Dear Henry

Dear Henry,

I can't believe it took me so long to think of this, but here it is - a blog that I can write for you. Maybe someday you'll even read it! And if you do, you'll probably know that I started writing you letters a while ago (they're in your baby book). You'll probably also know that I'm not very good at remembering when you did things unless I write them down right away. I'm also not very good at writing them down right away. So maybe keeping a blog that I can update frequently will help. Who knows? It's worth a shot, right?

Anyway, you're 15 months old, and you are amazing. You have so much personality now. And you talk all. the. time. You don't even seem to care if I understand you, which is good because usually I don't. Here are some of the things that I do understand:

dog, bark, woof. also Lily (the dog's name)
eat, cheese, yogurt
ball, throw it
shoes, go outside
why? what?
book, read
bathtub

Today, I'm pretty sure you said "I love you" when you hugged me. Yesterday, you had this conversation with your dad about the dog barking:

H: Dog bark.
Dad: What does the dog say?
H: It say "woof."

You're obviously a genius. You can also identify your tongue, ears, and nose. And sometimes your toes and feet, but sometimes you just point to your leg when I ask.

You are obsessed with books. We read together every day, and you also like to look at books on your own sometimes. You also like to take all the books out of the bookcases and bring them to me when you want attention. There are so many books on the floor that our house looks like it was hit by a tornado.

Today you went to the doctor for your 15-month check-up. You weighed almost 27 pounds and were 32 inches tall. You screamed when the nurse tried to measure your head (what's up with that?), and then you couldn't stop crying. Which was ok, since you ended up getting two shots and having blood drawn so you can be tested for food allergies (I hope you don't have any, but you got hives after eating peanut butter). Afterwards, you took a 2.5 hour nap and then went to bed early. I hope you're ok.

I love you, love bug.