15 months

It's big day for Ellie! She decided to celebrate turning 15 months old by developing a raging ear infection. To each his own, I guess, but I would have chosen something else...
Since she has tubes in her ears, it was easy to figure out the problem when ooze starting coming out of her ears (instead of just sitting inside like it used to). I guess it's good that we can tell now what's going on. I'm also happy that this is her first ear infection since getting the tubes in last spring, although I'd prefer if she was still at zero! Hopefully the bubble gum medicine will fix her up fast!
In addition to being sick, she's had a weird day. I brought her home from daycare right at noon, like usual. But after resting in her crib for about 10 minutes she decided that was enough nap time for her. Not exactly the behavior of a sick baby, playing and laughing instead of sleeping... but I still knew there was a problem because of all the ear grossness. Anyhow, once I realized around 1:30 that the normal nap was not going to happen, I called the doc and got her over there early. We're back home now and she's gone down for a nap (finally, around 3 pm)... we'll have to see how long she snoozes and how this all plays out tonight when bed time rolls around.

But enough play-by-play of our day. Here are some fun facts about Ellie at 15 months!

• Weighs in at 23 pounds, 1 oz.
• Says some words, like ball, baby, dog, shoe... but still babbles more than anything else.
• Loves to "read" books to herself and speed read (i.e. flip through the pages really fast) if we sit down and try to read to her.
• Climbs stairs very well... almost too well. But has not mastered going down yet.
• Walks, stoops, squats and runs away if we "chase" her. Of course she still manages to get bowled over by one or both of the dogs most days. Hopefully this will help her balance in the long run...
• Applauds at the end when mom sings songs to her.
• Enjoys taking off her socks and will try to put them back on, along with her shoes. She still needs some help with that part.
• Can stack blocks and legos 7 or 8 or more high.
• Favorite foods include graham crackers, bananas, yogurt, black beans, lima beans, peas, corn and cold pizza.
• Does not enjoy apple crisp, Junior Mints, cheese... darn, more for us :)