came up and took us to lunch at Birra. After a quick gelato, Zeeke went down for a nap and then it was off for a late night Target run after dinner.