15 months old today!

You are 15 months old today! Such a big girl now. At your doctor appointment last week you were almost 23 lbs and 31.5 inches long. That is a long way from the 8 lbs 2 oz/21 inch long baby I brought home from the hospital. You have changed so much along the way. Actually, these days you change more and learn something new every day! You are full of energy.

Your favorite things to do now are play outside - either just exploring in the yard or culdesac or riding your cozy coupe. You love it when Daddy takes you to the top of the hill and you can ride down it really fast. I call you my little daredevil and you get that from your Daddy. You also LOVE to pretend you are talking on the phone. Sometimes it is with your play phone or our cell phones or anything else you can hold to your ear, but you have long, detailed conversations with yourself and it cracks us up. You are talking so much more now.

You can say blueberry, go, book, shoes, cracker and sing part of Row Row Row Your Boat and the beginning of the ABCs! You are very vocal and you get upset if we don't understand what you are trying to tell us. You tell us when you want milk or a snack or more. Every night I will ask you if you are ready to go Night Night and you always answer with No. You are definitely a girl who knows what she wants. You still love waving and saying Bye Bye. Every night when you climb the stairs to go to your room for bed, you turn and wave saying Bye Bye Daddy. It is too cute!

You had school pictures this month at daycare and you wouldn't smile in any of the pictures. The teachers said they tried eveything and you just wanted to stare down the photographer. We joke though abut how you don't smile on camera. You like to look serious for photos. One day we will capture that gorgeous and contagious smile on camera.

We are getting excited as the holidays approach. Last year, you were too small to do much for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year, we will have so much fun!