If Only For A Short Time...: Growing Up

Where has my itty bitty baby gone? It seems like overnight he lost his baby look. He officially looks like the very sad T word, a toddler. We went for his 15 month well check this week and he is doing awesome! He finally grew taller! We were so excited to hear that! He was 31.5 inches which put him in the 56% percentile and he weighed a whopping 27 pounds 12 ounces and he was in the 96% percentile. He is quite the talker and loves to let you know what he thinks. We don't understand his language but he is learning and saying lots of new words. When we start to count he can say two, three. He says choo choo, that, this, out, mama, dada, and bye bye. He is pointing to pictures when we ask him where certain things are. He loves to read! We spent Saturday and Sunday morning snuggled together reading book, it was perfect. He would get a book from his bookshelf, climb into my lap and we would read. When we finished he would throw it in the floor, get up, get a new one and start the process again. There is nothing better than watching his eyes get big and a smile spread across his face when we start reading his favorite books.
We had our first family outing to the zoo and it was wonderful! We spent about 5 hours at the zoo and our boy was wonderful. He took it all in, ate a good lunch and went right to sleep when he was tired. We did not get to ride the train due to his nap but we did get to ride the carousel. He wasn't quite sure what to think about it but he seemed to enjoy it for the most part.
We have adjusted well to being back from break but counting down the days to summer! Our boy absolutely loves it outside and there just isn't enough time in the day when we have to work. We are thankful for jobs that allow us to have breaks so that we can spend time with our sweet boy. We have our vacations planned for the summer and it is nice to have something to look forward to. We will be at the beach for a week and also going to Disney World! We are blessed to have the opportunity to take trips and so thankful our sweet boy will be going with us.
Currently, there aren't many updates on the case. At the end of the month we will complete another step in the process. It will still take awhile but hopefully we will continue in the right direction. Both workers said once the goal is changed to adoption it is usually not changed back which took a little stress away. There's always a chance and I constantly remind myself that. We ask that you continue to pray for our case and that it continues to progress toward adoption. We are getting there! Slowly but surely!