Also known as the Whoorlito 15th month update.
Hmmm, where to begin. When I last updated you, Wito was 7 months old and looking like this:
Now, he more or less looks like this:
Unless I’m working on the laptop. Then, he looks like this:
Ack! The guilt! Stop with the eyes, kid!
Wito is no longer a baby. (sobbing all over my laptop) Physically, he’s still off the charts, towering over toddlers his age and eating their toys. Developmentally, he’s walking, dancing, faux-reading, babbling, throwing face-on-the-floor tantrums, you name it.
His two greatest loves (besides his glorious mother) are the outdoors and books. He never wants to be inside, always exploring and careening down the sidewalk at breakneck speeds. As SAJ has witnessed herself, if I put Wito down at the park, he will haul ass in the opposite direction without ever looking back. The kid would literally walk blocks without checking to see if I was still around. You know what this means, right? TODDLER LEASH TIME.
I kid, I kid.
Maybe.
However, when the time comes to return home, I have to wrangle his flailing appendages and muffle his blood-curdling screams in an attempt to get him inside the house. Just this morning while leaving the library, you would have thought I was ripping out his toenails while buckling him into his car seat. The child is one with nature.
As for books, well, books trump toys every damn time. It’s amazing. He has virtually no interest in toys right now, but give him a book or flashcards and he’s in heaven. (Hint hint, holiday shoppers.) And speaking of heaven, his most current quirk is just plain bizarro. When asked where the light is, he throws his palms to the sky, clenches his jaw, and slightly shakes his hands, as if he is channeling all of the energy in his body to turn the light on. It’s quite evangelical in nature. You might be reading about his popular cult in twenty years, is all I’m sayin’.
Wito’s hair:
Wavy
Fine-textured
Natural highlights
Oh. This isn’t supposed to be one of “those” posts.
Well, okay then! My work here is done!
All You Need Is Love. And a book. Preferably outside.
Ashlie
October 29, 2007 at 7:19 pmAs a happy D.I.N.K (double income no kids) you make me want to have babies. If I could have a little boy as cute as yours I’d pop one out right now. With an epidural and plenty of ice chips, of course…
chris
October 29, 2007 at 7:43 pmHe is gorgeous. Love, a book, and the outdoors sounds pretty perfect.
Anna
October 29, 2007 at 7:44 pmAh yes, he’s cute. What a relief it is to be able to say that – some little’uns just aren’t, you know? Kidding… kinda. :) But yeah, he’s quite the little looker. Love the eyes!
nabbalicious
October 29, 2007 at 8:21 pmOf course he would have perfect hair. He’s a DOLL.
sunny
October 30, 2007 at 4:44 amI love this site for the hair updates and advice but it ‘s also really cool to read about mothering a crazy boy toddler! My son is very similar to wito – he is off and GONE! He just turned 2 & now we have a nanny during the daytime – thank goodness this girl is extremely bouncy and fit to run after his crazy ass :)
Spandrel Studios
October 30, 2007 at 5:16 amSo, your son is cerebral *and* a looker?
Woo-boy, are you going to be in trouble in 10 or 11 years!
B@B@(Sue)
October 30, 2007 at 6:27 amWaooo.. cute…
Oh I had a dream that wito was playing with a little sister…..ummm
Katie
October 30, 2007 at 7:52 amHe’s so handsome. And ah the wavy hair.
So seriously, have you given him a hair cut? Do you take Hair Thursday applicants who are only 11 months old?
Natalie 42
October 30, 2007 at 7:09 amDo you and D just high five each other in the halls of your home sometimes? I mean, b/c you guys obviously have the ability to create gorgeous children? You should. I’m just sayin’.
Leta
October 30, 2007 at 8:09 amGood gravy, that is one fine lookin’ young man you have there!
bethany
October 30, 2007 at 7:28 amCould he be ANY more perfect looking, No, no I do not think so! He’s a t.v baby, Whoor!!
Kristie
October 30, 2007 at 9:35 amHe’s just precious!
And, I’m so into the toddler leash. But the cute ones that look like backpacks.
Sarcomical
October 30, 2007 at 8:59 ami’m just saying, if you can document that jimmy swaggart-like move, you really must post a video sometime. ;)
p.s. love his slippers. ;)
lini
October 30, 2007 at 8:59 amPrecious, precious, precious, precious, precious, precious,precious. And about holiday gifts, are you sure a train wouldn’t be enjoyed?
kerrianne
October 30, 2007 at 9:06 amI totally want that Beatles t-shirt. But it definitely looks better on him than it would on me.