Fourteenth month recap.

Weight: 24 lbs (75th percentile)

Height: 33 inches  (still off the charts)


Napping: Continues with a morning and afternoon nap.  Average length is about an hour and 15 minutes each.  She has an occasional nap revolt, but for the most part naps are not a battle for us. 


Night:  Bedtime is between 7 & 7:30 and she sleeps for eleven to twelve hours.  She still cries out in the night on some/most nights, but it is typically nothing more than a few minutes.
 
Food: Olivia is a good eater, although she has begun to eat less and less for breakfast.  Sometimes her intake at dinner is nearly as much as me!  Favorites include: macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, avocado, cheese, pasta dishes, blueberries, and grapes.  She cracks us up while eating from a spoon because she can't do it unless her eyes are closed, as exhibited below!

Motor Skills: nearly runs, kicks and throws balls of all sizes, is getting more independent with silverware use, jumps when has something to hold onto (e.g., in her crib), climbs up and slides down her slide independently, and climbs onto and off of couch.

Language: has begun repeating so many things we say!  She can make a lot of her simple needs known either with a sign or a word.  Current words include: Mama, Dada, hat, ball, baby, that, dahdo (for dog), Nana, Papa, nigh-nigh (for goodnight), bu-bye, hi, banana, cheese, turkey, car ride, slide, outside, A-ya (for Olivia), cat, up, and down.  Signs include: all done, please, more, bath, airplane, bathroom, milk, water, friend, car, diaper, and thank you.  Can tell us what sound a sheep, cow, and horse make.  This is a fun age for language development, but it really is just the tip of the ice burg because her language explosion is still to come (and I can't wait!). 

Fun Facts: wears size 5 shoes and 12-18 month clothes, has 6 teeth, loves to imitate me in whatever I'm doing (e.g., get a rag and pretend to dry off a bowl, put clothes into washing machine and reach up to try and push a button), loves playing with my shoes/purses/make-up brushes equally as much as she does playing with balls and in the dirt, squeals in delight every time she sees the neighbor children, seems to thrive and really be in her element the more children that are around, laughs at herself when she passes gas, likes to wear hats, keeps a bow in her hair now!, asks to go outside all day long, favorite toys include her baby, balls, her Mickey bus, and books, wants to eat anything we are eating, still cries when I leave her, loves to dance to music!, and can light up the room with her smile!

Our baby girl is quickly turning into a toddler!  Month 15 has already brought changes and we are only a week in!  However, through all of these rapid changes, one thing has remained the same - how much fuller our life has become with her sweet spirit in it.  We are truly humbled by what an incredible blessing she is.