15 Month Highlights

Last Wednesday was Macie's 15 month birthday! Here is what she is doing now:

• Typical Daily Schedule: Get up between 6:30 and 7, breakfast by 7:30, morning nap by 8:30, lunch at 11, nap, snack by 3:00, short nap, dinner at 5:00, bed by 7
• She now has a mouth full of teeth. It is hard to get a good count because she will fight you and bite your finger, but I think it is around 14 or 15!
• She knows many animal noises: monkey, lion, elephant, duck and can point to more in books. She can also point out a lot of characters and pictures in books.
• She is always making connections between things and it amazes me. For example, if she sees Mickey Mouse on tv, she will find him on other things; she saw a picture of her ball tent on the blog and started screaming and pointing to hers in the living room; she saw clifford on tv and pointed to our dog, Rusty.
• She still LOVES everything Mickey Mouse! When she sees him she screams and points like she is at a rock concert and he is her idol. It cracks us up!! Our house has been taken over by Mickey Mouse Clubhouse paraphernalia.
• She is still a great eater and loves just about anything you put in front of her. If she doesn't like something, she lets you know by spitting it out right away!
• She loves her pap and sidekick (pacifier and burp cloth) and won't sleep without them. She asks for them often.
• Riding in the car has gotten a lot better. I guess the dvd player has helped!
• Overall, she sleeps much better, sometimes as much as 12 hours!!
• She goes nonstop but has started actually playing with her toys for longer periods. She has also started making stacks of things. She will take all of the balls out of her ball pit and them put them back in. She has also taken every toy off of the fridge, put it on the kitchen rug one by one and then put them back.
• She has just now started trying to climb on things and can get on and off of ride on toys by herself.
• She is becoming more curious about baby Gavin's arrival...she will point to and kiss my stomach and often points to his stuff. Only time will tell how she adjusts to him!
• She is generally a happy girl and SO MUCH FUN!!!

I'm sure there are many more things, but I could go on and on. 15 month olds are so busy and I love seeing the world from her eyes!