My 15 Month Old

Dear Lydia,

You are 15 months and 1 week old today! Crazy to see how big you are getting every day! You and your brother are definitely getting closer and it is so much fun seeing you spend more and more time together during the day. Daniel loves holding your hand and walking you out to the car when we go anywhere, and he also gives you big hugs and kisses at various times of the day. I love watching you two together!

You have been on the sicky side for the past few weeks... still have a runny nose and a bit on the sleepy side. Mommy keeps thinking you will be getting more teeth in, but nope, you still only have seven or eight teeth so we'll see when the others come in!

We put up our Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving and you love it! You and Daniel spent one evening playing with Christmas lights that were brightly lit while we turned off the other lights around the house and you thought that was awesome! Both you and your big brother think that our village set is the best play thing ever, and we have had to work a lot training y'all not to play with all the village people! I think you are going to have an amazing Christmas in a few weeks! Daddy is making you a kitchen which you will LOVE! We are getting SO excited to watch you play with it!

Lydia, you are FINALLY enjoying people reading to you! At least somewhat... Daniel still loves it much more than you, but Mommy is so glad that you enjoy it when we read even just one book at a time... You still don't quite know how to take good care of the books, so occasionally we see you sitting with a ripped page in your hands... not knowing quite what to do about it! The other morning Daddy and I got out of bed to find Daniel in your room with you. You had waken up and he decided you wanted to read so he brought in at least 15 of his books and dumped them into your crib with you! Lol. :) See, he takes good care of you!

You still have no interest in watching TV or movies, which I guess is a good thing although that means you just want to go, go, go or have me hold you when Daniel watches one of his shows so that is always fun! :) You are enjoying doing more fine motor things lately... it'll be fun to get out some of Daniel's older activities maybe after Christmas so that you can do some activities with Mommy!

You are still cruising everywhere and in your adorable 24 M coat that we got you this past month, you look like a little, big girl walking everywhere with your coat that goes down to almost your ankles! So cute! :) You still don't like keeping your hair pony-tails or bows in, though, which makes Mommy very sad... :( You have no clue how happy I would be to make your hair oh so cute every day especially since your hair seriously goes to your mid-back now!

We love you SO much and are loving seeing you grow and grow! Excited to see you experience the Christmas season ahead of us!

Love,
Mommy