Orelia at 15 Months

Orelia is 15 months old now and suddenly seems like a big kid.

 I'm not sure if it's the walking or the look in her eyes, but she's not a baby anymore.

She weighs 22 pounds 12 ounces and is 30.25 inches tall (both about 50th percentile).  Her head is 47 cm around, which explains why the 44 cm hat I bought in Japan doesn't fit.  Even though I'm happy to see her growing, it's getting harder and harder to lug around a kid who is over twenty pounds.

She adds more words to her vocabulary all the time, but "dog" is still her all-time favorite.  She's now dabbling with "shoe," "bubble," "apple," "home," "bear," and "bow."

We are in the midst of transitioning to one nap, which means she's getting about an hour less sleep each day.  It's nice not having to be home for two naps a day, but it is a bit harder to get dinner on the table.

Now that she's walking, playgrounds are a lot more fun.  She loves to climb and explore, and of course the swings and slides are big hits.

She's becoming closer and closer with her toddler friends as well as her mommy friends.  She really lights up to see them and they play together (instead of side by side) more and more.

Preschool has been going really well.  It helps that she has one of her best friends there, but she is also connecting more and more with the other kids.

Last week she enjoyed school so much I literally had to pry her away when it was time to go.  She loves to play with all the toys we don't have at home and always spends a fair amount of time outside on the tricycles and play sets.

She still enjoys reading books, but lately she prefers to "read" her own while we read a different book to her.  Her favorite task is flipping to any page with a dog and proclaiming "dog!"  She also likes to point out airplanes and apples.  It cracks me up how much she enjoys showing us what she knows.

15 months is a really fun age where it seems like every day she picks up on something new.  She's balancing between worlds of wanting independence and wanting support and we are trying our best to let her explore while also maintaining limits.  She is loving life and we love being with her.