Zoe Louise | 15 Months

Now that we've passed one year, these will be much less formal.  I'd like to still recap ever three months or so to remember milestones and when things happened.  It's been a BIG three months.

She weighs 26 lbs 3 oz (95th percentile - she's finally leveled off), 30.75 inches tall (69th percentile) and 18.5 head circumference (85th percentile - her head didn't grow at all from last time).

Zoe is now officially walking 100%.  She really took off a few weeks after her first birthday and hasn't looked back.  She'll crawl randomly here and there when she's playing hide and seek with Aaron (she can't really run yet, so I think she's trying to get away fast).

She still LOVES to read.  I have every book memorized.  Thankfully, she got a few new ones at Christmas to add to the rotation.  Baths were becoming a bawling fest again so we decided to try out the big girl tub and she is back to creating tidal waves.  Maybe she was just too cramped in the baby tub and wanted freedom.

It amazes me how much she understands.  She can only say a handful of words, but she really seems to understand a ton of what we say.  She'll get her shoes (or any ones) when we ask her.  She lays her head down when we tell her too.  She can point to her belly, her ears, her nose and her feet.  She brings books when we tell her to pick out a new story (and we can even tell her the exact book).  Etc., etc., etc.  It's crazy.  So far she can say, Momma, Dadda, baby, shoe, please (on occasion), dog, oh no!, no no, yes, all (for all done), mine, night night, and bye.

She's always looking for who's "in" the iPad when we iChat with family.  She's constantly walking around it or pulling it down thinking that the person is going to be right there.  Nope, unfortunately not.  I think it's super cute, but I'm sure it's just a very strange concept for her.

She's moved to the Young Toddler room at daycare.  It was so bittersweet seeing her leave the infant room.  She really came to love those teachers.  So much so that she'd jump out of our arms as soon as she saw Miss Penny.  She seems to be doing really well though with the other YT kids and teachers.  She's been a little sad for drop off on occasion but usually brightens right up.  She even naps well on the cots.  She's only taking one nap at daycare and very recently just one nap at home too.  Her daycare naps are SO MUCH better now, but her nap at home hasn't really extended much now that she's down to just one.  But she does sleep in most weekends until 8 am so maybe that's a factor (I'll take the extra hour in the morning...I don't nap).

Sleep is still great for the most part.  Naps are better at daycare (FINALLY).  Napping is pretty great at home with now just one, 2 hourish nap.  She still goes down at 7:30 or 8 and is up at 7 on school days and 8 on weekends.  She's had a few rough nights though where she wakes up screaming multiple times.  She'll usually go back to sleep on her own but it's making Aaron and I insanely exhausted.  It usually has coincided with colds or teeth.

We still have a vegetarian on our hands for the most part.  Ham seems to be a winner sometimes and she'll eat chicken every once in a while.  It's getting tricky to get iron into her diet!  She downs her Greek yogurt so thankfully protein isn't an issue.

Getting rid of bottles was a snap!  We cut out the morning one pretty quickly.  The night time one was becoming an issue because she was so upset when she was done after only three oz.  I knew she wasn't hungry and just wanted to suck.  So I finally said one night enough was enough and we cut cold turkey and she did amazing!

She's still in mostly 18 months clothes.  Some times are getting tight though so my mom and I stocked up on some 24 months clothes from Once Upon a Child.  She wears size 4 diapers during the day and 5 at night.

She has her 4 front top teeth, 3 bottom front, and her 15 month molars (all 4).  We went to her 15 month checkup and Dr. Butry was checking out her mouth and said something about molars.  I was like, "Wait? Did you say she has her molars?"  I had NO idea!  They aren't all the way through yet but all 4 have poked through.  I feel horrible that I didn't know!

Minus the meltdowns that occur at night while I'm trying to make her dinner solo, I love love love this age.  She is so much fun and so darn cute.  I wish I could bottle up everything she says, all of the funny things she's doing, and her crazy giggles and screams so I don't forget one second of what she's doing and what she's like at this stage.  I do miss the newborn snuggles, but I love the kisses (even if they are open mouthed) and hugs I finally get back :)