Laila 15 Months

My big girl is 15 months old!!! She had a doctor's appointment today, so I thought a Laila update was in order, especially since her little world is about to be rocked next month with the arrival of her little brother.

Laila These Days

 

Height: 34 inches - 99%

Weight: 26 lbs - 86%

Clothing Size: 2T-3T tops. 18 month - 2T bottoms. And size 5 shoes!

Favorite Foods: This girls eats anything and everything! The only food we have found that she doesn't like is some marinara sauces. But recent favorites include chicken, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, bananas, peas, green beans (especially if they are cold), any kind of pasta, cheese, cheerios, watermelon, cantaloupe, toast, and oatmeal.

Milestones: Laila is finally saying Mama!!! She says it so funny, and only when she wants to get a reaction out of me (because I practically jump for joy every time she says it!) She pronounces it mmmmmmmmmmmaaa mmmmmmmmmmmmaaa! Regardless, it's music to my ears! She also says please (peeeese), up, down, ball (baaaaa), yes, paci (ssssss), I done, Dada, bath, duck, blanket (bla bla), and happy (which is probably my favorite, and she says it so good!). Granted, we call her talking "speaking Laila" because to the average listener, it sounds like a lot of toddler babble - possibly in another language entirely :)
Laila is also cruising the furniture, pulling herself up on everything, dancing, climbing the stairs - which gives me a heart attack, and walking with her walker or holding onto our fingers. She can point to her nose, hair, eyes, teeth, tummy, toes, ears, and sticks out her tongue when you ask her where her tongue is...she's obviously gifted haha ;)

She makes the noise of a dog, kitty, monkey, and duck :) Blows kisses, and gives the biggest, wettest, sloppiest kisses possible right smack on the lips, accompanied by a big "mmmmuaaaahhhh". It's the best :)

Favorite Toys: Baby stroller, lady bug rocker, her Doc McStuffins toy set, anything that stacks or fits together, anything that lights up or makes noise, stuffed animals, and most of all...blankets and pillows. My girls loves to be cozy. Give her a soft blanket or a colorful pillow and she's good to go for the entire afternoon fake sleeping and snoring, or making her put the blanket over our heads like a tent approximately 8,000 times.

Favorite Activities: Torturing Playing with the dog. Laila and Paisley are best buds. She is constantly chasing him around, shoving toys in his mouth, tries to feed him her sippy cup while saying "num num num", sticking her entire hand in his mouth laughing hysterically trying to grab his tongue, sitting on him, climbing him, brushing him (which is more like smacking him in the head with a hair brush), tickling his toes while saying "ticky ticky ticky", sticking her fingers up his nose because it makes him sneeze, and most recently she has started "reading" to him. She will take a book over to him, open up to a page, and grab his paw and make him touch the page because that's what her and I do with her touch and feel books. This melts my heart every time. And I have to say, Paisley loves every minute of it. He's so gentle, and sweet with her with patience for days. He actually pouts the entire time she's napping or when she goes to bed, and can hardly contain himself when she gets up, or when we get home from running errands he gets so excited. He's just the best doggy and we love him so much :)

I still can't believe our Laila bug is 15 months and will already be a big sister next month! She is so loving, sweet, and nurturing already but we are really making sure to enjoy these last few weeks of being a family of 3 :)