Isabelle at 15 Months

Isabelle has now reached the grand old age of 15 months. Her birthday seems like forever ago, and she has changed so much in the last few weeks that sometimes I just look at her and can't believe she is my baby girl. She seems so grown up now in some ways - she understands so much (and much more than I think we know!) and she has such a fun loving, sweet little personality. I often sit in the playroom and read the chalkboard I made her for her birthday, which told us all about her at 1 (find it here), and I think about just how much she has changed, and how strange it is that just 90 days ago she couldn't do all the amazing stuff she can now.

The biggest change lately has been her speech. I am pretty hard to please when it comes to little people and words - I don't think a kid at 9 months saying 'dada' is truly talking about their dad - I think it's just a noise. And I don't think it counts as a word if they are saying only part of it, or if other people really struggle to understand them - I'm hard to please, as I said. I only count it as a word when it is said clearly, and in the correct context (continually). So, I was pleased when at 13.5 months, Isabelle started spouting little words here and there, and her vocabulary is increasing very rapidly. She makes a big effort to copy everything we say, but usually only gets part of the word. This is not a huge list of words, but they are so clear, and she always uses them in the right context, so I am very happy! Her current words are...
UpDownApple (her absolute favorite food)BubbleMummyDaddyNo (said in an accent she must have learnt from my granny)BabyEyesNoseNanaShoesOutHiByeBath

She also has a pretty impressive range of animal sounds! Cat, dog, cow, horse, monkey, lion, elephant (complete with a trunk), crocodile (snap snap!), sheep, pig, duck, fish (mouth opens and closes!), snake, bee! She does car, airplane, and racing car as well. She's like a little juke box at the minute!
Her favorite toys at the minute are things she can stack - and she will try to stack anything. She also adores Connect 4 (she loves the counters) and her little pop up wooden toy which I bought with some of her birthday money. 
She is now up to 9 teeth - pretty impressive considering 3 months ago she only had 4! 
As I mentioned in a post last week, her sleeping habits have changed a lot too during the day, and she now has a great big nap every morning, which is a new adventure for us after 14 months of 30minute naps!

The range of things she can do if I ask her is amazing as well - she seems to understand everything. It's pretty scary actually!
Physically, she is getting taller, slimming down...and going blonde! When she was born her hair was almost jet black - much darker than mine. Now, it's such a light brown, with streaks of blonde running through it. Hopefully she'll start to darken up again soon! 
So, overall, she is doing wonderfully, and progressing at a rate of knots! I can't keep up with her at all, and can usually be fund slumped in a chair with a cup of tea, while she tears round talking into the phone, or playing Connect 4! She's a little treasure!