Thursday, November 12, 2009

FIFTEEN MONTHS OLD

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Today was Tate's 15 month check up and four more shots! POOR baby. Her doctor pronounced her amazing. Healthy, SMART, charming. He says he has a crush on my girl. I am wonder if this is why he wants to see her every two months.


Stats.... Weight... 22.5 lb (47% US charts) Height 32 inches (91% US charts)



  • her speech is exploding. She babbles constantly. She will mimics beginning sounds of words. Knows about 12 words or words she uses ... Momma, Mesa, Nana, more, baba (bottle), hi, bye bye, baby, ball, puppy, naaa (Norwegian for no), cup.

  • Says "hot" and blows on everything she eats... fresh fruit, ice cream, as well as the warm foods.


  • Tate has started pretending with her doll. She insists to hold her doll when driving places, will wrap the baby in a "blanket" or burp cloth, and feed the doll a bottle.


FEEDING HER DOLL 14 MOS


  • Loves LOVES LOVE to wear beads and necklaces. She will put them on by herself.
  • She is showing more of a preference for her left hand when she reaches for things, eats and colors.


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  • will call out "Momma!" from her crib when she wakes up... at nap time, in the mornings and in the middle of the night. When it happens in the middle of the night, I will wait hoping she will go back to sleep. Sadly this was not the case the other night. She wanted MOMMA! And MOMMA jumped right up. She looked at me said "Momma. Baba (bottle)" then smacked her chest as if to say "Momma I need a bottle". There was NO question as to what Tate needed that middle of the night.


  • stands on her own without holding on to something. Will go from standing and bend down and get back up. Is able to go from crawl to standing. Still not walking.


  • Knows the difference between up and down and will go either up or down when instructed.


  • Animal sounds.... cow, horse, cat, dog, monster, monkey, tiger. She makes the monster sound and loves it when I act "scared".


  • Yikes.... the other day I caught her climbing. Apparently there was a barricade blocking her way to Mesa. She must climb go over it to get to her dog. What does a good momma do when she sees her loved one toddling while climbing? Grab her camera of course and snap away.

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  • SHE LOVES MESA!

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Tate just cracks us all up... She crawls with "ATTITUDE", if you have seen it, you know what I am talking about. Gliding forward with swinging her head side to side.

18 comments:

Jill said...

She is to stinkin' cute!! No wonder the Dr has a crush! LOL!

(I had to laugh! My 4 month old is 17 pounds and 26 inches....not far from your 15 month old Tate! Crazy isn't it?!?)

Jboo said...

She is such a little cutie-pie! How fun is it to watch her learn and grow! Hope you have a great weekend!

Janet

Lisa~~ said...

She's growing up so quickly and she's changed so much. Happy 15 months little Tate.

Eliza2006 said...

Such a cute lady! I love that crawl with 'tude!

Laura said...

She is so cute and getting so big!! Love that she loves Mesa so much! That's so sweet.

Suzie said...

I must confess....I have a crush on her too! She is so stinkin cute. Glad to hear that she is doing so well. Happy 15 months Tate :o)

Anonymous said...

Can't believe how much she has grown. Was it 91 percentile in height?? The monster sounds thing makes me smile.

Single Women Adopting Children said...

Great updates! I love to hear about all she is doing! So adorable!

Wanda, Geoff and Lexi said...

Tate is adorable! Happy 15 months old! I love the pigtails!

Kayce said...

Dang is she not the cutest!!!! Her smile must melt your heart over and over and over and over again! Thanks for the great update on your sweetums!

Susie said...

She is just a doll! I'm thrilled to see you both so happy!

Donna said...

She gets cuter every day!

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Shannon said...

Oh she has just a joyful glow about her! So jealous of her language and imitation skills. 15 months- time flies! =)

Shannon said...

Sorry 'bout all the repeated comments. I have a new computer and the mousepad is so sensitive!

Tabitha said...

I have not seen you guys for a while. We need to get together!

dreamer said...

that was a great post! I can really see it all happening.