15 months or 1 year and 3 months old

On Tuesday I took him to his 15 months wellness check up. He weighs 27 lb 12 oz (12 kg 500 g) and 33 inches (84 cm)tall. He also got his scheduled set of shots (DTaP, Prevnar, Hib). Oh, boy....He knows way too well what they do at the doctor's office. He SCREAMED every time the nurse opened her mouth, let alone approach or touch him. I wonder what he would think if he knew that his mommy was "one of them":)
Aaron is picking up a lot of new words both in Russian and in English. And our behavior too:)
He still loves books. The first thing he does when he wakes up, even before I have a chance to change his diaper, he runs to the box with books, picks one and runs back to me or sleeping Cliff with his demanding "Peeeeeeeeeeee" which is supposed to be "please" but I think he uses it more like "I want it NOW".:)
Now I even understand which book he wants to read next as he says something from the title of the book, like "Jaba" for "Kurochka Rjaba", or "Enot", or "Dadyj" for "Moj Dodyr" These are Russian books that his Babushka and Dedushka gave him. Usually Cliff reads him English books and I read him Russian books.
We are still having a mix of sleeping through and not-so-sleeping-through-the nights. He now has one molar and another one is well on its way which probably means more fussiness and awakenings at night...but we'll deal with it, because that's what parents do. You got to pay for those heavenly kisses and hugs and love from a child in some way. And it's a small price to pay.
I very much appreciate Cliff's patience in the middle of the night when Aaron was awake for 2-3 hours in a row crying. Thank you, Lord, for Cliff and Aaron!

You can pick your friends...

...you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose...(well, maybe Aaron can:))

Here he is

His first haircut. More pictures are in his new web album:

First haircut, or You have 5 minutes, M'am!

Yeah, we finally decided to get his baby hair chopped into a stylish haircut. Aaron did very well for the first 5 minutes which was almost enough for the hairdresser to do his haircut. Wow...you've got to have a lot of practice to do a haircut in 5 minutes:) Here we go...

Part 1 Still has his beautiful baby hair


Part 2 Getting impatient


Part 3 I think I am done here

Sick

I hate to see him sick...

Alphabet

We had a great visit with Aaron's grandparents (Cislaks) this past weekend (more pictures to come soon). On Monday, however, Aaron got very sick with fever and lots of congestion. He's getting better today. This video was taken on Monday. You might wonder why we took it while he was doing his business. The answer is, that's where he likes learning his English alphabet:)

Following in the steps of his great Uncle C:)

I think he's getting there, don't you think?:)