16 Months!

To my beautiful girl on your sixteenth month of life,

I know I say this everytime I write about you but it is true, you have changed so much over the past month.  Your vocabulary in both vocal and sign language is just amazing.  You are able to put two words together in speech and in sign, it is absolutely adorable.  Your favorite sign off course is eat more because honestly you love to eat.  The good thing about your love of food is that you try everything but don't eat all of everything.  You also speak when you sign which is also adorable.  You are amazed at planes flying over our house, as we live kind of close to the airport they are fairly low and you point at them and have started to sign "more".  I know that you enjoyed your plane ride and hopefully in the near future you will be able to enjoy another.  I made a list a few days ago of the words that you were able to say, but left out some of the ones you use frequently.  Sometimes momma has a hard time remember such simple things, daddy is going to have to look over the list and help me out. 
You are momma's loving the outside girl, it is your favorite place to be.  You love to run while your outside and sometimes that running along with falling on the sidewalks equals boo boos.  Your knees currently look awful because you took two big falls this weekend.  Sunday morning you woke us up pointing at your knee and going "boo boo."  You are so silly!  When you fall you only cry for a second and then you are running off again with one or more of us chasing you.  Everytime dadda hears you crying he comes running.  Each afternoon we go for a walk or a "galk" as you say and if we mention the word "go" you head toward the door or grab the keys.  It's just so unbelievable the things that you understand and are able to do. 
In the past two weeks we have went bottle free, you get your milk in a sippy cup now - your such a big girl! As of last week momma has also stopped pumping, it is sad in a lot of ways but you are still getting momma's milk in the mornings and in the evenings.  Even though we never used a lot of bottles it is still strange to see them all put up and to see the pump packed away and ready to go to the basement. 
We bought you a booster seat and a potty a few weeks ago.  I am so glad that you like sitting in the booster, now I don't have to worry about your climbing out of your high chair and falling.  At restaurants we still have to worry about that as you can wiggle yourself free of the buckles.  Momma is looking forward so much to the next few months to see how much you grow and how much you learn.  We love you so much!

--MOMMA

Word List

Before going to the well baby last week I hadn't really thought much about Annabelle's vocabulary.  I knew that it was growing and she could identify quite a few things but really I thought maybe she should be talking more than she was.  Turns out I was wrong and that the average amount of words for her age is 3-5.  At the time of the visit we told the doctor she had about 10 or so she said pretty consistantly.  When we got back home we were talking about it and started naming off the words that she says on a regular basis....turns out there were much more than ten.  Jason told me I needed to write them down so I'm just going to blog them!

Momma -- (all forms)
Daddy -- (all forms)
cat
dog
Kate
bye
hi
hey
ball
bubbs (bubbles)
horse
duck
quack
boons (balloons)
out
down
up
jake
jenn
dave
juice
bah bah (bottle)
apple
grape
hair
ear
brush
crack (cracker)
jack (jacket)
hand
mouse
fish
suck (sucker)
man
walk (galk)
boob
butt
shoes

15 Month Stats

We were late getting her to her 15 month well baby but her stats are

Length - 30 inches
Weight - 23.8 lbs

She has slowed down a lot in both height and weight but the doctor has always told her the height measurement is not that accurate.  According to them she has not grew but .25 inches in the past three months and has gained less than a pound.  Her legs are getting longer so I know that she has grown more than that.  She has slimmed down a lot probably due to the fact all she does is run :)  She is going to be a runner like her daddy I suppose.  Due to her size, we have went back to size 3 diapers.  The fours fit in the waste but were way too droopy.  The 3's fit pretty well all around.  We also went ahead and got her shots at this visit, I have been weary of getting the MMR until she was older.  I had hoped to put it off until 2 and the doctor was fine with that but Jason is more comfortable with her getting it now.  At work he comes in contact with people and products from other countries on a pretty regular basis so we just decided it might be for the best to get it now.  I believe she will be fine, if she were to have a reaction I feel she would have it regardless of the age at which she received the shot.  She also had Hep A shot which didn't bother her at all, probably because it was in her leg.  She cried a little at the MMR but not too much.  She is a tough girl just like her momma :)