Stellyn's 15 Month Milestone Minutes

Meips has hit the 15 month mark. This was one of my favorite ages when Aston hit this benchmark. Stelly is just ooozing cuteness right now. She sings, she dances and she snuggles. She loves shoes, clothes, hair dryers, baby dolls, toothbrushes and juice boxes. She is all girl and we welcome every bit of it.

15 Month Check-up on 8.31.2010 with Dr. Richter (I only have percentiles because I forgot the data sheet at the doctors office:()

Height: 50-75th (29.? inches-ish)

Weight: 10-25th (19.2 pounds if I remember correctly)

Head: 50-75th

Shots: We escaped shots this go around because Stell had just had a massive fever 2 days before. We will get both her 15 month shots at 18 months

This picture is the epitome of 15 month old Stell...she squats like this all day long (prefers it to sitting)...her hair is always out of order...she has drool on her shirt...and there are crumbs clinging to her mouth

A Few New Words/Sounds:

Mei's in the parrot stage...she copies much of what you say now. Aston finds this entertaining. He laughs big laughs when his sis copies his words. Here are some new words in her everyday vocabulary: Open it, Open this ("dis"), help, uh oh shoot!, bugs, fly, shower ("showsh"), ice cream cone, sit, seat, potty, all done, whoa

Notables:

• When she starts to wobble/loose her balance while walking she will say "whoa, whoa!" and when she falls down or drops something she will say "uh oh...SHOOT!"...hilarious
• She likes to try to sing along with TV shows. One of her faves is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She sings the "Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog" song...need to video
• Stell has assumed the "victim" role in her relationship with her brother. She stands there and screams even if he is just hugging her or sharing food with her. We have to be careful now because I feel like I yell at Aston before I know he is to blame because I didn't actually see what happen...I only hear her scream and then deduce (sometimes inaccurately) he did something bad to her
• Stell has now figured out that if she gets the stool out that goes to the kids table she can stand up on it and reach stuff on the counter...ugh
• Mei loves to sit on Aston's Potty and tell us she is going "poop poop". Then she will make a straining face like she is actually doing her business
• I am proud to report Monkey Moops finally has a new car seat. She graduated from her infant seat, about 3 months too late, to Aston's car seat (the Orbit Toddler seat). We purchased Aston a new seat that will eventually convert to a booster, the Recaro ProSport, which he loves.
• For a while Stell was saying "daddy" after everything...so Daddy was "Daddy" but I was "Mommy Daddy" and then she would say "open daddy" or "up Daddy" when daddy was no where in sight. During this time she was very into her Daddy too. She wanted him over me:( That's over and now she's Mommy's girl again:)
• She's made up her own sign for golf. She swings her arms in almost a golf swing motion. She works hard to make contact with the ball using Asty's plastic club...I love her determination.
• Stell's baby dolls are getting more loves lately. She snuggles with them, takes them in and out of her shopping cart, and feeds them with the baby bottle Mama Anne got her.
• Stell LOVES to take showers lately. In fact when I am out of things to do at home with the kids I stick her in the shower and let Aston watch a show on the iPad...it allows me some precious down time...even if it means just sitting on the bathroom floor...at least it's a break from refereeing

Mei has a matching pair of rain boots now...this is the only shot i got...she's none too fond of them...I don't think she understands how cool they are yet.

I've painted Stelly's nails a few time recently...she prances around after they are done...all proud like. Jeff says it looks cheap on a babe her age...kinda agree but think it's fun just the same. Notice how her brother likes to get in on the action too...much to his Dad's dismay.

Here's Aston at 15 months...he was a much bigger dude than his sister....3 inches taller and 3 pounds heavier... I posted my first Milestone Minutes for Aston at this age...here it is