Harper McKenzie- 16 months old

This post is a little late since Harper actually turned 16 months on December 21st, but I still wanted to get it documented for myself and for all of our friends and family!

We haven't been to the doctor in the past month, but I would guess her weight is somewhere around 25 pounds and her height is around 31 inches. Harper has become so much fun over the past few months now that she is talking more and can understand and respond to commands. She says a couple of words and also babbles a lot! Her more common words are Da Da, Ma Ma, bye bye and I swear she said thank you the other day! She has also started identifying more and more animals when you ask her which is which and really gets into playing with her kitchen and "cooking." She still loves reading all of her books and got lots of new toys for Christmas, so we have had fun playing with those.

We try to get Harper to eat 3 meals a day and 2 snacks, although it doesn't always work out that way. Some days she eats a ton, and others she hardly eats anything. Her favorite foods are cheese sticks, grilled cheese, yogurt, applesauce, lasagna/tomato sauce pasta dishes, white cheese dip, goldfish and teddy grahams. She's not much up of a meat eater at this stage but LOVES anything dairy! Harper has 10 teeth now- 6 on top and 4 on bottom- and we are just waiting for some others to pop up on the bottom any day now. We really haven't noticed her having any teething problems up until the past two weeks; I really think her teeth have been bothering her though because she's been very cranky, which is unusual :(

Harper wakes up around 7:30 am, takes a nap from about 12:00-2:30 or 3:00 pm and then goes to bed around 8:00 pm. Thank goodness we still have a great sleeper! She is still a pleasant little girl, although she has started asserting her independence and throwing some tantrums when she doesn't get her way. She has also really started "testing" us this past month or so to see what she can and can't do. It's so hard to keep a straight face when she throws her tantrums; we have to turn away to laugh, so she won't see us!

The TV doesn't interest her as much as it did, but she LOVES our phones. She has learned to navigate to the PBS Kids app, as well as the pictures and videos. I think Harper would stay on the phone all day long if we would let her, so we have to take it away after a couple of minutes.

She has, of course, mastered walking by now and is running around the house most of the time. She has also started climbing on things, so we have to watch her to make sure she doesn't fall off the couch or ottoman when she climbs up there. 

Harper, you are such a joy and have brought so much fun and happiness to our lives. Although exhausted after keeping up with your busy self everyday, we wouldn't trade it for anything and can't wait to continue to watch you learn and grow over the next couple of months!