16 months!

Joseph turned 16 months on April 7, 2012!  Such a fun and busy age this is.  We celebrated the milestone with his first trip to the ER.  Joseph has gotten very good at climbing the couches but on this occasion he was climbing down and became twisted and fell and bumped the back of his head.  He seemed to be fine after a little bit of crying but about 30 minutes later he ended up throwing up and this worried me so we decided to get him checked out to be sure.  The entire car ride there he sang, pointed to his body parts (since I was quizzing him to test his cognition :)  and talked up a storm.  Rich really wanted to turn around to go back home but I convinced him to go just to be safe.  Thankfully the wait wasn't very long and after an exam by the doctor we were told he looked totally fine and nothing to be worried about-no bump or anything.  I probably overreacted but better safe than sorry and at least I was able to sleep that night.  This probably won't be our last trip to the ER with him and just hoping that all visits are as easy and as positive.
The days with our busy little boy are energy packed and just so much fun.  He loves running across the room to give hugs and his new favorite thing is to pretend sneeze, "Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-chew!"  He keeps us laughing with all of his silly antics (such as only whispering "poppa", scrunching his nose, and his singing on demand "la la la").  "No" and "mine" are pretty common these days and we're still waiting patiently for that first temper tantrum but so far he is just a mild-mannered, happy little guy!

Happy 16 months Joseph!  We love you!