15 months

Happy 15 months, my dear Critter Girl! You are officially a toddler now, there is no more crawling anywhere for you. It is so strange to look back, only a few months ago, and see you crawling around. So let's see what's gone on this month...

The Park! In addition to this being a new word for you (along with car, meaning your little toy car you ride in), the park is your favorite place. You often wake from a nap and ask, "Park?" when you see me. Yes, baby, we can go to the park. It has been a lovely, warm month, so we've been able to go to the park often. You get so excited when we arrive and you see the other kids, you visibly shake and clench your fist in happiness. You like to ride the swings, go down the slide, walk under the jungle gyms, and generally try to be a big kid. Oh, and the sticks! You find a stick and examine it closely, then carry it around with you like it is your most prized possession. Until you find a new and better stick, and discard the old one like it never even existed. Mama still won't let you anywhere near the sandbox, given your orally fixated tendencies.

Your hair! You have been a pretty bald baby for your life so far. You've always had thin, light hair, it was nothing to write home about. You always had that baby look to you because of your hair. But now your hair has gotten longer, and a little darker, so you look more like a kid, less like a baby. Granted it is still not long enough to get cut, but you definitely have hair now. Real kid hair.

I have to say, it has been a slower month for you - not a whole lot new. You keep adding new words, you are a master walker now (no drunken sailor walking for you anymore!) and you continue to delight me every day. But you develop in spurts, and this was a slow month. This month was all about being a walker, and enjoying the independence of walking.

Happy 15 months, sweet Critter Girl!