The Alvarez Family: Savannah at 15 Months

Wow, I am exhausted from this month! I'm not sure how moms of multiples or even moms with 2 under 2 manage to keep up. It sure makes me thankful to only have one wild toddler and boy, is she WILD. My sweet Savannah Grace is slowly losing the sweet and gaining the stubborn. Everyday starts a new battle that I usually end up losing. But I guess if I'm going to lose, at least I'm losing to a super cute opponent :)

Savannah Grace at 15 Months

Here's what Savannah has been doing the past month:
~food: She seems to have gotten her appetite back after what seemed to be a short diet last month. Some of her new favorites are apple juice, blueberries, ritz crackers with cheese, and bologna. Things that were once her favorite and are not anymore include bananas, corn dogs (she picks the hot dog out and no longer eats the batter), beans, pb&j, and waffles.
~table manners: we're still working on these. Sometimes I have to pick my battles and if she's actually eating then I may let some of the other things go for the time being. A perfect example is the following picture...

~talking: "mama", "dadeeee" (referring to Dad or Lilly the dog), "jooze" (juice), "hot" (when pointing to the fire place or food in the microwave/stove), "teeet" (aka teeth--she says this when she wants toothpaste on her toothbrush), "mooooo" (aka cow).

one of her favorite chores--brushing her teeth

~tv shows: she LOVES Imagination Movers and Fresh Beat Band. She's not a big fan of animated things--she prefers real people who sing.
~taking showers: she has taken showers with me since she was a newborn but in the past she always played with toys. Now she walks into the shower on her own and proceeds to stand under the water the whole time. She'll even push me out of the way if she no longer feels the water on her back. I think it's like a mini-massage for her.
~walking around outside: she learned to walk right when the weather started getting cold and yucky so she's never been able to walk outside on her own. Now that we've had a couple of warm days we've been going outside and she loves to just walk through the grass and chase the dogs.
~tea parties: she LOVES to have tea parties at her little table in the kitchen. She knows to turn the teapot upside down on top of the cups and then she pretends to drink it---soooo cute!

~coloring: she is finally at the age where she no longer eats the crayons but she actually colors with them. This and playdoe have become two of our favorite things to do together.

~"helping" around the house: she loves to clean up after Max and Lilly. She tries to sweep the food up and put it back into their bowl. She also tries to unload the dishwasher with me and she uses the duster as a broom to sweep around the house.

~becoming a girlie girl: she is ALWAYS carrying her babies around the house---taking them for rides in her car or the grocery cart and trying to dress them. One of her new obsessions is to always be wearing her "fancy jewels", aka mardi gras beads.

she is actually trying to dress her baby

~creating hiding spots: I recently found her hiding under the bar with the barstools angled towards her. I think she's trying to make a fort. I've even seen her try to hide inside the barstool---that never turns out well.

~i-pad: Is it terrible that my 15 month old has her "own" ipad? According to her dad, it is hers but I tend to disagree. He definitely spends more time on it but if Savannah happens to see it around the house, it becomes hers. She likes to sit and watch her 2 favorite tv shows on it.

~reading: yep, this is still an all-time favorite activity and thankfully she has added a couple new favorites to the tried and true Pinkalicious series (so excited for the 4th installment). We now read every night The Pout Pout Fish and we rotate Fancy Nancys and Giraffes Can't Dance. Somehow she managed to find the Christmas book collection so we're back to reading Yes,Virginia.. every day, as well.

~singing: she loves to hum along to songs on the radio and she really loves to watch music videos while Dad runs on the treadmill. She's definitely partial to Rihanna--I think she could watch the video Only Girl all day. She's also very demanding when she wants me to sing to her. She attempts to snap her fingers and yells at me until I start singing, and even then she will keep yelling and snapping until I sing the particular song that she's wanting. Usually The Itsy Bitsy Spider works or maybe The ABCs or Twinkle Twinkle. And if those don't stop the yelling then I have to do tv songs. For someone who doesn't sing, I sure feel like I'm singing all the time now.

here she is singing along with the tv

~identifying facial features: thanks to the book Where is Baby's Belly Button and Toes, Ears and Nose, Savannah can point out eyes, nose, ears, mouth, teeth, feet, and hands.

Just a few side stories:
It really is so much fun to watch her little brain at work nowadays. She does some of the funniest things. For instance, she can't stand for lids to not be on whatever it is they go on. As soon as I take the lid off the milk, peanut butter, coffee canister, toothpaste, sippy cup, etc, she is already trying to put it back on. Things that once took 2 seconds to do now take closer to 2 minutes to finish.
Also, Savannah gets a kick out of rolling her balls under the furniture just so she can go get the swiffer or duster to try to push them out. This activity alone will amuse her for at least 20 minutes.

"I know it's under there somewhere!"

I thought I had created the coolest bath EVER when I added the balls from her ball pit to our whirlpool tub one night. Savannah, however, didn't think it was that great. She just looked at me like, "seriously, Mom, how am I supposed to bathe with these balls all over me?!".

Savannah had her 15 month doctors appointment today so here are her current stats:

Age: exactly 15 months

Weight: 23 lbs 9 oz (65%)--gain of 1lb 1oz since 12 months

Height: 31 inches (70%)--gain of 1.5 inches

Head cir: 47 inches--gain of 1cm
Teeth: 8 front teeth and 2 top molars
Clothing size: a few 12-18 month but mostly 18-24 month
Diaper size: 4
Shoe size: 5 1/2