15 months old

I never knew how much fun a 15 month old could be!!! I love every second we are together. She is so full of life and does something cute about every minute. I am consistency going "did you see her just do that" "ahh that was so cute" "she did _____ today and it was adorable" It is so crazy to continue to see her learn daily. She is just growing into a great little girl that is loved by many!!

• 20.8 lbs (10-25%)
• 29 inches (10-25%)- We have a petite little girl =)
• 45cm head circumference (25%)
• walking MUCH faster!
• Can walk backwards
• Can walk in circles
• She loves to be chased around. She will squeal so loud when we run after her.
• Can follow multi- steps.
• Is able to use a spoon and fork correct now and loves to use them when she can.
• Enjoys dipping food into ketchup, didn't like ranch or bbq
• Is a good sharer! Loves to share her sippy cups with her babies, stuffed animals, our real animals and her mama and dada and whenever she shares she always makes the smacking sound.
• Say "vmmmmmm" when she is playing with her car or train.
• Hugs on our legs when we are standing and always does the "mmmmmmmm" sound and squeezes.
• If we put our arms out and get down to her level and say "give me a hug" she will walk really fast and open up her arms and give us a great big hug!!
• Still loves balls and babies best of all out of all her toys.
• She loves to "cook" with a bowl and spoon and feed herself and everyone/everything around her and say "yumyumyumyum"
• Holds all her toy phones up to her ears
• Will walk backwards and sit in our lap when we are on the floor with her.
• Will put things back where she got them
• Is still really good at giving us objects that she finds that she is not suppose to have even if we don't see her get it she brings it to us anyways.
• Her bangs have grown so much this summer they cover her eyes, but we are not cutting it yet so she wears it up most days or we try to keep it to the sides. Clips do not work because she will rip them out.
• She now claps her hands as soon as she hears "When you're happy and you know it"
• Wants all doors closed all the time. Whenever she sees one open she has to go close it
• Is pretty much into anything and everything she can find
• Worked on her puzzles for the 1st time this month and actually got the concept. She will take them out and put them back and even sometimes get the pieces in the right spot on her own.
• If she is looking for something or we ask her to find something that she can't find she does the "I don't know" hands/arm.
• She put her finger to her lip and goes "hhhhhhhhh" for "shhhhhh"
• Has always loved books but this month has REALLY loved books. She is always bringing them to us and wants us to read to her and she is even "reading" with us if she sees something she knows.
• Got tooth #8
• Has adjusted very well to mommy going to back to work!

1 year ago picture difference =)

Waking up & Going to bed

In the morning she wakes up happy and playing (like usual). I go in to get her. She hands me her baby doll which I give a good morning kiss to, she then stands up and gives me a good morning kiss too!! I take her out and put her on the ground. She knows to walk over to her changing mat, she climbs up on it. I pull her down to the end and she lays down. She gets her diaper changed then its time to breakfast!

At night all we have to say is "it's night night time" She then walks into her bedroom and over to her rocker. I pick her up and rock her while she drinks her sippy cup of milk. We read some stories. She then will sign "all done" We get up, get night night kisses. I hand her her baby doll and lay her down. She then rolls over and falls asleep snuggling her baby =)

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A few of her new talents

Today she learned that her little blocks can stack on top of each other. She had a pretty good time stacking them up and knocking them down and doing it all over again.

I also love the new thing she is doing with her balls. She holds 2 with 1 hand! A few days ago I was cleaning up and putting them away and grabbed both together and she watched me so ever since then she does what I did. She use to have 5 of those balls but 2 have disappeared so that is what she has to do if she wants to carry all 3 at one time.

14 Months!

Well another month has come and gone and now we have a 14 month old! Here is what Jacie has been up:

• Went back down to size 3 diapers during the day and size 4 at night. The 4's fit but I think the 3's fit better and don't sag so much.
• wearing a variety of sizes still, but usually fits 12 month best
• NO MORE BOTTLES! She is full time sippy cup. Even night time!!
• Finally has started to eat more meats. She is now willing to eat chicken, turkey, bologna, and taco meat.
• Loves her veggies
• Enjoys fruits but so far not liking oranges, watermelon, and pineapples but I will keep trying!
• Sometimes enjoys feeding our dog more than herself.
• Getting better at forks and spoons but no where near mastering them. When she gets frustrated she throws them on the floor.
• Makes a kiss noise when she blows kisses
• Can now wave hi and say "hi" while doing it
• She is now saying "uh oh" instead of just "uh" when something drops
• Her comprehension just blows my mind!
• "meow" is a cat
• "baaa" is a sheep
• "moo" is a cow
• For a dog she pants or snorts
• She loves shoes... if it was up to her she would wear them all day!
• Able to help us get her dressed. She will put her arms through the arm holes and lift up her legs for her shorts and will lift up her feet for her shoes.
• Also able to help get undressed. She steps out of her pants and puts her hands up for her shirt.
• Learned how to throw a ball and loves playing with all her balls... all 3.
• So badly wants to hug and kiss the cat and dog.
• She also wants to climb all over and push the cat around... good thing he has been so patient with her.
• She is now dancing with her whole body, not just her head and arms.
• Can do all the hand movements to patty cake
• Can do "twinkle hands" for twinkle twinkle little stay
• Will "row" her arms for row row row your boat
• Tries to climb on everything.
• Got tooth #7 on the bottom
• After we get her out of her crib in the morning she knows to walk over to her changing mat and lay down on it (we took out her changing table out last month and put the mat on the floor)
• Tries to color at restaurants
• Brushes her hair
• Tries to brush her teeth
• Started sleeping with a baby doll
• Full of curiosity and into EVERYTHING!!

This is been one of the best months (although I am sure I will continue to say that) !! I have LOVED spending all my days with her this summer and am sad I am down to my last few weeks before going back to school. She is so much fun and learning so much. I love watching her grow!!!!!

*** okay when I started writing this I really thought I wouldn't have much to say but I think this is my longest monthly update I have done yet.

Twinkies???

So this morning as I was going through a few more bags of old clothes to put in sell, give away or keep piles. I saw a few more preemie sized clothes in there. We really only had a very little amount of preemie although she was able to fit into most of them until she was 1 month old.

I found this outfit and thought it looks like it would fit a baby doll... gosh! was she ever this small?!?!?! So I went to find her baby doll and sure enough it fits. Funny thing is I was like its big but oh well but then I went back at some pictures I took of her before we came home from the hospital and it pretty much looks exactly like it did on her!!! This is the same type of outfit just different patterns. The one she is wearing is ALREADY packed up and I don't have any pictures of her in this one.

Photobooth Fun

I love photobooth. Its something I forget about but when I remember I do love taking pictures with Jacie. I can usually get some cute pictures because she loves looking at herself and it makes her smile =) Here are some oldies and and a newbie.