- Shoes, flip flops - every chance you get, you will go into the laundry room where your shoes are and dig through your shoe basket to find your shoes. You'll bring them to where ever we are, hand them to us, gently sit down, and stick your foot out so that we put them on you. You seem to be happiest when you have your shoes on!
- Ceiling fans - if the ceiling fan is on, you are instantly drawn to it staring up and trying to reach out for it. You love it when daddy slowly spins the ceiling fan and lifts you up so your head bumps it.
- Trying to figure out how things work - you'll get down on the ground to see how the wheels on your toys spin, you'll look closely at drawers to see how they move in and out.
- Dancing, spinning, and climbing - if there's music (or sometimes not), you'll start moving your legs to dance. You've recently started spinning in circles to make yourself dizzy and think it's so funny. And you are such a climber...any chance you get to climb up on something you'll take it (even when you're not supposed to be climbing).
- Playing peek-a-boo - you've just started playing this. You love to cover your face with your hands and wait for us to say "peek-a-boo" so you can pull them off and show us your face.
- Talking - you don't say very many words, but man can you talk! Your gibber jabber is the best and you are so serious sometimes - like you're in a serious conversation. Other times you talk and talk and then start laughing like you've just said something so funny. Some of the words you are saying are: "ahh" (after you or someone else takes a drink), "daddy", "all done", "no", "good throw" (the words aren't very clear, but you're trying hard to say them), "get down", "mama" (you finally said this as clear as day the other night while I was rocking you before bed...made my heart melt!)
- Going up and down the stairs on your belly - you've gotten pretty fast at it.
- Giving hugs - especially if you've just done something wrong and gotten fussed at. If I'm holding you and you try to bite my shirt, I'll tell you "no bite" sternly and you'll instantly stop and lay your head down on my shoulder.
- Riding in your push car or power wheel tractor - you'll bring us your shoes and go stand at the door to the garage trying to turn the door knob to get outside. The second you get into the garage you make a beeline straight to your push car and pull yourself over the edge to sit down on the seat. You'll patiently wait until someone comes and pushes you around. Getting you out of the car to go back inside almost always results in tears and screams from you because you don't want to stop.
- You have a bit of a temper and have mastered the classic temper tantrum flop (at least you've stopped head butting the floor when you're mad).
- You are a great eater and often eat more than your sister. You never stop moving though so we just can't keep the pounds on you. At your 15 month well baby visit you weighed 19 lbs 14 oz (11th percentile) and were about 28" long (5th percentile).
You have so much personality, are so happy, and are so much fun. I can't wait to see what the next days, months, and years have in store for you!
