16 months

Ruby turned 16 months on November 9th. She is growing like a weed...She went to her 15 month check up on 10/16 and I forgot to put her stats in her last post. She is 32 inches tall (95%), 24.5 lbs (90%), so when I say she's growing, I'm not kidding! She got 3 shots at her check up and was a trooper. Daddy took her and he was a trooper, too:)
Below are a few things going on with baby girl over the past month.

-Quite the talker! She's saying more and more, and her current phrase is "I want_________" (fill in the blank with what she wants), so we hear I want cup, I wanna eat, I wanna ride, I want ball..... all the time. She is also starting to be attached to her blankie/lovie and calls them her kiki (sounds like blankie). We put the blankie on our shoulder and hold her, and her head is like a magnet going to lay down on her blankie. It is funny and sweet! She's also says "ear" now along with nose and eyes. She faces away from me in her car seat, but will crane her neck around to look at me and will say, "hello" when I am driving.

-She loves to talk about her body parts and will say "tickle tickle tickle" and show us her belly when asked "where's your belly?" She also makes that same sound when she sees someone else's skin or side showing and she goes to tickle us! She will also show us her teeth (bite teeth together), tongue (poke it out), and lips (put them together and apart, together, apart). She says a few animal noises (quack for duck, meow for cat), but she mostly just listens to us when we do them right now.

-She just loves the water. Bath is probably her most favorite thing, and she also had a blast this month when we went to an indoor water park. She crawled all over the place and her knees got all red and scratched. She does not mind getting splashed and loves to be in the water. She also loved sitting in the duck ride at Dollywood this month when we visited friends and was all smiles, but when the ride actually took off, she cried the whole time!

-She loves her daddy and when he walks in after work she squeals with delight from across the room and speed crawls to greet him and the door. When he picks her up, she lays her head on his shoulder for the longest time then is thrilled to be carried around by him for as long as he is willing afterward.

-Ruby really is such an easy going personality. When I think of all the things we drag her to and all the running around in the car we do, it is pretty amazing how chill she is. She sleeps her normal 2.5-3 hour afternoon nap wherever we lay her and always sleeps through the night without waking up, and she is the best car rider ever. Seriously-not a peep. And it isn't like she's just kind of fussy but we ignore it because we still have to do what we have to do. No, she is truly happy and easy going. She's a joy to be with, and I'm so thankful!

There's much  more, but I better stop for now! Evidently I forgot to take a pic of her in her pjs this month, so below are a few from around the 9th time frame. We love you, Ruby Jane! 

That's ice cream on her face...hence the pleasant look!

I'm including this one of her with her siblings bc she's in her pjs at least!! She thinks she's one of the big kids and will sit on the sofa beside them and watch a Saturday morning cartoon for a bit. She's started with TV way earlier than the other 2...oh well! :) Perk  of being a 3rd I guess!