Fifteen Months

Ashley has changed so much in the last month or so that it’s hard to capture all of the differences in a list.  She doesn’t seem like a baby anymore; more of an independent little person.

At her pediatrician appointment on Thursday (where she screamed bloody murder the whole time) she weighed in at 23 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 33 inches in height.  Her head circumference is 18.75”.  So she’s still tall and thin with a fairly big head.  Seven teeth right now, with her first molar about to come in.

We’re starting to learn her personality.  She seems to stay on a pretty even keel—she doesn’t get very excited about anything, but also doesn’t really let things bother her.  Not a big dancer or waver.  She laughs and smiles easily and seems to carefully pay attention to everything going on.  

She still really likes her cat and dog, and likes to sleep with her Winnie-the-Pooh Bear.  Favorite foods these days are tofu, cheese, peas, and nectarine.  She enjoys attempting to climb on top of or into things, and playing with sand.  She likes small objects that she can attempt to use for their intended purpose (keys in a lock and shoes on her feet, for example) or that she can take out and then put away.

Latest words include “eye”, glasses (“glass”), “sheep”, “moo”, and the letters “f” (which is also her word for flower), “n”, and “m”. 

Here are some photos from July 15th, her 1.25 yr birthday, a day in which Ashley spent quite a bit of time trying to get used to her new bike helmet: