15-Month Appointment

Isabella had her 15-month checkup Friday.  Unfortunately, her ear infection still wasn't cleared up after a round of amoxicillin so she's now taking augmentin.  Cross your fingers that this one gets the job done!

Otherwise, things look great!  she'd meeting all her milestones.  She was 31 inches.  I don't remember what they told me the percentage was at the appointment (bad Mama!), but according to the WHO charts, that puts her in the 90th percentile for height.  She does seem tall to me all of a sudden, and her 12-month pants are starting to get short.  Her weight was 19 lbs 8 oz.  She's dropped a little there (10-25%), but I'm not concerned.  She hasn't been feeling well lately and isn't eating as well.  She also has went through a huge disruption to her routine now that she goes to a sitter for a few hours each day.  I'm sure she'll pick back up when things normalize, and even if she doesn't I see no reason to be concerned.  She's built like her mama. :)  

She still won't take cow's milk. I even tried mixing just a tiny bit with water and she can still taste it.  We'll work on that.  She'd still nursing twice a day and we give her yogurt everyday.  Between that and all the cheese she eats I'm positive she's getting all the dairy she needs. 

Unfortunately, I don't have any recent pictures of her that are more than just a blur.  I'll try to get some tomorrow. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Tis the Season

Holiday card season that is!  I'm starting to think about what style of holiday card I'd like to send out this year.  Last year, we used Shutterfly and I planned on using them again.  Lo and behold a promotion from Shutterfly offering 50 free holiday cards, and all I have to do is blog about how much I love them?  Done. 

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Seriously, how cute is this?!

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15 Months

Isabella is 15 months old today!  She's at a really fun age.  Often time she will come p to me out of nowhere just to give me a hug or a kiss.  Melts my heart!  Of course, the tantrums are also beginning but the free hugs and kisses are worth it. 

Her communication skills and understanding are definitely improving.  She's learning new words and sounds and showing us that she really understands what we're saying.  Just today she heard Audrey bark and said "woof, woof."  Smart girl.

Right now her favorite game is what we like to call "Scary Monster Peek-a-boo."  We hide our face with our hands and then she pulls our hands away and we growl or roar at her.  She thinks it is hysterical.  She keeps putting our hand over our face so we'll do it again! 

Here are the new things for this month that come to mind:

-Now says "dat" as in "I want that!"

-Says "mow" when we ask her what a cat says.  She also says "mow" if we ask her what Bianca or Brenna says and "woof woof" if we ask her what Audrey says.

-Says "baa" for bath

-She goes to her bedroom door when we ask if she needs are diaper changed or tell her it's time for night-night.  She'll go to the bathroom door if we ask her to go potty or take a bath.  She runs to the front door if we tell her we're going bye-bye, or if she sees me with my purse. 

-Often gets a snack before bedtime. 

-Outgrowing 12-months clothing and is firmly in a size 4 shoe.

-Learning to blow her nose.

-Loves dropping items over the baby gate or pushing them through the cat door.

-Has both peed and pooped on the potty.

And of course, here are a few pictures of the past month.


Taking her baby for a stroll.

Reading books with Mickey.

I'm pretty sure she'll want to kill me for this one day.

Playing at Monkey Joe's.

Hanging out with Matea at Monkey Joe's.