16 Months Old (Almost)

Sierra is almost 16 months old! Wow! Where does the time go? I know I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I would share some fun pictures I have taken over the last couple of weeks. Sierra is getting so big and growing up so fast. At 15 months she had a "language explosion" and is talking sooo much! I really should make a list of all the things she can say, just for memories sake, but basically she can say just about anything you ask her too; at least she attempts to say the word.

Some of her favorite words are:

Please

Thank you

More

Mama

Daddy

Kitty

Mimi (what she calls my mom)

Papa (what she calls my dad)

No

Milk

Cheese (both that we eat and what we say when we see the camera) :)

Baby

Tissue

Bible

Amen

Book

Water (to which she calls it "wa-wa")

Eat

Hi

Help

Uh-Oh!

Bye-Bye

Night-Night

Bath

And I am sure there are many more that she knows, like fish and keys, which she says when she sees them and knows what they are. It is amazing to me how much she talks now and I really contribute a lot of this development to her signing. Some people have said that they believe sign language is a "language inhibitor" - Well, certainly in our case, this has not been so. Sierra probably knows and does over 15 signs and at 15 months was starting to speak every single one of those signs. It really is amazing to me how they learn and develop. What a blessing she is to us!!! I can't believe 16 months have come and gone. Thank you Lord for her precious sweetness. Our lives would not be the same with out our sweet Sierra!

Our Big Girl!

Always making silly faces. Sierra is so expressive.

Another silly face.

She loves to play on her piano.

She plays beautiful music. :)

Sometimes (when we are home and not traveling) Sierra likes to spend the days just like this, relaxing in just her PJ's and diaper!

Sierra somehow has "borrowed" this ball from her cousin Pierce all summer and she loves it. It is small enough for her to hold in one hand. :)

Our happy girl.

This is her favorite place in our living room. Not exactly sure why, but she loves to sit on our wood stacker (which is not in use during the summer) and play with her toys. She is just too cute!

Sitting and playing.

Coloring is one of her new favorite pastimes. She loves to color in her activity books with her crayons. She knows just where her crayons are stored and asks for "help" when she wants them. Mommy likes to color too, so it is fun to do together. :)

Sierra doesn't want to grow up too fast either. In fact, she still thinks she is big enough to fit in the bin where the blocks go.