Sweet Fifteen

15 Months. Jani turned 15 months on Monday. It seems that every time I post a month update, I find myself thinking the same thing. How can she be this old? How can time be going this quickly? When did my baby turn into a little person? So cliche...but so true.

Jani had her check-up this week and Doug and I had bets on her measurements. If you've never seen my daughter in person, she is solid. This is put into perspective whenever I hold my niece, Lauren. Lauren is a such a little peanut. I can toss her around like nothing! Jani, on the other hand, kills my back and is giving me some killer biceps! She weighed in this month at 28.5 lbs (lighter than we thought) and was 31.5 inches tall. Everything stayed in the 99%tile except her height, which has finally slowed down. She was so funny at the doctor. She stood on the real scale (instead of laying on the baby scale) and got measured standing up. She entertained everyone until the shots came....then she just got ticked off!! Who could blame her?!

Right now, her favorite things are reading, taking baths, giving "mooches" (kisses), playing with her friends, taking care of her babies, dancing, singing, and talking to random strangers! Her eating habits have changed a little...there are a few things she will no longer eat. Overall, she prefers all fruits and vegetables but hates meat. Sounds a lot like her mother!! She's still taking two naps but we think she's starting to tell us she's ready for one. We're not ready for one, though, because she'll be going to bed between 6:30 and 7:00 instead of 7:30. We love our time with our girl at night! I'm not ready to sacrifice that time.

My Sister...

is about to pop! Can't wait to meet you little one!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Gotta love a snow day. I'd actually much rather be at school. Stone me if you wish but I have so much to get done. I'm loving the day with my girl and my boy but in the back of my mind I'm thinking about spelling tests, Rocket Math, and report cards. But I'll embrace it.

And embrace it we did. They (they being the powers that be in some meterologist office) say we're going to get a huge storm...quite possibly the storm of the century. So we thought we better get Jani out in the snow before there's so much snow we can't stand :) I have vivid memories of playing out in the snow when I was young. We would bundle up, grab our sleds, and head to the mountain of snow at the courthouse. We played and played and played...until our cheeks were so red we looked like Santa Claus. I want this for Jani. I don't want her to be afraid of the cold. We have some wimpy kids in our world! To prepare her for this, we got her a sled for Christmas similar to those used in Kindermusik. She loved it in Kindermusik so we figured she'd love it outside. We were right...she LOVED it. Actually threw a royal fit when we came inside. I should have gotten pictures of that! I also should have captured the scene where I tried to stuff her chunky little feet into some boots. That was a sight to see! Poor girl has been blessed with some wide feet...wide feet that weren't getting into her boots no matter how hard I pushed. So she wore her shoes and it was fine...she didn't walk in the snow anyways.

So 3 minutes and two rosy cheeks later, we arrived at our neighbor's house for an impromptu play date (his dad is a teacher too!). Jani got some play time with her boyfriend and Dad got some time playing video games. I believe this was premeditated. I never agreed to a video game play date! Guess that means the guys owe us a Glee play date!! I'll get it down in the books.

She was pretty happy to see her friend. They embraced immediately and throughout the entire time we were there. I can't wait to see these two grow up next door to each other. They are going to cause us some serious headaches!