Our 15 Month Old

Height:  31.5 inches (90th %ile)

Weight: 21 lbs, 9 oz (40%ile)

Head:  47.5 cm (90th %ile)

Helen Grace turned 15 months old on August 25th, and man, she is a busy bee. Here’s what she’s up to…

• She is running around like crazy and has no interest in crawling anymore unless it’s necessary to crawl under something.
• She goes to bed between 8-8:30 p.m. and wakes up between 6-7 a.m. If we are at home on a normal day, I can get her to take two naps for 1.5-2 hours at a time…one around 9 a.m. and another around 3:30-4 p.m. Our bedtime routine consists of her squeezing next to me in the rocker, reading a few books, and then her leaning over on me and finally crawling into my lap and up to my shoulder to doze off. The other night, when she leaned over to lay in my lap, I patted her back and then she started patting my leg. So sweet!
• She has not gained any weight since her birthday, but she’s grown an inch and a half. She will try most any food you give her, but she doesn’t eat a ton of anything…except for cantaloupe and ice cream which are huge favorites. She can work a fork well and eats macaroni and cheese, etc. with it. We are still working on a spoon. We’ve kicked the bottle!!! We got rid of it about a month ago and haven’t looked back since.
• She jibber jabbers a lot, but we don’t understand most of what she’s saying. She’ll say Mama, Daddy, Peggy, Rebel, woof, and ack (quack). She waves at bye bye or night night but hasn’t figured out how to say the word yet. She can point out body parts like nose, eyes, ears, hands, feet, etc. While her words are still limited, she can understand anything you say. She’ll hand you her sippy cup from the backseat or put something back she has picked up or run to the front door if you say her grandparents’ names.
• She brings us her shoes for us to put them on her. In my closet with my shoes is still her favorite place to play.
• She has a funny new laugh- a dorky, low-pitched huhuhu laugh. And when you imitate it, she does it even more.
• She gives seriously good kisses and hugs…sometimes she’ll give them on demand yet other times she will act like she didn’t hear your request.
• Still a huge Tupperware fan and loves to play in ‘her’ cabinet. She loves to brush her teeth. And the girl wants to READ all the time. She wakes up wanting to read and goes to sleep holding a book. I never thought we would get to of all the books in our house, but I am so tired of them after reading them a million times a day!
• She can kick a ball well…and she ought to do that well as many times as she’s been to practice with Daddy. He still thinks she has inherited my clumsiness though. Right now, she hasn’t figured out how to stop when she’s running, so she often will just throw herself down and skid to a stop on her knees. As a result, her knees are always skinned up. Poor baby!
• She is starting to get the concept of herself. If you ask her where Helen Grace is, most of the time she will point to herself, and she can point out Baby Helen Grace in pictures.
• She loves to be scared. John will chase her around the house or jump out and surprise her. She will scream like crazy and then cackle. I know she will love horror movies, unlike either one of her parents.

She was not excited about being out of Mama’s arms at first. “Get me outta here!” “Can I kick the door down?” “Ooooh, this thing SPINS!” Everything is a purse. Our pretty little girl “Ok, I’m over this!” “I’d rather play with my gumball machine than pose for you.” A little blurry but check out the eyelashes And finally, a good smile!