Fifteen months

Where does the time go? Brandt is now 15 months old (as of yesterday). Still no walking, but he did lunge at me from the coffee table yesterday so there's something new. And apparently this is the "month of milestones" so expect exciting updates soonish.

In the meantime, he's making good use of his crawling and climbing. He likes to crawl into his toy chest and hang out with his stuff. See that bear to his right? We got that at Circus Circus on Monday. It's actually pretty fun there. We watched three amazing circus acts and I even played Chicken in a Pot (use a mallet to try to propel a rubber chicken into a pot to win stuffed animals), but didn't win. I used to come to Vegas periodically when Lyle was a baby and win him toys to tear up playing Chicken in a Pot. I've either lost my touch or it's harder now. The bear was a gift from the lady working a different game. The arcade has a section for little guys so I sat Brandt in a couple of the vehicles (a car, a space shuttle, and a hippo) over there. It's nice because he likes to sit in them and point at stuff so I don't have to use any quarters to make 'em move yet.

Yesterday we hit the Sunset Galleria mall to check out the Fun at Sun Kids Club. We didn't make it out of the play area to see the clown guy, but the older kids seemed to have a blast. The play area was small, but Brandt really enjoyed it so I think we'll go back when it's not kids club day so he can have it more to himself. Even with all the biggger kids running around he still crawled among them like they weren't there. I was impressed.