Gunnar is 16 months old!

You all know how I love to do little updates on my kids as they get older...especially when they are changing so much from month to month when they are little. Gunnar turned 16 months old on my birthday last week. I can't believe it. He is getting so big and learning so many new things everyday. Some good and some not so good (from his older brother!) As we were driving to church the other day they're both in the back seat sticking their fingers in their mouth gagging themselves...lovely. Of course laughing all the way. Anyway here are some of the latest fun facts about Gunnar...
He is still a little shrimp...weighing in at maybe 21 or 22 lbs. At his 15 month check up he was in the 4th percentile on weight! Up in the 75th or so in height. His hair is as red as ever and finally long/thick enough to spike a little (sorry Mom...you knew I would do it at some point right?) I can't resist! He ADORES Ashton and follows him around copying his every move. I love it! I guess it's just fun to watch...I know every little brother or sister does it at some point, but it is a first for us and watching it just reminds me that I have 2 little boys when at one time I thought I might not have any! It still blows me away some days.

He seems to like animals already (you know he doesn't get this from me...or Lars for that matter) Must be from Grandma! He loves to go up and pet any animal he sees.

He is saying lots of new words now...some of his latest are: waffle, nemo, cookie, Ashton (kind of sounds like Aaaggiieee), star, cracker, bubble, toesies, nigh-night (when it's time for bed), hello, knock-knock, noodle and others I can't remember right now. It's so fun to see him really starting to understand so much! His most used word still that he says constantly all day long is Mommy, Mommy, Mommy! I love it, but Lars is loving that he says Daddy a lot more now too.
He gives real kisses now and still gives lots of hugs...he is way more of a snuggler than Ashton ever was.

He is sleeping pretty well...hardly ever wakes up in the night anymore, but he is an EARLY riser. He's pretty much up no later than 7:00 every morning.

Maybe I'll get used to it at some point!
He still takes 2 good naps during the day though and I don't think he's ready to go down to one anytime soon.

He's still a binky boy...he loves his binks, but knows he only gets them in bed. When he gets up in the morning or from a nap, I tell him to throw his bink and he throws it right into his crib. I'll be sad for him when he has to give them up (soon).

Here is Ashton around the same age...some similarities, but wow do they look a lot different!