Nora's 15 months

Nora turned 15 months on Saturday. I can't believe she's 15 months old already! I believe Nora will always be my "sweet Nora" and that comes with her temper tantrum side too! ;) Her smile and giggle make up for it all though...... Here are some updates on Nora.

Weight: 25 lb 4 oz (83%)
Height: 31 1/4in (75%)
Head: 47.5cm (89%)

• She's wearing size 18 month clothing
• She's wearing size 4 diapers
• She's wearing size 5 1/2 shoes
• She's becoming more attached to her blankies, she likes to snuggle up and be comfy with them...even during the day
• We took her paci away around 14 months, so she no longer uses it at all (even at nighttime)-it was a relatively easy transition. The first night she was missing it and after that she was fine!
• She likes to drink milk (whole milk)...it took awhile for her to adjust to cow's milk, but she's fine with it now
• She is a very good eater--she's not the biggest fan of meats, but she'll eat most anything else
• She's a tough girl-she can stick up for herself and lately she's starting taking Bishop's toys from him....so we've had a little sibling fighting lately--I think it's payback time for all the times he took her toys and she couldn't do anything about it
• She LOVES balls--especially basketballs
• She's an active girl
• She has a lot of "words".....mama, dada, wawa (water), nana, papa, ball, HI!, buh-bye, nigh, nigh, uh-oh, no, moo, baa, neigh, Bishop (but it sounds nothing like Bishop, it's more like Ba ba), up, wow, yeah....I'm sure I've forgotten some, but that's the majority of them
• she loves dogs and will spot them from a mile away--she makes this really funny sound when she sees them (like she's barking at them)
• She's a little ham. No matter what she's doing if she sees me get out the camera she looks, smiles and says "cheeeeese"
• She does not want to miss out on anything....she wants to be wherever Bishop is
• She LOVES to go outside--she'll bring us her shoes, hat, coat and multiple pairs of shoes for us to put on too

Nora is still battling ear infections. She woke up on Monday morning and both her ears were draining (a considerable amount). Thankfully she had her 15 month appt that day, so I addressed it with her ped. He took a sample of the drainage to culture and we're waiting on the results of that. Her ENT offered to put in bigger tubes and to remove her adenoids, as that is something I asked about. Both her ENT and ped agree she should not be continuing to have this many ear infections. Her tubes should have dried up her ears by now. The positives are--we are able to tell when she has an infection because of the drainage and it's not as painful for her.....the treatment is ear drops, which is easier and better for her than antibiotics. I realize things could be much worse--I'm so thankful she's a very happy and healthy girl, we just hope to rid her of ear infections for good!

To our happy girl! You are an absolute true joy! Thanks for all the smiles, hugs, kisses and love--we love you bigger than the sky!