Growing.

Phia Kate 15mths:
height: 30in long
weight: 20lbs


All about you:

You climb everything. Slides and chairs are your favorite, and sitting at tables makes you feel so big.

 You very rarely sleep in the car anymore. I'm pretty sure hell was freezing over this day. 

 You still love shoes!

 You love to put your feet on the table or your highchair tray.  

                                   

 You are NOT a morning person. WOW! You are insanely moody when you wake up. Laughing, crying, snuggling, and total all out tantrums are all a part of the norm for you, and that is just in the first 2 minutes of your day. 

                                      

You sill love riding in your carrier.

 (helping Mommy look for socks under the couch while sporting your fake "CHEEE!" for the camera)

You LOVE wearing sunglasses and will wear them all day long. Inside/outside. It doesn't matter!

You tolerate headbands for Mommy's sake. You hate hats, except my visor.

 You LOVE Spot the Dog books. We read the two you have at least a dozen times a day. You make all the sounds of the animals that are in the book.

You LOVE baths-especially the water running. You love playing in the running water when I am filling your bath. Lately you are sticking your face in it or down in the bath. The fact that you nearly choke to death each and every time does not deter you from trying again. And again. And again. I am going to have to update my CPR.  

 You ask to go on a bike ride every time you see a bike. The helmet is not your favorite thing, but once we get going you forget about it. 

This might be my "favorite" thing you are currently doing: you really enjoy rubbing your dirty hands through your hair when you are done eating, ESPECIALLY if you have already had a bath. You have some aversion to clean hair.  

• You snuggle your booty in our lap for stories or if we have food you want. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this.
• You cover your mouth when you cough. It's adorable. Especially because you put your thumb and fore finger together and stick them all the way in your mouth to cover your "coughs." You do it anytime you cough or if you hear anyone else cough. 
• You are a mimic! You copy just about everything any of us do. 
• Patty Cake is initiated by you a billion times a day. I love when you say "ro lo lo" (roll em up).
• You make me sing the song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" when you see the kookaburra picture in your animal book. 
• You really love Roo, but are SO mean to her. You ask for her as soon as you wake up, but as soon as you see her, you act ugly to her. It's funny, she is finally getting a taste of her own medicine. Roo is the same way with Zach! 
• You say and sign "apple." You pronounce it "a-oo"
• You love to play "help." Since you refuse to walk, you insist on making everyone "help" you to walk. When you want to play, you will crawl up to the "lucky" chosen person and say "how" (help). We have to hold your hand/hands while you walk/run all over the house.  If we stop before you are finished (you are never finished) you will throw yourself down and roll around on the floor fake crying. Thankfully we have convinced Roo that this is a special game for just the two of you. She will play it forever with you. Saves Mommy and Daddy lots of back pain. 
• Love the book Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
• You have added the words yellow, hello, eyes, flower, nose, yummy, pepper, puppy, and ballon to your spoken vocabulary. Balloon is my most favorite thing ever! You say "BA-loo." And then I melt from your cuteness.
• You know where your eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hands, and feet are.
• You like to talk on the "ha-loo" ("hello", this means the phone) and will ask to call Papa or Daddy. You will put it up to your ear and listen and smile and say "HI! ___" Then you'll repeatedly say "ha-loo" until you are done, then its "bye-bye!"
• You are a very opinionated, but not picky, eater. Even if you love something, you won't eat it if you aren't in the mood. You will choose to go hungry instead. Stubborn monster. Sweet things are your favorite. You will eat your weight in fruit every day. 
• You insist on "feeding yourself" with your own utensils. This means that I have to put the food on the fork, and you put it in your mouth. You know that the food is supposed to go on the fork/spoon, and you even try to do it yourself, but you just can't quite get it yet. You also like your food on a plate. You're actually really good about not throwing it down. I just have to watch carefully for the signs that you are done: picking up pieces of your food and dropping it on the floor. I don't like to look at my food when I'm done either. 
• If you have a sippy cup and anyone else has a regular cup, you will refuse to drink out of your cup. You really think you are a big girl. 
• You say "CHEEEE!" anytime you see the camera and when you hear the click you will ask to see the baby on the screen.
• You took 2  steps on your 15mth birthday.
• You took 3 steps on Father's day!
• You took 7 steps June 19!
• You are growing more beautiful each and every day. Your confidence is amazing, but it melts my heart that you crawl straight to Mommy when you need comfort or reassurance. Not a day goes by that you don't make all of us laugh out loud. Life would not be the same without you terrorizing us and cracking us up.