My Fruitful Life: Princess is 15 months!

Dear Princess,

You are now 15 months old! The time is going much faster than I want! Although I am enjoying watching you learn and grow everyday. I feel so blessed to stay home with you, care for you, and teach you. You are so much fun to be with!

About 2 months ago you really got the hang of the animal sounds. You have seemed to always love animals and can make the sounds for cow, sheep, horse, cat, dog, chicken, goats, pigs, bunny (bop bop), and elephant. You are so cute and sweet when you say them! Your vocabulary is increasing you and know so much more than you can say! You also know most of your body parts as well. Your favorite is showing people your tongue! Your favorite word is "Mama!" I love it!

You love picking out what to wear each day and finding which shoes you want to wear. You love trying to put your own shoes on. You like bringing me my shoes and trying to put my shoes on me. You will also bring Blue Rock his shoes. We lost one of your shoes at the grocery store one day a few weeks ago. When went back the next week and they had it in their lost in found. You were so happy and excited to get it back!

When Blue Rock does his schoolwork you love to sit at the table with us and draw or work on puzzles. Lately you've also wanted to sit right next to him but when you do you try and take his pencil away! This causes lots of frustration. You love your brother and want to do what he does and be with him most of the time. In fact, you even have a name for him. You call him, "buh buh, or Cay Cay."

We are working on you sleeping through the night, still. You usually wake 1-2 times. I'm going to wean you soon and you are not happy about it. My milk is drying up and I think it's due to being pregnant with your little brother. You mostly drink water and breast milk and don't care yet for cow or goat's milk.

You are smart, funny, and an absolute joy to have in our family! You love dancing to music and will often dance in a circle and direct with your fingers as the music is playing. You have a lot to say and although we don't always know what you are saying you are working on your language skills.

You are a pretty good eater. Still very independent in eating and pretty much everything else. You love fruit, - pretty much all but some favorites are watermelon, bananas, apples, kiwi, and strawberries - meat, oatmeal, green beans, and crackers the most. Also sadly French fries. I'm not too happy with who ever gave you a french fry because now when you see one that's all you want! Those are not healthy!

You sleep about 11-12 hours at night and usually take a 1-2 hour nap during the day. Your 15 month check-up went great today. You are growing and developing very well. You are 30 inches tall and 22.6 lbs. They measured your head wrong and we all forgot to get it remeasured. Your doctor said you look fantastic and are developing beautifully. We of course already knew that!

So far your second year of life has been a lot of fun. You are getting faster, can climb the stairs well, can get off the couch by your self now, and love being on the go. You've gone to sleep in your room at night 3 times now. We are transitioning you to your room and it really is bittersweet. You prefer to sleep right next to me. I love having you near me but as my pregnancy continues progressing, my belly is only going to continue to get bigger and bigger. The first night you made it until 2:30am, the second night 3am, the third night 1:30am and you were up for over 2 hours! It is an exhausting process. But will be worth it! I know you will love sleeping in your room at night soon. You have taken naps in there for months.

You are very friendly and outgoing but prefer to have your mom or dad with you around people you don't know well. You started throwing little fits sometimes. In fact, the other day, we were in my bathroom doing something and you got upset. You were crying and starting stomping your feet. You were so cute but obviously upset about something. You love playing with other kids and smiling and waving at people as well. You also love being outside and everyday you want to look for our backyard bunny.

We love you sweet girl!

Love,
Mom