15 Months- 100% Toddler

Dancing Queen!Walking.. away from us of course!
Pointing at the deer we saw on our walk.

Daddy throwing you up in the air! Pretty blue eyed girl!

Each morning this is how I find you... all your paci's in hand...

After I get you out of bed, you throw them all back in and we clap!

Giving Pooh a hug!
Hey- who turned out the lights?

Oh just a basket on my head!
Reading

Smashing carrots.

BUBBLES!
Sitting on the potty chair... just for fun!

Dear Delaney-

Tomorrow you will be 15 months old. These past few months I have often found myself thinking about you last year at this time. You were still so tiny then and we were amazed when you rolled over and smiled. Everyday now you amaze us with your words. We keep a list on the fridge of all your words and it seems as though we are adding one every day!

You are 100% Toddler hands down! You want to experiment, explore and do things by yourself. However you want us close by for encouragement, hugs and kisses. (and to pour you more milk!) You like to feed yourself, using spoons and forks.. and that gets messy! You like to throw your food off your tray (after smashing it of course). You want to walk the direction you WANT to walk and not the direction we NEED you to walk. You want to walk though and don't care for the stroller much these days! You can say the word milk and sign it, but you usually like to stand by the fridge and whine! You can sign more and you will sometimes but more often you like to reach and whine until we figure out what you want! We're ready for you to use your words that you know.. so go ahead and get started okay?

You continue to love The Little Gym and have sort of become part monkey! You love to climb, run and just be wild! You love adventure and surprises. You still love to push your babies around in strollers but now you are into feeding them as well... with bottles, spoons and play food... they get dinner too! You also have felt the need to hold then while you eat yourself! You have also grown more fondly of your Pooh Bear, dragging it around with you wherever you might go. Luckily for mommy and daddy it is still easily substituted with Mizzou Bear, Tigger, or a blanket. You love to dance and while we have caught this on video we cannot get it on the computer..but we will! You shake your shoulders, bounce, move your arms and nod your head. You seem to like old school Michael Jackson... you are your father's daughter! Well mommy like that old music too! The best part is you really dig the 80's music.. and you have leg warmers to dance in!

You still love to read ... even if part of the time you spend putting the book basket on your head! (see 100% toddler!) You love to point to the babies eyes, noses and mouths in your books. You also love to look for the cows in your books so you can make the cow sound... MOOO!

I could write about you all night long..but I will stop here as I know there will be more to share next month. Daddy and I are looking forward to your new accomplishments and sharing the Holiday season with you!

We love you baby girl!

Mama and Dada