Eek... my 'baby' is 15 months old!! Every day she changes in little ways but it is hard for me to notice, until I look back at old pictures of videos, and it is very apparent. Other people who don't see her every day can definitely notice the changes.
Mobility
In the past week, she has started walking while holding someone's hands. This is an exciting thing! She has been 'cruising' for months but has shown no interest until recently to start walking. I think she will be taking off on her own in no time.
Behavior
Adelaide has some very funny mannerisms. Sometimes she scrunches up her face, where it looks like she might be confused or something. It really just makes us laugh because I don't know if she even means to do it. She has been saying "no" a lot lately, and usually in response to a question! It is also funny, but I can't show her that, because sometimes she says 'no' to me when she shouldn't be saying 'no.' She has started knocking on doors lately. It is just so funny to see things that she picks up from watching Ben and I every day. Since we moved to Virginia, Ben gets her up in the morning and brings her to me and we cuddle in bed together. This is so sweet for me because she hasn't done much cuddling since she was very little, and she won't do it at other times in the day. She also loves to imitate when she sees us brushing our teeth or hair. She still sucks her thumb, but we try to limit it to bed/nap time, or in the car when we can't control it.
Speech
She has a very large vocabulary, and also does sign language for several words:
mama
dada
Oma
Andy
Kerry
Carl
Jane
puppy
"meow"
"moo"
"quack"
"neigh"
"baa"
water
milk (signs and says)
music
Amen
movie
potty
eat
cheese
bread
oatmeal
apple
for banana, she just says "B"
more (says and signs)
all done
shirt (says and signs)
share (says and signs)
ball
tree (says and signs)
thank you (says and signs)
please (says and signs)
car
red
no (and "No, No, Noah")
shoes
night night
baby (says and signs)
uh-oh
up
keys
bath
bed
when asked if something is yummy, she responds "mmm"
when told she is a good girl, she claps and says "yay"
she can say and/or identify the following body parts:
nose
teeth
ear
eyes
belly
tongue
toes (as piggies)
hair
head
she has a collection of Baby Einstein books that she can say the names of and identify by sight:
Poetry
Colors
Nature
Numbers
Animals
Rhymes
So that is the extent that Ben and I can think of at this moment... impressive, eh? Amazing to me, because just 3 months ago she really only said a handful of words and signed maybe 3? It will be so amazing when she starts talking in sentences! We'll see if I'm ready for that :)
Oh... and we have another baby coming in early December!!
