15 Month Stats

Ava had her 15 month appointment on Monday, February 26th. She finally surpassed the 20 lb mark and tipped the scales at 21 lbs, 1 oz (10th percentile). She measured 31.5 inches long and her melon was 18.5 inches around (both 75th percentile). She checked out great and had 3 more shots, but now won't have anymore until she goes to school.

Other news:
She started saying "nana" for banana.
She also figured out how to climb into her high chair herself via the chest that sits next to it in the living room. Quite the daredevil!

Read To Me

Ava is definitely in a book phase. She loves to choose books and position herself in our laps to have us read to her. Of course, many times we don't make it past page 3 before she's up getting another book to bring to us.

Some of her favorites right now are:
Pat the Bunny
Where's Spot?
Colorful ABC and 123 books
Let's Look at Numbers (hand me down from cousin Gus)
The Going To Bed Book (and the rest of the Sandra Boynton collection)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Dear Zoo

Potty Mouth

Ava was sitting in her high chair last night and suddenly leaned to one side, grunted, lifted one butt cheek up off the seat and farted twice. Scot and I laughed hysterically and then I imitated what she had done and made farting noises (imitation, not actual). To our surpise, she then copied what I had done, lifted her butt cheek off the chair again, and tried to make farting noises with her mouth. Repeated several times, it was a riot!

Other noteworthy news: Ava started saying "nose" this week and will point to her own nose when asked.

Ava Signs In...

One of my favorite games is when my mommy smells my feet and pretends that they stink by saying "PEEEW!" and making other bad faces. I giggle over and over when she does that and so then I stick my foot right back at her to smell again!

My kitty Sam always makes me laugh, even though I don't think he likes me because he tries to bite me whenever I come by. It doesn't bother me, though! I just laugh whenever I see him and it's REALLY funny when Mommy or Daddy take his tail and brush my head with it.

I LOVE bonking heads with Daddy. Whenever we're together, I like to lean right into his head with my head and give it a big bonk. Daddy says my forehead has a lot more cushion than his so he doesn't like to do it after awhile--wuss!

I just started saying "baby" this week and I'm pretty sure that's the word for everything!

Business up front, party in the back...

So Ava has a mullet. We're not sure what to do with it at this point...the sides just won't grow, but the back has gotten fairly long. It looks really cute right after a bath, the ends curl up and it looks almost like it's layered. But by the next day, there's no denying it's a mullet. We're working through it...

Ava @ 14 months...

New Tricks:
We got Ava a signing video for Christmas and she just started picking some signs up! She can do: cow, more, shoes, hat (her favorite), dog, fish, and drink.

If you ask her where her tummy is, she will lift up her shirt and point to it. She especially loves it when you ask "Where's Daddy's tummy?" She will then go over and pull up Scot's shirt and stick her finger right in his belly button!

Teeth: 6 (4 on top, 2 on bottom)

Sleeping: Ava still takes 2 naps every day. She usually naps for about 1-1 1/2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. Bedtime is between 7-7:30 pm. She goes to sleep very well on her own, usually with her teddy bear under one arm and a thumb in her mouth. She usually wakes up around 6 am on the weekdays and between 7 and 7:30 am on the weekends.

Words: "Hi", "Baby" -- that's about it!

Likes:
Looking at books! (especially ones with flaps)
Bonking heads with Daddy
Watching Baby Einstein/Signing videos
Playing with her Fisher Price house
Growling
Stealing remotes, phones, and paper
Pointing
Mini pancakes
Fruit

Dislikes:
Most veggies. She used to eat anything and everything, but has become particular about veggies over the past month. She still will eat baby food veggies, though.