15 Months

Jenna is 15 months and starting to look more like a toddler every day. She is very healthy and happy. Her personality is really starting to show. She can be impatient and demanding (I think mostly because she can't tell us what she wants). But she can also be sweet and loving. For the most part she is very good and we are so proud to be her parents. 

 Here are a few little things she is doing now:

• Weighs around 22 lbs. Height is unknown (still short)
• Wearing 12-18 month clothes.
• Loves music- will start swaying if she hears a good tune. Especially in the grocery store. Will start playing any toy with music as her "background noise" while playing.
• Enjoys looking her touch and feel flash cards. Especially loves taking them out of the box in a dramatic way, so they go flying. 
• Will gladly shut a door or cupboard when needed. As she crawls down the hall she will shut the bathroom door for me.
• Snuggles on my chest when tired. Will pull down my shirt to be able to put her face on my skin...precious
• Napping once a day. Sometimes twice
• A couple steps have been taken. Enjoys crawling more
• Understands more than I give her credit for. We have realized that we need to watch what we say now otherwise we might have a problem.
• Repeats a few words in her own lanuage...i.e. up=op or bop, wow=oh
• Will repeat "Yah, Yah Yah" "Mama" "Dada"
• Mimics "shhh" sound
• Touches her nose on command
• Signs for: More, Milk, Eat...going to work on diaper
• When full throws food on the floor
• Enjoys eating off our plate then her own
• 6 teeth (3 top, 3 bottom)
• Will brush her own teeth, but only if I sing the song I made up :) 
• Demands to look at the pictures on the fridge as we pass by
• Still shy at first, but is warming up more. Doesn't really worry about what others are doing unless they are in her way or have a toy she wants. Happy playing alone.
• Making more friends everyday and staying very busy!
• No eggs or zucchini
• Holds the phone, remote or any object to her ear and "talks"
• If we are on the phone she must hold it for us and then "talk"
• Uses a spoon to feed self
• Gets really excited when Jeff comes home. She will crawl over to the baby gate and stand on her tip toes and waits for him to open the door. It is the cutest thing!!

Still waiting for her to walk. Some people tell me to enjoy this "non-walking" time, but I am really looking forward to her walking. She is getting heavy and harder for me to carry her all the time. It would also make trips to the park with friends a little easier. She one of the few not walking while others are walking through the grass the the playground. I have a crawler who gets muddy...remember I hate messes! In due time we will have a walker. Until then I will have the Spray n' Wash handy :)