15 months

Buggy,

You had a massive post a couple of days ago, so I'll keep this one short and sweet. Here's your routine monthly photo along with a behind the scenes video of what these photo shoots now entail.

You are a crack up. I adore you sweet pea!

Dancing fool

Buggy,

We're coming up quickly on the 15 month mark, and while I'll try to post then as well, I felt we were long over due for an update.

You are quite the crack up. You love to dance (currently Taylor Swift's 'Shake it Up' is your favorite), and you like to chant 'Buggy..buggy...buggy', which is really Aunt T's fault. You've also added a new handstand move courtesy of your brother. Here are a couple videos of your latest dance antics:

They currently refer to you as "Baby Genius" at school, though we tend to side more with "Baby Boss". You know all of the kids names in your class, and you LOVE to boss them around. Specifically, you like to yell at Anvi.."GET OVER HERE ANVI" is apparently a new favorite phrase. I have yet to hear it first hand, but it's been told to me by multiple teachers. You still will not call your brothers anything, but you squeal with glee every time you see them and usually make them give you a hug.

You are a walking fool, and can go everywhere on foot. Every once in a while you switch back to crawling, but it's definitely become a rareity.

Your favorite words are more, ball, doggy, no, mommy, daddy, bottle, and uh oh. You love berries more than just about anything, and can routinely polish off an entire case on your own. We have no problem getting you to eat most anything, you put your brothers to shame routinely by out eating them on a nightly basis.

 

You HATE swings, and anything bigger than you usually scares you. You like to go on the slide and to play peek a boo and to ride bikes. You've recently started getting into your dolly as well. The video below is us reading your favorite book "Is that my Dolly", it allows you to use your current favorite phrase (No) many times in a row:

You've learned to do the touchdown sign and are pretty good at only using it for actual Bronco touchdowns (thus the reason I don't have a video of it, I can't get you to do it if there's no touchdown). I do love to dress you up for games and you seem to be tolerating it for the moment.





Overall you are an exceptionally sweet and very busy baby. I truly could not wish for anything better in the world, I adore you sweet pea. Here are some more favorites from the month:

 

My 14 month old Keiki

Pea baby,

Here's your 14 month shot from the day before our big trip:

And here you are at this same time last year:

You were very hard to nail down on this one, you insisted on throwing Raggedy down the slide every time I set her next to you. I imagine these photo-shoots are going to become increasingly difficult.

Our trip to Hawaii was fantastic. You were a champ on the flight (we did a lot of walking in circles). We got extremely lucky and ended up with a row to ourselves so you were able to create as much havoc as you felt was necessary. 

 We got to the house which had a great backyard right on the ocean, it gave you lots of room to roam.

 

We spent the bulk of the trip at a variety of different beaches. You were skilled at getting yourself completely covered in sand without hardly being in it at all. We scrapped attempting to keep you sand free pretty quickly and you probably ate a solid gallon of it over the course of the week. You loved playing in it. You were less thrilled with the ocean, while you love water, you apparently are a bit terrified of moving water. You warmed up to the idea fairly quickly, and in typical Kaia fashion, seemed to enjoy tasting it.

 



 You LOVED pineapples and were so adorable eating it you scored yourself a free plate of it at a restaurant because the staff liked watching you eat it so much. You were also a fan of the shaved ice, which we got every day, you've pretty much mastered the word more.

Otherwise we went for a hike to through the state park, you weren't such a fan of being confined that long:

You found lots of places to nap, and had no shortage of people willing to help you out on your quest for sleep:

 

 

 And finally, for our biggest news....YOU'RE WALKING!!

You decided pretty quickly down there that you will now be walking in addition to crawling. You were seen multiple occasions walking across rooms all over Hawaii. It's still not your main mode of transportation, but it's close. You also love the word no, "Kaia do you like Hawaii?"...'No', was one of the boys favorite forms of dialogue with you throughout the trip. You love to play hide and go seek (especially with your uncle) and try to keep up with the big kids to the best of your ability. You loved playing with your Aunt and Uncle, Brandon even got you saying his name briefly.  You are still the world's easiest baby (though you're learning to throw an epic tantrum), and are generally a very happy and silly kid. We adore you sweet pea!!