Hello October

My favorite time of year has finally arrived!!!

Jacie can wear her Halloween Dora shirt =)

Dada love

Mama love

16 months old

Well Jacie has only 2 more months until she is officially a 1 1/2 year old!!! I love watching her become such a little girl.

She is...

21lbs 3oz

Still holding strong on those spring/summer outfits in sizes 6-9 to 12 months. Once Fall FINALLY comes though (high 90's tomorrow!!!) she will be retiring those outfits!!! Then she should only be in 12-18 month clothes but only 12 month pants which are now just at the perfect length.. some are still even too long!

Wearing 4 or 4.5 shoes with room to grow (she does have a few very cute size 5 shoes waiting including a pair of Dora shoes waiting ;)

up to 10 teeth now. It is very dangerous to put your finger in her mouth nowadays but I decided I wanted to check it out and sure enough found that 2 had popped through on top.

Verbal Skills

meow

baa

moo

panting or does hmm hmm hmm for the bark (dog)

roar (for lion, tigers and bears)

growls

ooh ooh (monkey)

tick tock ("ic ok")- clock

mama (for her mommy)

ma ma (she calls her babies mama too (but in a higher tone) because they cry for their mama

dada

mamaw

dog ( she only says it for dogs in books... sometimes)

up

down

uh oh

yay ("ey" while clapping when we finish singing a song)

shhh ( whenever she sees something sleeping, or her babies are sleeping)

yum ( says it while rubbing her tummy)

no (and shakes her head)

done (and signs all done)

mine (when you take something away from her)

hello ( "eh oh"- when she holds a phone up to her ear)

ouch (when she pinches toes)

Has learned...

where her belly button is

if you say something is stinky, she will grab her nose and hold it. She loves the stinky feet game

she can stomp her feet- loves to do it during "when you're happy and you know" or Dora songs

also has started to stomp her feet during a tantrum

to put her babies to bed- She lays them in their crib, gives them a bottle, and rocks them to sleep and says "shhhhh" and then lays down next to them.

cover her mouth when coughing... or pretend coughing

scrunches her nose for what bunnies do

Experiences

First ear infection (3 days before we got on a plane)

First plane ride to New York. Actually 4 plane rides to be exact and she was awesome through all of them.

First hotel stay which she also did amazing with sleeping for naps and night time in the hotel crib.

What mama has learned...

Taking a "good" picture of a 15 month old is nearly impossible!

2 pieces pajamas are much easier to put on a toddler

Little girl shoes are addicting!

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The beginning of a toddler room

Well this weekend I got busssssssssy! I know what I have wanted to do for months now but said I could wait until Christmas break to do it but I have begun. I am nowhere near done but so far I love how it is looking and how everything is beginning to have a place.

Since school has started back all 3 of us get about an hour to night to be together before her bedtime, and for the past few weeks that hour has been spent in her bedroom playing. So I wanted to move more things in for playtime, and plus de-clutter the living room a bit.

So here are some updated pictures of her nursery transformation (tear)

I am standing at the door looking in. I moved the dresser into the closet and now the ball pit/diaper storage green bin is there now.

Her "pretend play" area.

Her library

Toys inside the canvas bins and her bigger toys on top and beside the crib

Next room update will be when the glidder goes away. I am thinking a art area =)

*** Next house will have a playroom ;)

Can you say cute?!?!

I love this picture of her for many reasons!

1- she is just too dang cute =)

2- it is showing her funny personality! Seriously, this girl cracks me up all the time. She is hilarious!

3- This is the 1st picture in 15 months that Ben has ever said she looks like me in!!!! =) yes yes... everyone says she looks like her daddy but I am okay with that!!

4- This is a Fall outfit that I sooooo badly wanted to put on her! I can't wait for pants and long sleeve shirts.

5- She is looking so much like a little girl and not a baby... I love watching her grow up into such a wonderful little person!! Although I do miss my little baby every now and then ;)

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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