Aliyah - 15 months

Aliyah loves to play outside and the cold doesn't seem to bother her, just chap her cheeks.

Aliyah is just days away from being 15 months old.  We went to our favorite pediatrician, Dr. Kershaw, today to get her up-to-date on her shots.  Well, most of them.  We've held off on some until later.  I forgot to take a picture with all the questions I had about details (how to do vaccines and circumcision) for the up coming baby and all of Aliyah's tears from her shots.

So here's Aliyah's stats:

At 15 months:

24.25 lbs = 69% for weight

32.5 inches = 94% for height

46 cm = 49% for head circumference

A recent trip to the hot springs in the Lis Lis river just before flying back to the States.

She loves to eat (apparently from the increase on the growth chart for weight!).  She frequently out eats Rimas and I at meals.  We started giving her cow's milk about 3 months ago but now we're supposed to change her from whole to 1 or 2%.  No problem here but she'll have to drink the boxed radiated milk in Honduras to get low-fat milk.

She loves to run, climb, mimic the monkeys and chickens outside (well in Honduras), play peek-a-boo, help with laundry by handing us the clothes to hand or clothespins, give high-five, and give kisses and hugs.

She doesn't like to be held too long (she's always on the go), too many people gawking over her at one time (she likes a bit of space), and being told she can't open all the drawers and cabinets she can find.

She's surprised us many times with how much she understands of what we say even if she's never heard the word before in her life, how much she sees like small birds way up in the sky, and how much she copycats us in our actions already.

We've been trying to prepare her for the arrival of her little brother.  The Brownings, missionary friends of ours, gave her a baby doll for her 1st birthday.  We show her how to treat her baby different than all her other toys and how we are gentle with it.  She carries it around extra carefully and gives it kisses.  Now we'll see if she translates that the baby doll is similar to baby brother.