Little Apple Family

I took Leighton to the Lucky Ladd Pumpkin Patch this last Tuesday. It was a little chilly but warmed up some, but since I LOVE the cold weather I was not complaining at all. We had a lot of fun!! You tried to pick up about 5 pumpkins and then realized they were heavier than you. Playing in the corn pit, got to bang a wooden spoon on metal pans, play on the slides, quack at the ducks and scream NOOO at the donkey. At the zoo you loved the petting zoo so this really surprised me so we got about 2 feet into the petting zoo and had to leave and then I had to proceed to carrying you ALL the WAY to the car, pushing the stroller on gravel with one and hand and holding a 26 pounder in the other. I was sweating by the time we got back to the car. Here are some pictures from our day, I hope we get to go back and your daddy can come with us!

Leighton Taylor, you are now 15 months old. Each month goes by way too fast. I think I say that every month but really you are turning into this tiny little adult. 15 months going on 5 years old and has the sass to prove it! :)

I can really tell now that you are a true toddler, I think at 13 and 14 months I was still holding onto "my baby" and not wanting to you grow up so fast. Now if I ask you to sit down and put your shoes on, you do it. If I say "Come this way with Mama" you do it. You follow direction VERY well, especially when Mama repeats "TOOSHY DOWN!!"

We really have to watch what we say around you. I have a bad habit of saying the word crap. I know, such a bad word but you have repeated it. I say "I know, I know" a lot and now? I ask you to to do something you say "I know, I know" like as in get out of my face mom you are annoying me.

On your 15th month you were in Alabama visiting family, we took our first LONG road trip together, 6 hours and you were a complete angel, 4 stops on the way there due to diaper duty! BUT GIRLFRIEND you do not travel well. BUT then again you stayed at your GG's then CC's then back to GG's so it was a lot on you but I was also wore out by the time we left.

You are such a mama's girl right now. This month in particular you have become super mama clingy. I am not complaining really, I secretly enjoy it (is that so bad?). You would just go to anyone at anytime but not anymore you are VERY aware of your surrounds and who people are now. Including the donkey at the pumpkin patch, which scared you and you screamed NOOOOO and everyone looked. HOWEVER, it is getting pretty bad to the point where I can't leave the room so I might need to look into some mom's day out groups of something.

You still talk all day long. You are starting to put words together with phrases. You still sign for "more" but thats about all I get for the sign language these days. You started asking "pease" and "biiitteee" for anything I am eating. You walk up to the door (AND turn the knob) and say "owwssiiiieee" which means you want to go outside. You have been sick with RSV and had 3 MD visits in ONE WEEK but I had 2 doctors say you have the vocab of a 2 year old!! PROUD MAMA MOMENT!! We work on flash cards daily and you tell me that A is for APPLE and B is for Ball. We are working on C for "kiiiikiiiii" as you say for kitty. And you make all the animal noises if asked (dog, cat, duck, cow, sheep, fish, bird) it is SOO cute!!

You are a PICKY little eater lately. You started hating things you liked 3 days ago so meal time is a constant struggle for me. You would live on grilled cheese if I let you. Gerber has been a life saver though, which I don't understand because some of that stuff smells like dog food but you will eat that?! My cooking is seriously not that bad kid.

Elmo is still #1 in our house, Minnie Mouse is starting to compete. Caillou was in the running but Mama cut that show out of your hour of TV a day because that kid is soooo whiney. I couldn't handle him anymore and I really didn't want you to be that kid. So now it is Seaseme St DVDs or the show, Mickey Mouse during breakfast, and Doc McStuffins sometimes.

You are such a joy to be around everyday, you make me SOOO happy!! I am so blessed to be your mama and be able to spend each minute with you. I thought staying home with you would want to make me get away or leave you with a babysitter but it has done the opposite, I still want to spend every second with you. You are just an amazing little person!! Just like in the book we read everyday "not every day is sunshine, but everyday is fun because I love you little one" :)