15 months old!

Our sweet McKinley is now 15 months old! She has grown and changed so much over the past month! At 15 months McKinley's stats are:

Weight- 24 lbs 4 oz (70%)
Height- 31 in. (66%)
Head- 19 in. (99%)

The doctor said she's proportional and still looks healthy and happy! She is thinning out a bit, which I think is from starting to walk. Her baby fat is starting to disappear and she's turning into quite the toddler!


She does so many funny things that I don't want to forget! One funny thing she does is loves to play dress up! She loves to put necklaces and my scarfs on! She knows exactly where they go and what to do with them. My Mom gave her some Mardi Gras beads when we were visiting, and she puts them on at least once a day! She is quite the girly-girl, because she also loves to carry her purse around too!


The other day, she was over at Brad and Emily's house and she went into Mya's room and found her necklaces and put them all on! What can I say, this girl loves jewelry! I can't blame her!


She calls both Travis and I "Mamma". When she wants either of us she'll point to which one and say, "Mamma". Yesterday at Church, she was talking to the people in the pew behind us and pointed to Travis and said over and over, "Mamma, Mamma, Mamma" letting them know that he was her momma :) It was quite funny! If I ask her, "Where's dad?" She still points to Travis, but says, "Mamma"! Last night when we were putting McKinley to bed, after we read McKinley her bed time stories, Travis left the room and McKinley kept saying, "Mamma, Hi! Mamma, Hi!" letting me know she wanted Travis back in the room. It was quite cute and I was impressed with her ability to string two words together!


She is becoming more and more independent everyday! She walks around everywhere and is starting to run a little. She even climbed to the top of the play-place at Runza, all by herself!


She loves to shut doors, put things in her purse then take them all out, and then put them all back in again. She helps me put her coat on and buckle her in her car seat by reaching out each of her arms on at a time. She likes to brush her own hair with her brush and rub her hands together when I put lotion on my hands. She tries to put her shoes and socks on, but hasn't quite gotten the hang of that yet! She understands almost everything I say, and can bring me something if I ask her to. She can reach almost anything and is always trying to get her little hands on everything!


She makes some great faces! She loves to stick out her tongue!



See what I mean! These are the faces she makes when I ask her to smile :) Quite the cheese smile!


She is learning so much! When you ask her what a puppy says she replies, "woof, woof" When you ask her what a duck says she replies, "wack, wack". We're still trying to work on other animal noises, because right now when she sees any animal, besides a duck, she says "woof, woof"! She also knows how to blow kisses, and does the cutest version of it by putting her hand to her face and making a slight "kissy" noise. She also knows to put both of her hands in the air when we say "touchdown", what can we say we're a football family. Especially this time of year with all the college football we watch! She has learned you're supposed to blow on your food when it's hot, so she blows on almost every bite of food, even if the food was already cold to start out with :)


We are still so in love with our baby girl and are so grateful for the smiles and laughs she brings us everyday! She is a ray of sunshine to our days!