16 Months

How did she get this old? I just took her to her 15-month appointment on Tuesday :) - Oh that's right, I was a month late. Here are her stats:

Height: 31" (50-75 percentile)
Weight: 22lbs 5.5 oz (25-50 percentile)
Head: 48.3 cm (97th percentile)

Yes, our child is top-heavy. (The better to hold all her brains, right?) I'm hoping #2 has a little smaller head. (The easier to push him/her out, right?)

* Sarah now has 7.5 teeth (the 8th one has poked through but is still pretty tiny.

* She can imitate animal sounds. Her favorite being a doggie. "uff uff" Today she distinguished between "duck" and "dog." I think being at the Palace of Fine Arts and seeing the ducks helped on this one. But you have to admit that duck and dog are similar sounding words. Here are a few others: The Horse says, "Meigh." The Sheep says "Baa," the Cow says, "mmmm."

* She is also adding to her "human vocabulary." Yesterday she pointed to a bus and said, "bas," however, when I tried to reinforce it "Sarah say bus" all I got was "sssss." Here's her up-to-date list:
**Da-da, da-dee, dad (that's right, he's still favorite and they all refer to Roger.)
**Ba-ba is not bottle but mama.
**Boppa is President Carter (who really loves hearing her say his "name")
**Wow (with arms up means "all done"
**uh-oh (not always used for accidents - sometimes she throws things on the ground and looks at me to say "uh-oh."
**Hi (if she's really excited it's Ha-eee Ha-eee Ha-eee Ha-eee.)
**Noway & doit (Now, we don't really think she means what she's saying here, but it totally sounds like NO WAY and Do It!)

* Non-verbal communication includes:
**More
**Bye Bye
**Please
**Kisses
**High Fives
**The Hulk
(We really should video tape all of the above!)

* Sarah is getting fewer bonks on her head (knock on wood) as she is getting more proficient on two feet.

* Sarah LOVES going to the park to go down the slide, but she's not a fan of the swings or sandbox.

* She loves being with kids and doggies. (Being with the cousins and Ollie the dog in Las Vegas was a dream come true for her!)

* She's down to one nap. I'm scrambling to find great morning activities :) Any suggestions are welcome.

* Sarah is getting to be quite the climber. Her legs are now long enough and her arms strong enough to pull herself up on couches and chairs. (I'm just glad she hasn't figured out the table climb yet!)