Sarah Kate--15 months

Sarah Kate is getting to be such a big girl! Is it possible we're starting the terrible twos already? That girl has some OPINIONS. She answers most questions with "no," although she does answer "yes" occasionally. She wants to eat whatever we're eating, and she lets us know by leaning toward the desired object, opening her mouth wide and saying "Ahhh!" She also does this when she sees me with a drink or sees any toothbrush. :)

One sweet new skill this month is giving kisses, complete with the sound effect, which she pronounces "mmm-NA!" When Daddy came home from work today, she said "hi! hi! hi!" over and over again, until she saw him kiss me, and then she said, "mmm-NA!"

Sarah Kate is slowly becoming more of a walker. She's taken up to 10 steps at a time by herself, and she loves to walk all over the house if she can just borrow one finger from someone else. Most of her walking has been done when she thinks no one is watching. If you try to get her to walk for you, forget it! So we might not have video of this feat for awhile.

She's also started using a fork, primarily because the other day she brought a little plastic fork from the toy tea set to lunch with her, and I noticed she was successfully stabbing banana slices and getting them to her mouth.  So I gave her an actual baby fork,  and she did great!

Sarah Kate has learned where her nose is but can't seem to remember any other body part. And while learning about her nose, she has discovered it has these two nifty holes in it that are just the right size for her finger. She spends a lot of time at the dinner table with a finger in her nose, just checking it out.