Andie

Sporting her Bronco gear on Superbowl Sunday:)

Hard to believe that this little beauty is 15 month already! She had her 15 month appointment last Friday, which reminded me that I haven't done a update on the kids in WAY too long! Here are her stats at 15 months:

Height - 31 inches (75th percentile)

Weight - 20 pounds, 13 ounces (23rd percentile)

Head Circumference - 17.75 inches (25th percentile)

Little miss in her Bronco outfit in December:)

Andie took her first steps at a little over 13 months (December 19). Daddy and Caden got her to walk to couch for goldfish and she has been cruising ever since! It took her a little while to find her speed, but that girl can move now! She loves to chase Caden and be chased by anyone who will run after her. Andie is also very much into climbing onto whatever she can find. One of her favorite things to do is climb onto Caden's bulldozer bed and jump with him or "read" books together. Andie loves being thrown into the air, spun in circles, and going for rides on anything that moves:)

                                                                              Andie and I ready for the San Diego game

Andie absolutely ADORES Caden! She follows him everywhere and mimics every word and sound he makes. Andie's vocabulary is out of control! She can repeat any word that you say. Seriously, she says physical therapy just as well as Caden! She's really good at please and thank you. She likes to say Hi Daddy, No, and names and points to some of her body parts (hair, nose, ear, eye, mouth, tooth, finger, toe). Her favorite song is Ring Around the Rosie - she sings it at least 20 times a day. Dancing is her favorite past time.....this girl will start dancing at the first note of music she hears. Purple is her favorite color to say, but she seems to like all colors equally right now. She can say lots of names...Mama, Dada, Daddy, Caden, Cado, Bro-Bro, Omi, Poppi, Papa, By (Bry), Reese, TT, Bando (Brando), Mana, Nonni, Fankin (Franklin aka Carissa), G!G!.....she's REALLY close to Grams and we're working on Grandma and Grandpa:)

We have tried EVERYTHING to get this girl weaned from the bottle but she absolutely will not drink milk from anything other than a bottle. She drinks water from a sippy cup just fine, but not milk. We tried all kinds of milk - whole, skim, 1%. We tried it warm and cold. We bought at least 8 different kinds of sippy cups, but this girl is stubborn. She went for almost two weeks without any milk. She drank plenty of water, and we tried to get as much yogurt and cheese into her as we could, but she just wasn't getting enough Calcium so we are back to the bottle for now. Right now we are giving her 2-5oz bottles of milk a day.  

A little wild in the mornings!

We were able to successfully wean her from the pacifier! There were tears, but not nearly as many as we expected:) Andie still LOVES all fruit, her favorite being bananas and strawberries. She also loves Tillamook cheddar cheese, oatmeal, kids Clif Bars, freeze-dried apples, noodles, rice, carrots, peas, chicken if its dipped in sauce, cucumbers, toast, apples dipped in peanut butter, any type of cracker, guacamole, and pizza. She's in a bit of a screaming phase where she will scream (super loud) until she gets what she wants. Since we're not too keen on giving in, there have been some loud moments lately. Usually Caden will start screaming "Andie's too loud, she hurting my ears" which just adds to the fun:) She gives the sweetest hugs and kisses and seriously loves reading books. Her smiles and giggles are contagious, and this girl loves her Daddy like nothing else.