Happy 15 Months, Little Love!!!

This has been such a great month. It is so much fun to watch Abigail explore and discover new things. Just the excitement and thrill she gets because of the simplest things puts a big smile on her mommy and daddy's face. She's such a bright little girl. You can always see the wheels a turnin' in that cute little brain of hers. If she does something once, she will remember it always. We think Abigail totally skipped ahead of the whole "out of site out of mind" phase a long time ago and went straight to the "object permanence" stage. No fooling this big girl.

At 15 months, Abigail weighs 19.02lbs (17th percentile) and is 30.25 inches tall (37th percentile). Abigail feels heavy! Girl has gained some weight! Abigail wears both 6 month and 9 month clothes and size 3 diapers. Abigail was in mostly 6 month clothes until the last week. It seems that she had quite a growth spurt. Just 2 weeks ago, we had to roll up her 9 month bottoms TWICE. Now they are fully unrolled. So crazy how quickly they grow and change.

The biggest milestone this month had to be the purchase of new shoes! Yay! We are happy to report that Abigail now loves her new shoes....well...we guess you could say she loves what they represent....going outside. If we ask her if she wants to go outside, we tell her she needs to get her shoes...she happily obliges....we can't put them on fast enough. This little girl could stay outside all day exploring, picking up leaves, swinging, going on the slide...you name it. Last weekend was gorgeous. I think we're all ready for some more spring like temperatures.

Abigail LOVES to play. She is such a big girl and can even play by herself for a while. (Only if you aren't trying to get anything done that is. Every parent knows that their child can sense when you are trying to get something done. They will do anything and everything to put the kibosh on that real quick!) Abigail loves to play everywhere in the house, especially her playroom, the family room and her bedroom. Recently she's been getting in her crib, turning the mobile on and dancing and playing with her stuffed animals. It's adorable. She also loves to sit at her table in the playroom with all of her animal friends.

Abigail is obsessed with her farm animals. She carries them around with her EVERYWHERE! We have to do an inventory on those things a thousand times a day because she will carry them somewhere, lose them and get super upset. Her two favorites are the cow and horse. Recently she has started making "moo" noises. Adorable! She also loves playing with her musical doggie and bear too. Abigail also loves live animals. We all know her fondness for the cat....now she has started becoming interested in doggies too. Shhhh....don't tell Mia! :-) Every time she sees a dog walk by, she goes running to the window waving at them. So sweet:-) 

Bath time is one of Abigail's favorite times of the day. She gets super excited whenever we even mention a bath. It seems like she could play in there forever. She brings her cups in there and just plays and splashes around.

Abigail talks a lot! While she does not actually say a whole lot of actual words, she sure is expressive and can get her point across. Abigail will occasionally say mama and no. We're not so sure she fully understands the word no, though. She'll shake her head no (basically imitating us) and then continue on doing what she was doing. Ha! Abigail knows several signs: eat, milk, more, all done, up....I think that's about all. One of the cutest things Abigail does now is blow kisses. So sweet!!! Abigail is also becoming familiar at identifying body parts. So far she knows ear, head, hair, nose, mouth and belly button. It's not always a guarantee she'll get them correct though. Depends on her mood:) It's just so cute to see how much she has learned!

Abigail loves her Daddy! Her Mommy does too:-)

Abigail is still obsessed with clothes. She loves to hold them, touch them, carry them around...you name it. She's also developed quite a love of shoes as well. Smart girl:-) The other day, she was playing in the closet...aka Abigail's version of pure bliss:-)

Abigail is still not a big eater. She is a huge drinker...she still drinks about 22-25 ounces of milk a day...half breast milk, half whole milk. She's trying a whole lot more food, so that's good. She loves cheese (any kind...grilled, feta, cottage, goat, shredded....), pears, pizza, grapes, freeze dried fruit, carrots, grapefruit, french toast, eggs, date/oatmeal "cookies" that I make, oranges....she loves graham crackers, puffs, chips and goldfish, but we've been limiting those to about once a week because otherwise she won't eat anything but those things. She loves to try and eat what you are eating. No guarantee she'll swallow what you are eating, but she'll at least try it!

Abigail still takes 2 naps a day and has been sleeping well through the night (about 10.5 hours). She's even woken up a few times at night crying and put herself back down. Good girl!!!

Abigail hamming it up:-)

We love you so so so very much, sweet baby girl. You are such a sweetheart and just the best little girl ever! Your daddy and I could not be happier. Happy 15 months, little love!!!