I cannot believe Payton hit the fifteen month mark on Friday. She is learning so much everyday and I always wish I wrote everything down as soon as she does something instead of waiting and recollecting the past three months of growth. This stage is by far my favorite, she truly is a mini human, and a mini me! Yesterday my parents and Jim took her to her well-baby appointment, sadly, it was the first appointment I have missed since her arrival. I was worrying the entire time and I wanted my updates. I look forward to these visits to see how she is progressing, we know what she is up to but it is always nice to hear how she is doing compared to children on a national level. We love our Pedi, Dr. Martinez, she has gushed over Payton since she was four days old and is always shocked when we bring her in. Yesterday she told Jim that our sweet little girl is very advanced for her age, she was shocked by how much she understands and how well she communicates with us. We haven’t taught her sign language, I have considered getting the video but for now we have taught her “more” and “all done” which she picked up after one try. I don’t want to concentrate solely on signing because she repeats and uses words so I know if we just keep repeating everyday words she will get it soon. Her favorite word these days is “this”. She says it for everything! She will point and keep saying “this” until we get what she really wants. She loves playing peek-a-boo, reading books, the Little Einsteins (it’s the only show she stops everything for and tries singing along at the beginning), blowing kisses, closing doors (all to get a huge high-five), and finally putting her toys away after taking them all out.  Her favorite activity is climbing up the slides at all of the local parks and swinging as high as the baby swings can go.  When she hears or sees an airplane she stops everything, starts shaking and excitedly says, “oooooohhhhhhhh!” She has also shown us her mechanical side by finding little buttons and switches on every toy.  I am a little worried that she has daddy’s mild OCD as she neatly stacks everything or makes sure that everything is lined up in a row. She has also learned how to really throw objects both frontward and backward, she has an arm on her folks! Everyday brings something new and we are loving every.single.minute!

Stats and other info:
– Head: 18 1/2″ 90th percentile
– Height: 32 1/2″ tall, 95th percentile
– Weight: 24.32 pounds, 75th percentile. LONG & LEAN!
– Words: dizzy, lilah (for Delilah), da-da (this doubles for daddy and doggie), ma-ma, duck, ooce (juice), hi, necklace, fish, ball and bye
– She loves veggies more than fruit. She will only really eat fruit if it’s pureed, like the little squeeze pouches, or if it’s a banana which she will eat the entire thing or in yogurt. She is her daddy’s girl! She hasn’t refused a veggie yet. She will eat broccoli over anything.
– She loves turkey, chicken, garden burgers, Spanish rice, black beans. mommy’s buckwheat pancakes with a thin spread of Nutella, and quesadillas ( and a french fry or two!)
– She looks for birds while were out and points when she spots one.
– When it’s bath time she runs to the tub, when it’s dirty diaper time she runs to her room and when it’s time for bye-bye she runs to the front door.
– She has all of her teeth except for her eye teeth that are starting to come through.