15 Months Old Part 2

Dear Lily,
15 months already? Every month seems to go by faster and faster! And every month you get smarter and smarter! Just this past month you took on your first responsibility. In the past couple weeks it has become your job to feed the cats every morning! I say to you "Lily, it's time to feed the cats!" and you run to their food storage box, open it up, pull out the mug (then I have to help you fill it with food), then you run to the cats food bowl and try to pour out the food for them. Usually I have to help you pour it out, but that's ok, you will figure that out in time. Then I say "Good job Lily! Now put away the mug!" and you run to the container and put it away! It's been so great letting you have some responsibility, and I really think you take pride in it!

This month you've also really opened up at Little Gym. When we first started going, you would cry off and on for the first 10 minutes while you adjusted yourself to the new surrounding. You also use to really make Ms. Lori work to get a smile from you. Now you lead the way into the gym, and you are happy the whole class. You love getting out the bells and bringing them to Mommy and Daddy, and you love to help everyone put the bells away. This past week you were really cute and copied Ms. Lori spinning around in circles. That made everyone in the class laugh! You really are enjoying every second of class now!

You're getting better at communicating to me what you want now. You love cheese, and when you want some you will run to the fridge and try to open it while looking up at me saying "cheese". You also let me know when you want a drink by saying "juice". And though this isn't from before you turned 15 months, it's worth noting that yesterday you started signing more for the first time! That's your first real sign! At least the first one I understood. I've also been noticing this last week when I sign and ask you if you are all done, you will respond with your hands up in the air and say "ta da!" I'm starting to take this as your way of saying "all done".

I'm so lucky that you are such a cuddly baby! You love to run to Mommy and Daddy and give us big hugs and kisses. Every night before bed we cuddle on the couch. You also love giving the cats big hugs and kisses. You're actually becoming really aggressive with cuddling the cats, to the point where I have to intervene so you don't accidentally hurt them. You seem to think it's fun to sit on Orion! Poor kitty!

Another new thing worth noting that you started doing on Sunday night...you discovered how to whistle! You've been making the "o" shaped mouth for a while now, and then Sunday night you accidentally exhaled while your mouth was like that, and it made a whistle sound. It was so exciting to you that you have started to do that all the time now! What a fun discovery!

We are so proud of how smart you are getting Lily! It amazes me to think of how far you have come in a year! This time last year you were just learning to roll over and hold your head up while on your tummy. Now you are running and climbing all over the place! Keep growing baby! We love you!

Love
Mommy

Video of Lily whistling:



And of course now the 15 month pictures:



She can't always be happy:

Relaxing in the car, all bundled up for the cold: