Eden 15 months & One Year Photos

Today Eden is fifteen months.  Time is going by so quickly and our baby girl is fast turning into a toddler.  I can only imagine how quickly time will pass and our kids will be so grown up.  I remind myself of that every moment that life with littles seems overwhelming.  Eden is our caboose and we are savoring every moment of our young family.  She is well loved and for good reason.  She is so much fun for all of us!

At fifteen months, Eden is doing so many new exciting things!  She has weaned herself off baby food pouches entirely.  She isn't interested in them at all anymore.  Last month I was wondering how in the world we would ever get away from spending all the grocery money on pouches and then she surprised me by becoming so interested in all other foods.  She is a pretty good eater and likes some surprising things (tuna!).  She has also finally mastered water.  She wasn't too interested in drinking much water until lately.  I love watching her take big giant sips of water...so cute!  Milk isn't so great, but she is slowly drinking more.  I still nurse her a couple/few times a day, but I feel that time is getting short.

Eden has so many new words and even some of her previous words are becoming so clear.

"aaaa-done" All done; "baaaaaa" Bye; "IIIIIIII" Hi; "Peas" Please; "Wa-wa" Drink/Water; "nigh nigh" Good Night; "ma peas" More Please; "go"; "mama"; "dada"; "baww" Ball; "bun-bun" Bunny; "ba-ka" Blankie...and more.  Also, I am quite certain she says "Busss" for Buzz Lightyear.  She definately knows who he is and likes to play along with Bennett.  Its so much fun!  The boys, of course, are trying to teach her their names, too.

She pretends to read books and loves to clutch a book as she walks around.  She will "read" to anyone who will listen.  Eden also likes to pretend to talk on the phone (not surprising!).  She is now running and trying to jump.  Its crazy to see such a small little toddler running so fast.  Clearly, she does not want to be left behind her big brothers.  She is still wearing her 12 months/12-18 month clothes but I am now noticing her pants starting to creep up so I think she is growing longer!  She climbs anything and everything she can and its pretty exhausting!!

Her favorite toys right now are stacking/nesting toys, balls, puzzles (just playing with the pieces), and anything her brothers are playing with.  She makes "vrooming" noises for cars/trucks, "roaring" noises for animals.  She runs around and tried to get in on any game the boys are making up.  Most of the time, they let her in on it.  I love seeing them all play together.  Most recently, Bennett was Buzz Lightyear, Logan was Woody, and Eden was "Big Baby" - one of the villains from Toy Story 3.  It was such a sight (and well played out!).

Eden had her one year portraits done by my friend Molly.  She also did her six month photos.  She did a great job and Eden was such a tough subject - running around the garden center!  The boys were along, too, which made is challenging, but Eden is beautiful and Molly did a great job!  I will share a few here, but you can see more on Molly's website.

 Here she is...running away!!

Eden we love you!!!