Oh my little Callie...how you've stolen my heart!!! You are so sweet, so smart and so happy! You are always smiling and rarely cry. How I look forward to your little laughs and kisses each day.
You are getting so big so quickly. At your 15 month check up you were 24 lbs, 8 oz (75th percentile) and 31 in tall (75th percentile). You talk up a storm and know so many words now! You try to repeat words too, so it seems you talk all the time. You love to blow kisses and will do it very fast, saying bye-bye anytime anyone walks out the room. You love to stand at the back door and blow kisses to the doggies as they go out to go to the bathroom.
You are always busy, either coloring, playing with blocks, putting things in drawers or cabinets and taking them out again, "cleaning" with dishtowels, or looking at books. You still love to eat and there is little you don't like.
But you don't like taking a bath. I'm not sure if it's the acoustics in the bathroom or the water itself, but you aren't happy in there. You aren't too keen on the pool either, so I think it may be the water. We are holding off on swim lessons for you for that very reason. We'll try again next year.
You love your daddy and any time the phone rings you come running from the other room, excitedly saying, "Dada" over and over. You kiss the phone when he is on there. You also love talking to your grandparents and are not shy with any of them anymore.
You love your teachers in your new room and they all write long notes about your progress. It's clear they love you and you have stolen their hearts as you have ours. You are starting to snuggle with me more before bedtime at night, which I love. I still lay you down easily but I treasure my moments alone with you.
Your favorite person is still your "sis". You constantly climb on her, lay your head on her, and want to be wherever she is going. Seeing you two together is something I absolutely treasure, and I'm always snapping pictures of the two of you. I couldn't have asked for better gifts in my life than you girls.
My sweet Mia...you are such a big girl now!!! As I type this, you are outside playing in the yard of neighbors I don't know. I'm trying hard not to panic, but I can't believe it's appropriate for you to be doing that already. You are wearing new clothes I got you from Justice...not Gymboree or Children's Place. You are developing quite a sense of style and want to wear big girl, trendy clothes now. So I am allowing you to spread your wings.
You have transitioned easily into first grade. You have done outstanding on your first tests and experiences with homework. I pick you up from school and we do homework together. You then play while I finish working, then we go get Callie. You actually seem to be doing a bit better without Cara in your class. I wondered if that would be a positive or a negative for you, but I think it has allowed you two to focus more on other relationships and academics, and you seem to have more fun (as opposed to fighting) when you do see each other.
You are playing volleyball and doing gymnastics, both of which you really love. You love reading and excel in that area. You still talk of being a fashion designer one day and love to play fashion games on the computer or with stickers and paper dolls. You have a great sense of style.
You are definitely my emotional girl. You get worked up easily over things. But that's always been your nature. I hope to help you better manage that as you get older, so that little things don't upset you so much.
You seem to be focusing much less on boys, which thrills me to no end, and enjoying your girlfriends much more. You sit at an all-girl table at school with GG, Whitney, Olivia, Ella Kate, and Makenzie. As a result, you don't talk much about the boys and seem to be having a better school year.
You still say the funniest things. For example, this week I told you I scheduled an eye exam for you. You replied, "But I don't want to get glasses. They will get in the way of my beauty." Then, 10 minutes later you told me you want to get your lip pierced. I said, "So you don't want glasses because they will get in the way of your beauty, but you want to put a permanent hole in your lip?" Your hilarious, six year-old logic!
I love you girls more than you will ever know...
Mommy
