15 Months!!!

Today Ellyson is 15 months old. I don’t keep up with pictures every month anymore, but I thought I would update everyone on many of the things she’s growing. She seems to be doing new things all the time and growing – relatively. All of my tiny kids grow relatively.

 

She’s got a few new words. One is “Sis” which she uses for Emry. She uses both. It seems like she uses “Sis” for every day and shouts “Emry!” when she really wants her attention. She doesn’t say Ethan yet, but the other day she shouted our neighbor girl’s name out the door. “Ava!” I guess she figured Emry wasn’t paying any attention but maybe Ava would.

 

Her fine motor skills continue to progress. She puts the shape puzzle together and sometimes one of the animal shape puzzles. And she always remembers to applaud herself on her accomplishments. Probably because the rest of us do!

 

She likes to climb. Not always carefully. She always remembers to come down off of things feet first, but the up part is precarious. She’s not afraid to try anything. Except one kid a few months younger than her in the nursery, she’s the only one not walking. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t found her climbing up the little slide when I go to pick her up!

 

No, she doesn’t walk. She has taken a few steps and she does think about it. She’ll let go, eye where she wants to go, say, “Step! Step!” and then sit down and crawl. She’s like Emry, who didn’t walk until 18 months. She’ll walk when she’s good and ready. And not before.

 

Because she certainly knows her own mind. Points to what she wants. Shakes her head at what she doesn’t. Understands the word “no” but chooses to ignore it. Even when you slap her little hand. Often I think I am simply too old to be parenting this child.

 

Ellyson and the penguins at the zoo.