Callie is 15 Months!

July 14, 2010

Callie turned 15 months last week and we had her check-up today. She has been battling an ear infection, medication side effects (messy ones) and some sort of virus that left her with a high fever all over the last two weeks. The poor baby has been in the office so much since she was born that everyone knows us by name as soon as we walk in the door. We have been there 3 times in just over a week. I'm waiting for them to reserve a room just for her! Anyway, she is doing just fine now and hopefully will stay healthy for a good long while.

Her check up went fine. She weighed in at 19 lbs. 3 oz. That's a whopping 4 lb. gain since her 1 year! She's really starting to pick up the pace :). In comparison, the last 4 lbs. that she gained took her from 4 months to 12 months! She's back on the charts this month and in the 3rd percentile for weight. She's 28 3/4 inches long and that puts her in the 7th percentile for height. She (like her big brother) is a bit top heavy and her head measures in the 45th percentile.

Callie is doing so many new things these days, I could never list them all. She has learned some new dance moves and is always eager to show them off. She's starting to repeat some words, but is not talking a whole lot. She knows pretty much everyone closest to her by name. Cameron is "Bub" now instead of "Bub-Bub" and she'll often say "Hi, Bub!" when he walks in a room. My sister, Shelby, is "Belb". She says "Pap" for Pappy and "Nana" when she's in the mood, which isn't often. Of course "Dada" and "Mama" are used the most. She says "Book", "Drink", "Thanks" which sounds more like "Nank" and a few other things, but she mostly just babbles a LOT! She's also learning some animal sounds. Her favorite is "woof" for dog. She knows duck, cat, snake to name a few...but she's started saying "woof" for every animal she sees.

She still loves to read and will sit literally for an hour and look through her books and babble as if she's reading them. She now will bring a book to me and reach to be picked up when she wants me to read to her. She has her favorite ones, of course and I get to read them over and over and over! There is a dinosaur book at Nana's house that she will dig through the toy box and find every time we're there. Nana will have to read it at least 5 times. You have to find a certain color dinosaur on each page and she's read it so much that she now knows exactly which dino to point to on every page.

She loves music and will pretend anything is a microphone. She sings and dances ALL day long and I am loving it! She is also presenting her prissy girly side more now. She loves bracelets, necklaces, and PURSES! She will put on her bracelet, sling a purse over her arm, and strut all over the house. She also has a toy lipstick that she uses quite a bit. She also takes very good care of her babies, giving them a bottle and plenty of kisses and hugs. She also very much enjoys getting dressed and wearing pretty shoes. I let her walk around the house most of the time bare foot, but if she sees some of her shoes, she will carry them to me and sit down for me to put them on.

Callie started going pee pee on the potty about 2 months ago and then later in the week started pooping on the potty. We put her on the potty before her bath and sometimes at points during the day if she is dry for a while. She knows just what to do, now...she even claps for herself as soon as she sits down. We are not "potty training" her, but this method worked for Cameron and he was completely out of diapers at 22 months. I am certainly not opposed to saving some serious dough on diapers! We'll see how fast she is potty trained...she is definitely way more strong willed than her brother.

About two weeks ago, Callie figured out that if she screams REALLY REALLY loudly, people respond and give her what she wants...especially in the middle of Target...or a restaurant. She then figured out how to throw a full blown tantrum...including throwing herself down, screaming at the top of her lungs, and flailing about. I'm really hoping she outgrows this FAST although I somehow doubt it! She is very smart, though...at the doctor's office today she threw a fit on the hard floor. She plopped down on her bottom and then laid herself back very slowly and gently as to not hurt her head before she proceeded to scream and kick. We're in for it with this one...

Some other quick stats on our girl...She's wearing size 2 diapers, but I think we're on our last box before we move up to 3's. She is wearing 9 month clothes and now starting to fit into some of her 12 month things. She's wearing size 2 shoes and just outgrew my favorite silver flip flops which makes me very sad. She's a good eater and even though she still only has 2 tiny teeth, she manages to eat pretty much anything we give her. Some of her favorite foods are fruit (bananas, strawberries, and blueberries are her favorite but I haven't found a fruit she doesn't like), chicken, pasta, quesadillas, and rice (especially fried rice and the rice at Fiesta Brava).

Anyway, I could go on and on! I am so thankful to have our girl and can't believe how much fun it is to have her around. Cameron loves her so much and I am so grateful for that. She's a major daddy's girl which is mostly a good thing (except that he spoils her too much). Here are some pictures of the princess...