Elizabeth Rose: Fifteen Months Old

Our baby is another month older, and boy does it show! Yes, she really does look as old as this picture makes her look:

How Ellie has changed in the past month:

Ellie seems to be shifting back to sleeping better, now that three of her four first molars are through.
Still taking two naps, though I expect her to drop to one by the end of the month.
Ellie has 11 teeth now, four front teeth (top and bottom) as well as both upper first molars and one lower first molar (her right one).
Vocabulary explosion!!!! Last month Ellie could only say a small handful of words, but this is her list now: Mama, Dada, Papa, dog, bird, ball, rock, wow!, whoa!, no, night-night, all done, uh-oh, eye, hi, and belt. She is literally adding a new word every day and it is truly amazing to see!
She signs/motions: up, all done, drink, more, waves hi and bye, points with one or both pointer fingers, motions "come here" at objects she wants.
Ellie drags us around by the hand or pant leg to get us where she wants us to go.
She can walk very long distances, like all the way to the park (a couple of blocks) and from there across the street to the nearby elementary school (another couple of blocks).
Ellie loves to give kisses. She reaches for our hands, arms, legs, whatever and pulls them to her mouth and says, "mmwaa." But watch out, if she is feeling feisty she will bite - which we strongly discourage.
Temper tantrums have started. I'm talking "throw yourself on the floor and scream like the world is coming to an end" kind of tantrums.
Ellie points out every single dog she sees driving in the car, riding in the stroller, playing outside, or looking out the window. This is one of her favorite past times (seriously...).

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