Baby Mama

Mikayla loves baby dolls, perhaps a little too much. She has about 5 or 6 of them and needs to carry them ALL everywhere she goes. She takes very good care of them. Sometimes I walk into a room and see them lined up on the couch, or sharing a pillow. When Chris was relaxing in a chair this weekend, she put ALL of them in his lap and then crawled up there too.

Mikayla also brings her babies to dinner, although it is quite challenging to balance them on her tray while she's eating, but she tries never the less.

Corn on the Cob!

Mikayla likes to eat what we eat...and that includes CORN ON THE COB! 

She doesn't need it cut up, that's for babies!

Here is a short video of some corn eating action:

FIFTEEN MONTHS!

Mikayla is fifteen months old and guess what that means...her 15 month growth stats!
Remember how last month I told you how she grew so much that she is now in the 60-70th percentile? Well, the truth is, she was so squirmy during that measurement that it could have been 2-3 inches off. I was actually afraid it might look like she 'shrunk' the next time she got measured. So when we went in for her 15 month appointment, I was praying that we would able to get a more accurate measurement for once.
Guess what, my prayers were answered! Mikayla fell asleep on the way to the appointment and WOULD NOT WAKE UP. So we were able to get the most accurate measurement of her height ever! It was pretty hilarious. We made sure her head was perfectly lined up, we stretched her legs out straight (all while she was dead asleep) and the verdict is...SHE GREW!

Here are her new stats after just a month:

LENGTH: 31.5 inches - 75th percentile!

WEIGHT: 22.1lbs - 25-50th percentile

HEAD: They didn't write it down, but I'm pretty sure it's still big

Other notable changes this month are:

- She got TWO more teeth (only semi-painful for us)

- She said LOTS more words: Baby, Shoes, Cheese, Keys, Seaweed (obviously) and last month she finally learned 'Mama' Yay! Now she says mama all the time! I love it!

- She dances with PARTNERS: she steps on our feet to dance or she dances with her baby dolls and stuffed animals.

- She SWIMS: Okay maybe she doesn't swim on her own yet, but she kicks and moves her arms on command. My mom's been giving her lessons every day, so I'm sure it's just a matter of days before she's doing the butterfly.

- She THROWS: My parents have an apple tree, so she gets to throw the rotten apples down their hill every day. Now when she sees a picture of an apple she makes a throwing motion with sound effects and everything.

- She learned the sign for CAT: Her aunt Stephanie will be very pleased about that one.

- Oh yeah, one more thing, she learned to get on and off the bed AND chairs...this poses (pun intended) a problem for my monthly pictures. My monthly pictures will now look like this:

In all seriousness, I will still take at least one picture of her each month (who are we kidding I will take at least a hundred), but the chair's gotta go.