Paige Lauren, our little golden girl, you are 15 months old. We can't believe it! Here are some things about you and things you are doing right now that we love (and some that we don't so much love).
(Because the monthly photo shoot where she just sits there and smiles doesn't exist anymore (and hasn't for about 4+ months) here are some pics from the last month or so.)
You are smiley, so smiley! People are always commenting about how much you smile and what a great smile you have.
You are sweet and cuddly and give us lots of love! You crawl right up into our laps and just hang out. You like to be close, except when you don't of course - ha! When we ask you for hugs or kisses you usually oblige. Your kisses are still open mouth and especially slobbery lately (we are getting those last 2 eye teeth). And once you start, you just keep kissing - I love it. The sound effect of "muah" comes along with your kiss. Oh and you must kiss on the lips lately too. Cheeks are not good enough for you. You always kiss your brother good night.
You love the song "Twinkle, Twinkle". You request it many times a day. This is usually done by pointing at us (or snapping), grunting, and putting your hands in the air with your twinkle fingers going.
You still rock with me for a bit before bedtime. And you make me sing to you. I have been singing "You are my Sunshine" to you since you were born, but as mentioned above "Twinkle Twinkle" is your song of choice right now. I will start singing the other song and you shake your head no and request "Twinkle". Once I start singing, you lay your head on my chest and we rock away (at least until you get squirmy and then I lay you in your crib).
You snap and whistle. Seriously. It is hilarious. Sometimes I feel like a dog because you are snapping at me to do things for you or with you. You also snap when you dance. And the whistling is hit or miss, but you can do it!
You and Luke take turns giving Nala a treat in the morning before we leave. After you give it to her, you give her the sweetest little wave goodbye - everytime. So cute.
You wave at everyone. In fact, at the grocery store yesterday you were waving at the man in line behind us. He wasn't paying attention so you started grunting at him to get his attention. He waved at you and then you buried your head in me - silly girl!
Let's talk about this grunting...sigh! Paigey, you have some words, but mostly a lot of sounds. You say Mama, Dada, Nala, uh-oh, and all done (all duh). You mostly point, snap, and make sounds and we know exactly what you are saying. When we try to get you to say the word for whatever you are requesting (ie. drink), you smile and basically laugh at us. You are something! I know the words will come, but for heaven's sake, the grunting can stop :) You do know some animal sounds though such as dog and duck, but most everything else is the same for now.
While you don't have many words, the communication among all of us is certainly not lacking. We understand you and you follow our directions perfectly (bring me a diaper, get your shoes, go upstairs, close the door, etc). However, if our direction is for you to stop doing something you shouldn't be doing, that's another story. The drama.
Ah, the drama. Girlfriend, you are definitely dramatic. You hear no and you collapse to the ground. You have been known to throw yourself backwards without a care about what is around you (for example, a wall). You then proceed to lay on the ground like it is the end of the world. You are dramatic and spunky!
You love to dance and have recently started twirling around, which then makes you dizzy and fall, which then leads to crazy laughter and doing it all over again!
You love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!
You will not keep a bow or barrette or headband in your hair for anything. So we just don't even bother anymore. Your hair is getting pretty long and mullet-like yet sometimes it is Donald Trump-like - ha! And everyday I still can't believe that your hair is so light!
You are not into stacking things. This is just very interesting to me because when Luke was your age, he was super into stacking everything. I tried to stack blocks with you the other week and you looked me right in the eye and knocked it all over. Seriously spunky! And wired differently than your brother for sure!
You are still a fabulous mommy to your babies. You give them baths, take them for walks, and give them bottles.
You are becoming a daddy's girl. You and I were attached at the hip for about 14 1/2 months of your life and while you still, of course, love your momma, you are so so so excited when Daddy gets home and just want him to hold you!
I really could just go on and on about all of the great and funny things you do everyday, but I will just summarize everything by saying that you, Miss Paige, make life even more fun and crazy and amazing. We love you SO much! Happy 15 months Baby Girl!
