15 Months Old

Amidst all the craziness of Jaden and Cody's birthday festivities, our little girl quietly turned 15 months old. The best word to sum up Adley's personality this month would be "helpful." She is such an observant little girl, and we are always so touched by how she wants to help-- bringing water bottles or clothes to her brothers, setting the kitchen table with plates, bringing shoes to her Daddy, putting away plates and silverware from the dishwasher. In addition to being helpful, however, Adley has also become a little tornado-- creating piles of clutter everywhere she goes! The contrast is quite amusing, as this second quality is not helpful at all! We love her curiosity and endless energy, though, and this little sweetie warms our hearts each day.

A few more facts about Adley:

PHYSICAL

• Cut two top molars in early May
• Can successfully climb onto the couch and the piano bench 
• Regularly folds hands to pray as soon as we put her in the high chair
• Has started to "run" (more like a bouncy trot) when she's eager to get somewhere
• Can climb down the stairs independently but she only likes to go down on her bottom, bouncing down stair by stair
• Hair has started to grow much longer and will often hang into her eyes if Mommy doesn't pull it back with a hair tie; Has slight curls in the back too!

SLEEPING HABITS

• MUCH better month of sleeping!! Only woke up on a few nights when she was teething, but otherwise regularly sleeps through the night (praise the Lord!)
• Takes 1 afternoon nap (usually about 1 1/2 hours)
• Typically wakes up between 5-6:30 but will usually rest a bit longer while nursing with Mommy

EATING HABITS

• Nurses just twice a day (morning and night)
• Loves banging her milk cup on her high chair tray, splattering milk everywhere!
• Loudly grunts or screeches when she sees a family member having dessert
• Will take a cup from the cabinet and hold it up to the fridge water dispenser whenever she wants a drink 

LANGUAGE

• New word = "paper" (whenever she wants to color a picture)
• Loves pointing out balls in books
• Will bark like a dog whenever she sees a dog on the street or in a book
• Can show us her tongue when we ask
• Calls Daddy "mama" and Mommy "Mommeeee" and both brothers "daduh"

PLAYTIME/OTHER

• Has enjoyed playing with the water table and going swimming this month
• LOVES markers and pens; has opened them and colored on herself a few times (oops!)
• Developed an annoying habit of throwing every ball she gets into the street and trying to chase after them whenever the family is outside
• Starting to listen to books for a longer period of time, as long as they are interactive 
• Short attention span with toys, constantly moves from one activity to the next, pulling things out of containers and making messes as she goes!
• Has developed a longer reach to take her brothers' toys off the table and even silverware out of the silverware drawer!
• Whenever she's playing outside and sees a car drive by, she stops to wave