Abigail is 15 Months Old!

Hard to believe that she's already so big! Last time I checked her (approximately 2 weeks ago) she was right at 22 pounds and 31 inches, but her height is always a guess because she squiggles so much! She has gone through a growth spurt lately, so it seems accurate to me. She's wearing size 3 diapers and size 4 shoes, has 9 teeth - 3 of which are molars! - and wears 12-18 month clothes.

She says many words, but some of the new ones include: duck, fish, sock, me, Mimi, Chance, Poppy, bubbles, juice, drink. She can pretty much repeat anything we say, but only USES about 15-20 words or so. One of the cuter things that she's done lately is putting motions to songs like Itsy-Bitsy Spider or Little Bunny Foo-Foo. She can blow kisses and plays house, LOVES to read, sing and dance. She's getting in the imitation stage, so when I clean or dust, she wants to, too. Very fun. I think it may be time to get her an ironing board or a vacuum cleaner! Another thing she loves to do is play chase. She will run after us, arms extended, laughing or yelling, then turn right around and get us to chase her.

Her favorite toys right now are her baby dolls and the busy ball popper. She also loves Little People and bath toys. When she's in the bath, surrounded by a multitude of toys, we can say "Where's your duck?" or "Where's your baby?" (she has a bath baby doll) and she can find them out of all of her toys! We're really happy about that. So far, no luck on "Where's your penguin?" or "Where's the starfish?" Ha. She can point out her belly button, but not in mixed company yet - and by "mixed" I mean anyone other than Mommy or Daddy. She'll walk around all day pointing at her belly button, lifting her shirt, pointing at Daddy's or Mommy's, but when we try to show off her cute trick, she acts like she's never heard of it before. Ha. Maybe she's just a private person. Better than running around getting naked in public, I guess!

She likes puzzles, and isn't really interested in TV yet, although she will dance to Yo Gabba Gabba and likes the dog on Blue's Clues. She likes ANY dog! Such an animal lover! Speaking of animals, she laughs out loud when she sees a pig. A pig on tv, a pig in a book, a stuffed pig (we got her one for Christmas) - it doesn't matter. Pigs are hilarious to her!

It's been amazing to see how much she's grown, physically, mentally and characteristcally. I love seeing her personality develop!