More words, more fun, more illnesses but no walking

Dean seems to be in a bit of a lull developmentally. He is very close to 16 months old and still resisting the urge to walk by crawling everywhere and collapsing when we try to walk with him. We do occasionally get him to walk around holding our hands at the park or other places with older, cooler kids.
Milestones:
4.5 months old: first roll
Almost 6 months old: rolling
8 months old: army crawl
9 months old: first tooth
10 months old: knee crawl and pulling up
14 months and 10 days: first steps
15 months old: MOLARS (ugh!)

New words:
orange, banana (banba), baby, book, dada (finally), bird, oink oink, cook, hello, thank you, bye
* There are probably more but we can't decipher them

More fun: Dean is moving to toddlers at daycare regardless of whether he can technically walk. It's possible the infant room is holding him back so we are hoping he transitions well to his new playmates and teachers.