I can't believe how fast my baby girl is growing. It seems like each day she is learning something new. She has the best sense of humor and keeps me laughing all of the time. She's usually happy and is so easy going. I know I am blessed regardless of what my child looks like, acts like, etc...but REALLY, I am BLESSED!
So, what is Scout doing these days? Well, she's added another word to her vocabulary recently. Actually, she's said it several times before, but is really starting to say it a lot and knows what it means. She says "baby" all the time, but is sounds more like "baaabeeey". She drags it out and sounds so sweet. She walks around with her baby dolls saying "baby" constantly. A few of her baby dolls giggle when you squeeze their tummy and that always makes her laugh. I love it.
Scout has been blowing her nose, which seems amazing to me, for sometime now. When I say she blows her nose, I mean...she really blows the snot (sorry for being so nasty) out of her nose. It isn't a pretend kind of thing. It's the funniest thing. I'm really glad that we are to that point. No more having to suck the snot out with an aspirator and ticking her off. She really enjoys blowing her nose. As a matter of fact, any time she has a tissue or a baby wipe, the first thing she does is blow her nose with it. Is this really such a good thing or a bad habit? Hehe!
Scout helps me a lot around the house, well...sort of. I like to make her think she is. She loves to help me Windex the glass coffee table and storm doors. She helps dust. She likes to "help" put the dishes away and of course fold laundry. She has the most fun pushing the laundry basket around the kitchen and living room. I hope she is a clean fanatic just like her Mama. Well, some say I'm OCD. ;-)
Scout seems to be very musically inclined. She plays her keyboard quite well, but about a month or more ago discovered how to play her recorder. She blows in that recorder like she's been doing it the whole 15, nearly 16 months of her life. She is always so proud of herself. We usually take turns playing. Scout can also whistle. Yes, you read that right, she can whistle more beautiful than any bird I've ever heard! I whistle quite a bit, and so does Adam. I guess she just picked up on it. On Friday morning, she was playing and I was whistling a tune of some sort. She kind of laid back and started trying. She formed her pretty little lips into this perfect circle and started blowing. She blew until she heard herself whistle. I think I was more proud than she was. She really didn't realize what she had done. I encouraged her to do it the rest of the day. I hope she doesn't forget. It seems she is really good at blowing...she blows her nose, the recorder and can whistle. I know, I think my child's a genius, but don't we all? :)
Let's see, what else is my little tyke up to? We are working on learning what different animals are. She thinks most animals are dogs and refers to them as dogs, which she says pretty good. She also knows that dogs say, "Woof Woof" and can impersonate them pretty good and cute, too. At least now she doesn't call all animals "Lily" or Lola", that's our dogs names. We have also been learning body parts, but mainly focusing on the face right now. So far, she has caught on to "nose". Nothing else has stuck just yet. It's really cute watching her point to her nose when you ask her where it's at.
Scout has also learned to say "Ssshhhhhhhhh" while putting her index finger over her mouth. She's picked that up at day care. It's cute, though. Of course, everything she does is cute to me. :) The dogs were barking at the neighbors the other day and I told them to hush. Scout proceeds to say: "Huussssshhhhh" and puts her finger over her mouth. Hilarious. I hope she forgets the word hush, it's not such a nice word for a little girl to say. Speaking of bad things, Scout has figured out how to stick her itty, bitty pretty finger in her cute, little, pretty nose. Ewww! I'm glad she isn't picking it just yet. She knows it's bad and knows she will get in trouble for doing it. Although, she likes to test me and sticks it in her nose anyways while giving me that "I'm not liiiiisteninnnng" look. She's such a stinker.
Scout has really improved her walking skills over the last few weeks. I'd say she has mastered it and is on to running now, especially in circles. I swear, she doesn't stop. I only wish to have half the energy my child has. When I picked her up at day care last week, she was at the door looking out the window waiting for me. I was walking up the drive way and she hits the window to get my attention. She was so happy to see me, or so I thought. I open the door, she proceeds to practically run down the drive way towards the car, but was so excited, she passed it up. It was too cute.
Scout has always had a special love for the outdoors, but it's becoming an obsession these days. She stands at the door and cries to go outside. I'd say I can blame my mother for that. She keeps Scout one day a week for me at my house and takes Scout outside often. She loves it! The bad part is that the mosquito's love her.
We bought a potty chair last weekend. Scout seems thrilled about it (she likes to climb on it), but still doesn't understand really what it's for. However, we are trying to teach her. We have been sitting her on it often and making a big deal about it. At 15 months, it probably seems a little too soon to start potty training, but it doesn't hurt to try and keep working at it. We had read that before disposable diapers existed, the average age for being totally potty trained was between 9 and 12 months. So, there's proof it can happen. Scout is certainly giving signs that she is tired of her diaper.
That's all I have for now. This seems like it's more of a bragging post than anything, but if you're parent, you know what it feels like to be proud of your child's accomplishments, whether they are big or small. They all count and make us smile!
This post will be without a picture. Adam and I both have very, very little space left on both our lap tops, therefore, we have LOTS of pictures still on the memory card. As soon as we buy more memory, like an external hard drive, I'll upload some recent pictures of my pride and joy. I hope everyone has a blessed week and is enjoying this cooler fall weather.
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