Dear Sage at 15 months |

Dear Sage at 15 months

by elizabeth on July 30, 2013

Dear Sage at 15 months.

This month is titled the Travel Month! Just like last year at this time you were whisked around from airports to airplanes to different time zones, were completely off schedule and handled it much better than I predicted. We have created such a tight bond in our little family that when the setting and normalcy of our life gets turned upside down, we can lean on each other and still maintain our sense of happiness. Someone once said to us, that to a child- home is where mommy and daddy are- and I think this is especially true for you. For all of us. Home is when we are all together. So whether we were crammed in airplane seats, squished in the third row of a land cruiser, on the beach for the day, all three in a twin bed in Wisconsin, or on a boat, we stuck together and had a great time.

With the passing of every month, a new layer of wrapping paper is pulled off of you, our little present. You get more connected as you notice the details of our routines. You know the name and purpose of the rooms in our house and are getting very skilled at following directions. You were visiting Daddy in the bathtub and you brought with you a bag of tortilla chips. Daddy said, “Go give that to Mama please” and you galloped down the hallway and found me in the kitchen. You were exploding with excitement over completing this task. I in turn took a marshmallow out of the cupboard and asked you to take it to Daddy. You ran down the hallway screeching with excitement on your way to deliver the marshmallow. This went on and on bathroom to kitchen, kitchen to bathroom.

Your words are coming so fast and you are repeating so much of what we say. Your newest and most powerful development is “no.” We were with Noah the other day and I asked you if you would share something with him. You looked right at me and said, “no.” I burst out laughing. I know this will stop being funny soon but for now your accurate use of the word makes me giggle.

Also making me giggle is your intoxicating little laugh. You suck in air with a vocalized aspiration and it sounds like an old man. I just love it. Today I heard you making this little laugh and found you looking at yourself in the mirror. You were so delighted to see your reflection!

Here are some funny memories of your 15^th month

At the beginning of your 15^th month all animals barked. Now you are finally making moos, meows, and baas. The other day at the park with Dada, two little dogs walked by and you meowed at them. I wish I could have been there to see it. Dada said he was laughing pretty hard.
You can understand so much. You were in the bath and I said, “Sage can you please get your hair wet for me?” You leaned back and dipped your head in the water. Usually I just pour water on your head but you figured this one out all on your own.
This started your new love of lying on your back in the tub with your ears under the water. You relax and enjoy the sensation and sounds of the water swishing in and out of your ears.
You jump off the edge of the pool all by yourself and don’t mind being under for a few seconds.
You get completely covered in sand and don’t care.
Unless you are exhausted or have just hurt yourself, you are always moving.
You are a very strong climber. No fear of heights.
You give big kisses and say MWAH when you give them.
On the airplane you liked to stand on the pull down table and bounce on it like a trampoline.
You say “Hi” really loud and you keep repeating it until people respond back.
You are often running around our house and yard in just your diaper. You have now figured out how to take your shirt off all by yourself.
I counted 20+ words that you say regularly. Nose, eye, mama, dada, no, off, out, outside, more, all done, milk, doggie, Luna, Stella, banana, water, hi, help, bye, hat, other side (you say this when you finish nursing on one side and are ready to switch). The animal sounds you do are-dog, cat, cow, rabbit (you make a rabbit face) and sheep.

Despite our hard days, my heart aches when I am away from you. Today I had to pick you up from daycare early because I wanted to be with you. Last week Daddy and I skipped a date night because we missed you. We were going to dinner and a movie but decided instead to have dinner with you and watched a movie at home after you went to sleep. You have captured our hearts in every imaginable way. We love you Sagey. You light up our life.