1. Personality– – Not that Sofia has had any shortage of personality the last 15 months but I love watching her grow into a silly little kid who loves to laugh, loves a great game of peek-a-boo and has her own little language
2. Frankenbaby!!!– – If you have a pre-walker/new walker than you know EXACTLY what I mean. She’s getting more daring with the toddling so the very meaningful steps with arms out for balance might be the funniest and cutest thing ever
3. Curiousity, curiosity, curiosity– – We have hit the stage where is there is a cabinet we can’t just look into it, we must get INSIDE and truly discover it. She can wiggle herself into, out of and over things I never even thought were a baby “proofing” problem.
4. Less Babble More Words– Trust me we have plenty of strict babbling going on but words are becoming clearer by the day and to actually watch my little person learn is a novelty that I treasure. We have been saying “Mama”, “Dada”, “Ball”, “baba” but now there is a very clear “Mommy”, “Diaper”, “Bear”, “boo”, “Santa” and occasionally “book” in the vocabulary. The best ones however, are “Apeeka” which is an invite to play peek-a-boo and “amina” which seems to be her interpretation of “mine”. These “Sofie words” are the ones that melt my heart. I try to indulge in these because I know eventually, any day now, they will be just plain “Peek –a-boo” and “mine”…tear!
5. Not Too Big for a Snuggle– – At this point she still wants to climb in my lap for a story or curl up on my lap to be rocked or snuggle real close in bed. I know we “shouldn’t” be rocking our 15 month old to sleep and it’s “better” to make her sleep in a crib but the way I see it, there will be plenty of YEARS for her to not want me to hold her and where she’ll sleep in her own bed. So, for now, I’ll keep her right where she’ll let me hang on to her. Oh, let me add one point…this does NOT happen during the day. This is strickly as sleepy baby thing. She is Little Miss Busy, Independent, Curious Toddler most of the day. But it just makes the snuggles a little sweeter
