Thursday, November 4, 2010

15 Months: Becoming a Person

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. "             - Robert Louis Stevenson



Fiona is 15 months and is truly her own little person.  The past month has been filled with more talking:



And more walking:


Learning to care for others:

Fiona pretending to feed the new doll Grandma Fehrman gave her.

Lots of time playing outside:
Fi and Mommy at Trinity Park one early Sunday morning.  Note and then ignore the bags under Mom's eyes.

Fiona exerting her independence and trying to get far away from Mommy while playing in our backyard.

And, of course, some seasonal fun:
Loving everything about pumpkins at the wonderful fall festival we attended at a friend's farm on Halloween weekend.

Fiona as lion.  She enjoyed cuddling with this costume more than she enjoyed wearing it!
This month Fiona is loving:
  • Books - as always.  She's particularly enamored with The Story of Martin Luther King Jr., a board book that age-appropriately tells the story of MLK's work in our country.  Do we have a future civil rights leader on our hands?
  • Her new Dora the Explorer electric toothbrush.  This small investment has been a godsend, turning brushing Fi's teeth from an every night fight into something she loves to do.
  • Sorting, categorizing, and generally taking things out of one place and putting them into another - particularly into her purple felt purse -- which she actually carries on her shoulder, just like mom.
  • Babies: Pictures of babies, babies at school, saying the word baby over and over and over again. 

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