Weight- Man I really need to do this! Plus it will make me feel really good to get on the scale with you, and then give you away and watch as I instantly lose a bunch of weight :)
Hair- Not much new in this department... Still growing! You've got quite a bit of curl at the back on the bottom, and we actually have to sweep it out of your eyes it's so long. It's so fine and silky though that I haven't tried to do anything with it in terms of styling, plus you move WAY too much to fuss with it. I did however love the comment Emily made, that I could tease it and use gel in order to get hair accessories to work :)
Clothes- Upgraded to the 18 month jammies for the most part, the others were getting too short. You got some way cute clothes for Christmas that we can throw in your wardrobe now.
Teeth- I really wish you'd let me dig around in there a bit more.. I know you have gotten more this month, I would guess we're up to about ten, mostly on top, though I saw a bottom molar today. You don't seem too bothered with teething right now. You've woken a few times in the night, but gotten yourself back to sleep, so I shall once again count myself lucky!
New Skills- SO many!
You officially walk more than you crawl, that's so cool!
You are learning words at an alarming rate, even if you don't have them wholy down, or you're just parroting us, it's still a great improvement. Highlight words include Hi, Bye, Night Night, Maia (Julie's dog), Juice and Socks. I am continually amazed at how quickly you're picking words up, you babble all the time!
Just in the last few days you started this 'fake fall' thing. You're standing there, and then sort of crumple onto your butt. We all laugh, you do it again.
You also in the last few weeeks have started this thing where you hand daddy or I a stuffed animal or a puppet, then you crumple onto the floor and wait to be smothered in kisses by the animal.
We're teaching you Peek a Boo. You cover your mouth though, and when we say Peek a Boo, you pull your hands off your mouth. You will cover our eyes though with your hands, and when we say peek a boo you take your hands off our face. freakin' adorable even if a bit misguided :)
You are working on blowing kisses. So far, you'll kiss your hand with a big MUAH sound OR you'll blow on your hand, but you won't do one followed by the other.
We've been playing a game with you for ages now where we cover your face with a blanket, say Where's Peyton and you pull the blankie off with a big smile. We can also cover ourselves up and say Where's Mommy/Daddy and you'll pull the blankie off of us. Well this month, you play the game on your own now. You will just be chillin' and you'll cover yourself with a blankie and wait... when we say Where's Peyton, you will uncover with a big smile. It's so much fun to see your personality come through in play!
Foods- Still a food champ! I really enjoyed having Grandma Holm around, because everytime we'd eat, she'd say "Oh does Peyton like _____" "Oh my, Peyton is such a good eater, she just seems to love _______" It was so great to watch as you impressed her with your eating prowess! You will pretty much try anything. You have some picky meals where you won't eat much at all or are just being stubborn and those times you just play or throw your food on the floor. Those are quick meals. I think you're just good at self-regulating and if you're not hungry, you don't eat!
Favorite moments- Well walking still is pretty awesome! Christmas was really fun (see related post). It has also been great to watch you interact with others. We had a houseful of people for a good 6 days and for the most part, you just chilled. I loved watching you interact with your cousin Ryan inparticular. He played with you, he played music on the guitar for you, and he even entertained you in the car (heaven send since we know how much you 'love' the car). You even let him pick you up and you gave him kisses before we went home on Christmas night. It has also been a joy to watch you spend time with your grandma and grandpa. Since the Holm side stay here when they're in town, you tend to see them for large chunks of time and this has really allowed you to bond. You even raise your arms to be held by them, and you even cried when they left one night to go out to their van. It is so wonderful to see you even at 15 months creating that special relationship. I'm starting to see it with the Caldwell grandparents a bit also, but you have to warm up to them each time still since you see them for shorter visits.
Least Favorite moment- Not too many complaints this month... I am starting to notice a bit of 'tude in you... Like the other day.,.. I was letting you play with my phone in Toddler Lock (an app that locks all features of the phone, but lets the child use the touch screeen to 'draw'). Well then you got upset and started tossing it. I took it away and put it in my pocket... major meltdown crying, tears, throwing other toys... I let you cry about it for a minute or two, you calmed down, and we played with other toys...
Also, there was one day, that I just kept hurting you... I stepped on your leg, because I thought you were in one place, and as I was walking, I sneezed so I didn't see you had moved and sat down directly in my path. I bumped your head on a wall while turning a corner, I scratched your side with my watch as I was putting you down, and I let you bump your head on the edge of a chair when you were sitting with me... It was sad but also almost comical that all these tiny bumps happened with me in like an 8 hour span...
Anything else?
I think I'm tapped... You had a great month!!
Here are a few pictures, excluding Christmas stuff (since technically that happened after your 15 month mark anyway :)
In case you didn't see one like this in the Christmas post... This is one way we spend our time... putting multiple layers of socks on Peyton (her willingly letting us) and watching her roam around that way. New fave for her is looking out the front windows. This became impossible as Christmas came nearer since there were mountains of presents in the way!
Chris found these nesting boxes in the garage in our hand me down toy stash (thanks Nikki). They're awesome! The sides are transparent and when you nest them they make a scene like a cow and a barn and the sun and a farmhouse or you can make silly scenes like putting the cow in the ocean :) Amyway as you can see here, cousin Zane had stacked them up and I was impressed at how Peyton took each off one by one and put them on the couch.
Whew, that was hard work mom! I need a rest!
Peyton got this alligator from the Wright family for her birthday. Now that she can walk, she LOVEs pulling it along. The alligator's body is made of individual pieces of wood and as you roll it, they move and clank together. A great classic wooden toy!
Takin' my pet alligator into the family!
This toy came from my FAR away relatives :) Aunt Dinah, Uncle Bill and cousin Seven. Each peg hold a gear and when you put them all on, you can spin one to spin all since they're interlocking gears. Notice Peyton is putting the yellow back on the yellow, good girl!
Loving my new kitchen mom and dad! Thanks for this super cool gift, now we need to have my friends over to play!
