Colby is 17 months old!

Weight - 26.4 pounds
Size - 12-18 month clothes, size 4 diapers
Sleep - Depends on the day and his mood but most days he only takes one nap around 12:00-2:30 pm and than he'll go to bed at 7 and sleep until 7 or 7:30 in the morning.
Eating - He loves anything sweet and is a big fruit eater (except for strawberries, he must get this from Bob, and oranges) but he also loves veggies too, he will try just about anything but doesn't have a huge appetite anymore. He is just figuring out how to use utensils which makes mealtime super fun and extra messy!
Likes - He is still weirdly obsessed with cell phones and will play with real ones for hours. If a real one isn't available he'll make due with anything and pretend it's a phone (shoes, hangers, clothes, toys, they all can magically transform into cell phones when Colby has ahold of them), he is a button addict and will do anything in his power to get his hands on anything with buttons (computers are the ultimate goal but he enjoys remote controllers, TV's, VCR's, stereos, ect.) He has been really into his little tractor that makes animal noises lately. He also loves seeing real animals and imitating their noises too (he can make kitty, pig, bear/dinosaur/tiger (anything that looks scary, Colby has figured out, will roar) and duck noises. He has also discovered how to unscrew lids, even childproof bottles aren't safe in Colby's hands!
Dislikes - When he's not allowed to touch buttons and lately he has become really independant so he will sometimes throw a fit if you make him hold his hand but usually he's pretty good about holding hands. He is always sad when bath time is over.
Motor Skills - He is FINALLY walking!!! He is still working on figuring how to get up to standing from a crawling position. He has gotten up from his knees one time. He will occassionally walk on his knees trying to get up to a standing position. He still crawls if he needs to get somewhere in a hurry though. He has mastered walking backward and does this to manuver himself into my lap and he can walk in circles too!
Speech - he says: ma ma, da da, Bob Bob, Dan Dan, Cracker, Hanger (yes, he has such an obsession with hangers that he has a word for them!), Nana (for banana). He signs: all done, more, milk, eat, drink, please, thank you. And of course uses his pointer finger followed by a loud grunt/whine to get anything he hasn't yet discovered the word or sign for.

Here he is taking a ride in the Hudnall's Tonka truck, little boys and trucks!
(he wasn't feeling good this day so I wasn't able to get a smile out of him)