Fifteen months is a big deal - especially when you're on the receiving end of some more shots (this is what Julia tells me anyway). Though not as many as at the one year checkup, she was not a happy camper about the three she received (and one hurt her quite a bit, I am sad to report). On the brighter side, she is now nearly 31 inches long. She's still on the light side (19 pounds), but that's not a big concern considering that she's had a continual ear infection since February - she finally beat it by the end of April after the third round of antibiotics, and guess what?? We discovered as a result that she has an allergy to some types of antibiotic - it involved a lot of vomiting, which we erroneously attributed to her having tried a new food - no dice; it was the drug. In other medical news, the nurse mis-measured Julia's head so the doctor now thinks she has a little bean - he was talking with us about "small computer running super well compared to a big computer" - whatever. She is a "peanut", but at this point, we don't see any issues with her development - she's achieving all the normal stages and shows no signs of lagging, so we're not worried in the least. As you will notice, in the above photo, she is figuring out how her highchair belts buckle - honestly, she does know and helps get in and out of her seats.
Is she walking or talking? No. Could she if she wanted to? Yep. Julia is babbling a lot. She "says" things that are awfully close to the word we think she's saying, but we have yet to actually call her official first word. We think we've heard "da-da", "ma-ma", "that", "hi", "clock", and a variation of "sissy" but since she won't repeat it when we say the word, it's a tough call. I think she's being elusive on purpose, just to keep us going. Which leads me to the walking part - she has taken a step, but it's always when she's preoccupied with something she's carrying and seems to forget that she's not holding on to the couch or whatever. She prefers tearing around the house on all fours (or a variation of all fours), cruising the furniture, or (more likely) fussing to be picked up. Spoiled - you bet.
Julia has a tremendous sense of humor - she laughs easily at things that are genuinely funny. Like farts. And super fun games of "where's mommy?" and hide-and-seek where mommy or sissy jump out at her. She is also a fan of roughhousing a bit and still enjoys "baby hat". What has really picked up in the last month or so is her enjoyment of reading - or more specifically, us reading to her. Steven, Kennedy and I have read some of her favorite books hundreds of times; those titles would be: "Green Eggs and Ham", "Bears on Wheels", "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb", "Dr. Seuss' ABC's", "Old Hat, New Hat", "Curious George's Flap Book (or whatever it's called - actually a good flap book)", "My First Animal Board Book" and "Peter Rabbit's Sleep Book". These books are on a list of "do not read ever again" when she outgrows them . . . LOL!!! Actually, it's great that she loves reading so much - Kennedy was a lot the same way (as were Steven and I), so it's good to have another reader in the family.
So, there you go - another month, another update; hopefully in the next few weeks I'll be more on the ball with updating!!
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