I haven't written down everything that Kate's ever done in a little book so we can remember her milestones. I feel guilty about it at times, but my mom never did either! So here's a basic run down for now.
Kate is currently 15 months, 20 days. She's advanced in a lot of areas, slow in others. She knows tons of words, but refuses to use them if you ask her. She's definitely got an ornery streak. She weighed 24 pounds 4 ounces at her 15 month check up and was 31 1/2 inches tall. Those are both around 75th percentile stats. Her head is 19 1/2 inches, which is above the 95th percentile. Big head, big brains.
She's never been fond of being on her belly. From the time she was sitting up on her own, she's scooted everywhere on her butt. That's her primary form of transportation. I'm the secondary. She's never crawled. She never even learned to sit up on her own if she was on her back or belly. Not sure why. Her pediatrician was concerned about that and her lack of walking and sent us to a physical therapist last week. The PT gave us some exercises to help strengthen her leg muscles, teach her to sit up and encourage her to walk. We did the exercises the first night and the next morning. That day, Thursday, I put her down for a nap. Twenty minutes later, she was still talking, so I went to check on her. Lo and behold, she was sitting up! I got so excited (because enthusiastic affirmation is important in PT) that she thought it was a game and refused to fall asleep on her own. Oh my. Sleeping was a challenge for her next nap and that night, but she did manage to catch some zzzzzzz's.
Friday night, we put her down and were amazed that she went to sleep so quickly. Or so we thought. About an hour and twenty minutes after we put her to bed, we heard a crash. Kraig panicked, thinking she'd fallen out of the bed, and took off toward her room. She was still in bed, thankfully, but she was sitting in the corner. She had a book in her hands, her pajamas completely unzipped and a look of terror on her face. We couldn't help but find the situation funny! The rail on the crib had fallen down, which caused the loud noise. The bed skirt was stuck in the locking mechanism, which caused it to fall. After adjusting the rail and putting Kate back to bed, she finally fell asleep around 11 p.m. I'm starting to miss my little lazy baby who never sat up, and, therefore, was a wonderful sleeper.
We're continuing the exercises for standing and walking. She's getting close, but she still needs some assistance to make her feel safe. She's definitely not a daredevil. Thank heavens!
She's hysterical. She knows how to make people laugh and she loves doing it. She can point to her head, nose, eyes, ears, mouth, tongue, teeth, belly button, feet and toes. If you tell her to tickle someone's belly, she goes right for it. She's very good at taking simple directions. She also knows that people think it's funny when she picks her nose. I'm such a proud Momma!
She loves food, though she's not eating much these days because she's teething. In three weeks time she got three top teeth, including a molar. She now has five teeth. Late bloomer. The first two came at ten and eleven months. She's in no hurry for anything. Her current favorite food is bananas. She also loves pizza and has been known to eat at least a piece and a half all by herself.
She loves to play with clothes and try to put them on. She's constantly emptying her clothing drawers and dragging clean clothes around the house. She also loves reading books, stacking things up to knock them down, and she's constantly sorting her toys by color. If she's in the right mood, she can tell you which color is yellow and which is blue. She loves to play with cars and say, "Zzzzzzzzzzz" as she drives them around.
She loves her Daddy. She cries everyday when he leaves for work, and she's ecstatic when he comes home at night.
Perhaps her biggest love right now is music. She loves anything with a good beat so she can dance. Her favorite song? "Baby," by Justin Bieber. Kraig used it for a video at church and she's been obsessed ever since. If she's fussy in the car, all we have to do is put it on and she's happy again....or at least until the last few lines start to play and she realizes the song is about to end. We discovered this (unfortunately) on a recent trip home from Pennsylvania. We may have listened to that song a good twenty times. Needless to say, I hate Justin Bieber. Sorry, folks.
All in all, she's a great kid. The nursery ladies at church can't say enough about what a good baby she is. We love her to pieces. Some of our favorite times lately have been bringing her into our bed in the morning when she gets up and playing with her. There's nothing she loves more than when we're all together. She knows that all is right in the world. I'm glad to know that she feels loved and secure when she's with us. What more could a parent ask for?
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