My Mangled Meanderings: Chloe is Fifteen Months Old!

Chloe Bug is fifteen months old but don't tell her that! She is already having fits and throwing things when she doesn't get her way, so I'm wondering how she will be when she's fifteen YEARS old! Lord help us all!

I remember when Sawyer was climbing and into everything and everyone would tell me, "That's just boys." What they should have said is, "That's just boys...and Chloe!" Someone needs to tell this little girl that she isn't grown up just yet. She is climbing and being a little daredevil and is about to give me a nervous breakdown. I've always heard that grandchildren are a parent's retribution for the way their children acted. If that's true I must have been quite a handful! She definitely keeps me on my toes!

Speaking of toes, she can show us her toes, belly button, and hair. I've been trying to get a picture of her looking at her belly button but haven't quite been able to yet. I'm going to keep trying because it's just so darn cute!

She turned up her nose at sweet potatoes last week. I've been baking at least two per week since she was about nine months old, so I'm guessing I've burned her out. She is also slowing down on avocados. She is on a Gerber Graduates Yogurt bites kick right now and they're so gross! I guess not to a toddler, though. I really try to provide fresh fruits and veggies for our kids so that they're not only exposed to processed foods. I want them to have an extended palate and I think that they do for the most part.

I wish that I would take more time to sign with her during mealtimes because I think that she would be pretty receptive. I'm lucky to get everyone's food ready, much less sign to Chloe along the way. I do them when I remember, so I'm trying not to beat myself up when I forget. She has added the signs for hot and dog (Rosie) so that's pretty cool. Other than that she is pretty much just doing her high pitched noise when she wants something and we do process of elimination. That's pretty par for the course with a second born I'm pretty sure.

She is enjoying this same farm animal lift-the-flap book as Sawyer. I will make the noise of the farm animal as she lifts the flap and she tries her darnedest to mimic me and it's very cute. She mimics quite a bit these days, actually. I figure that she thinks she sounds like us when actually it doesn't sound like much at all. All we can tell is that she is making different sounds from just a few weeks ago, if that makes any sense at all!

She is still taking her pacifier. Every week (if not every day) I tell myself that we're going to get rid of it and somehow it never happens. She only has it at bedtime, naptime, church, and occasionally in the car, so I don't think it will be that tough to say sayonara. I think church will be the toughest because it's what keeps her quiet.

We did WaterBabies this month and she had so much fun! Denise and Presea did them with us. I think that she will really enjoy the water. It took her a while to get used to floating on her back, but she even did great with that after a few days. The lifeguard allowed them to choose a toy each class. I think her favorite part was throwing it and then "swimming" to it. She has quite an arm! She wasn't too sure about jumping in the water which was really surprising considering she's always trying to take a nosedive off the couch, picnic table, or sandbox at a moment's notice. I guess doing it when it's okay isn't nearly as much fun. She's not very happy about sitting in the stroller while Sawyer is going to his swim lessons this week. I really think she recognizes the pool and wants to be in the water..too funny!