Fifteen Months

15 months already and I never even posted a recap of Maria's first birthday. Ooops! Well, her birthday was awesome and she was celebrated by all of her wonderful friends and family. As you can see in the previous post, she LOVED her cake and luckily didn't end up with tummy ache! So, now that we're at the 15 month mark, I wanted to write a quick update with her stats and start a list of words that she is using.

Current stats:
Weight - 24lbs. 2 oz. (70th percentile)
Height - 30.4 in. (50th percentile)

Words she is using:
Mama (sometimes Mommy)
Dada
Puppy
Oli (Oliver) -- who we just rehomed, by the way :(
Up
Down
More (with sign language)
Pees (Please, also with sign language)
Goss (Go Outside)
Ball
Diaper
Bath
Wor Wor (Word World)
Mimi (Maria)!
Cup
Car
Hi
Buh-bye
Bear

Animal sounds:
Moo
Cack Cack (duck)
Woof woof
Baa
Raarr (tiger)

Here she is as a duck for Halloween:
This age is SO MUCH FUN!

Giant Cupcake!

I will post a recap of Maria's first birthday soon, but here is a video of her cupcake experience. She LOVED it, to say the least!

CHEESE!

She is so silly!

Eleven Months

Only one more month until the big BIRTHDAY! I know I say it all the time, but I seriously cannot believe how much she has changed and how fast these last 11 months have gone by. Maria, you are a joy and a treasure to Mommy and Daddy!

Lately

• Maria knows "duck" and can make a quack sound. So adorable.
• Last night was the 4th of July; Maria completely slept through all of the fireworks including the *very* loud city show that takes place in the park behind our house.
• We had Maria dedicated by her Grandpa on June 27th. It was amazing. God is amazing.
• We drove from Pullman to Graham, from Graham to Portland, from Portland to Government Camp and back to Portland, and then from Portland to Pullman. Not fun with an almost-11-month old.
• Just noticed that Maria has at least one more tooth coming in on top; possibly two. That might explain some of the miserable car ride(s).
• Our friends Katie and Aaron came over on the 4th and we had a great time. They are seriously so fun to be around.
• Maria is taking more and more steps on her own. She is so brave.
• Our trip to Government Camp gave us the opportunity to take a 5-generation picture with Tim's great-grandmother who is 98 years old. Special memories were made for all of us.
• I need to post more pictures, but I haven't uploaded them to my computer yet. And it's already time for Maria's 11-month update. Where does the time go?

Ten Months

Ten months and ten times the entertainment! Maria is EVERYWHERE these days and into EVERYTHING! Never a dull moment in our home. She has 4 teeth and her hair is growing by the day. She's still cruising around the furniture (and anything else she can hold on to), but the first steps are soon to follow. Lately, she has been practicing her balance and enjoying walking with mom and dad holding her hands. So close! Pretty soon she'll be an official "toddler." Such an amazing little girl!

Nine Months

Maria's nine-month birthday has already come and gone and it seems like SO much has changed in just one month! After her check-up yesterday, she is measuring at 19lbs. 7oz. and 27.25 inches long. She is average according to the doctor, but we think she's extraordinary! Her squishy, little body is so fun to snuggle; the pudginess too adorable to ignore. Lately she is crawling like mad all over the house. She is starting to follow us when we move from room to room and getting into all kinds of things. Her favorite "no-no" are cords. I'm not sure what makes them so interesting, but she will seek them out time and time again. If crawling wasn't enough, now she is pulling up everywhere and starting to cruise along the furniture. I'm pretty sure that she'll be walking by 10 months! Wow - are we ready for that??! Needless to say, we are having the time of our life with this precious girl and can't wait to see what she does next!