15 months

Sweet Turtle Dove, where does the time go? You are 15 months old already baby girl.

You continue to be joyful most of the time, but a couple of weeks ago (around the time daddy left for an 8 day business trip-I think you were missing him!) you started to frown (for the first time), and boy is it expressive! Memaw says your frown looks like Papa's did. Athena says you have mommy's facial expressions. You know how to communicate your feelings.

You are becoming more of a daddy's girl now. When Daddy was on his trip, we heard "where's dada?" multiple times per day. This morning you woke up an hour earlier than normal...and every 5 minutes asked me "where's dada?" or said "I want Dada."

We hear No! more than Yes! from you now. You started out with yes months ago, and would say it often. You say No! emphatically or screech loudly when your brother tries to take a toy away from you. You can hold your own, even though you are a tiny little thing!

You are still called Elleoop, Turtle Dove, Baby girl, and other nicknames more than you are called by your name. Your red hair is still an exact match of mine, and it is growing and getting curly in the back.

You hate to have your feet covered--which has led to mommy cutting the feet out of multiple footie pajamas. You love your milk, and your bottle. Like your brother, your "security" blanket is milk.

You are about 18 pounds and 29 inches tall. Yesterday I took you to get your immunizations, and they weighed you at 17 pounds! The doctor didn't think that sounded right, so we re-weighed you, and it came up over 18 pounds. Last time you were there, you weighed at 19 pounds, but apparently the scales aren't very accurate? The doctor felt much better when you weighed in at 18 pounds (instead of the 17 pounds), and said everything was good--he doesn't need to see you until your 18 month visit.

You love your "bubba," as you call Archer. He loves you so much too. He does like to pick on you, but he also is protective of you. He doesn't like to hear you cry.

You can make everyone smile with your sweet smile and outgoing Hi! spoken to every passerby at the grocery store. Your family adores you. You are a great dancer, and you love opera. You try to sing opera, and pretty much anything else.

You seem to be hitting a clingy mommy/daddy stage. I think your brother did the same thing around this age.

Your favorite 2 words right now are "what's that?" which sounds more like "was sat?" (Your Bubba's favorite word right now is Why? so our days are filled with Why? and What's That?)

You don't like to go to sleep in your bed. You are still on reflux medication. You LOVE pasta, olives, avacado, and most fruit.

If I carry you you say "I want down." You are a girl on the move, exploring, learning, and loving.

You like to give "mwah" kisses and say "and back" when I ask how much mommy loves you.

I love you sweet dove...to the moon and back!