Nicknames: MarBear, Moosa, Moosa Roo
Weight & Height: Still a little peanut... we will find out numbers next week at her check-up. I'm going to be happy if she's above 20 pounds.
Hair: Still light brown but she is finally starting to get a little more, especially in the back. The fuzziness seems to go away as she gets more hair. Just in the last few weeks we have been able to put barrettes and pigtails in her hair!
Favorite foods: I think at this point in time it would be easier for me to list the foods that she doesn't eat versus the ones that she does. She's not very picky. But with that said, she doesn't eat a large quantity of food. Some of her favorites include grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, any type of melon, chopped up grapes, pizza, any type of Italian food (spaghetti, lasagna, etc), goldfish crackers, and when she gets bites of cereal out of Mommy and Daddy's cereal bowl in the morning (especially if it's Daddy's Cinnamon Toast Crunch!). She has also developed a sweet tooth and always wants a bite if she sees us eating something sweet :)
Favorite Drink: Whole milk, water and water with an ounce of apple juice in it.
Favorite toys: Puzzles, books, bead maze, blocks, toy magnets, ball popper toy, and any ball! In the past few months she has really started playing well with others. Her and Makenna have a lot of fun together. For example, if we're playing blocks Maryn will find all the single blocks and bring them to Makenna to build something. She's always so proud of herself and will clap when she's done :) Maryn also amazes me by the fact that she does very well at independent play for her age. She is very content to sit in a corner or in the playroom with her toys and play on her own for a while.
Favorite books: Mr Brown Can Moo, Can You?, Peekaboo Zoo and Where Is Baby's Belly Button?. Basically anything with lift-the-flap will make her happy though. She can sit with a pile of books and read contently for probably 20 - 30 minutes. She loves it! My favorite book to read to her is Mr. Brown because she makes all the adorable noises that are in the book - "Dopp Dopp Dopp!"
Favorite Game: Ring Around The Rosie or wrestling and running with Daddy and Kenna
Favorite stuffed animal: Still Pup Pup
Favorite Person: Still Daddy :)
Bedtime: Some time between 6:30 - 7:00 pm
Wake-up time: It typically was 7:00 - 7:30 am, but she's been kind of for the last few weeks. She was getting up at 6:00 for awhile but now she's back to 7:15 the past two days. Hopefully she's back on schedule again. Otherwise Mommy and Daddy are gonna need a nap :)
Naps: Pretty much down to only one nap a day now. She does best if she goes down earlier at 11:00/11:30 am. But of course our schedule doesn't always allow for that (ie. I have to pick Makenna up from preschool two days a week at 11:30) so she sometimes has to go down closer to noon. With just one nap a day now, she needs approximately 2 - 3 hour naps.
What she's saying: Her all-time favorite word is dada or daddy but she also says okay, uh-oh, mama/mommy, nenna, hi, yea, no, night night, all done, and pup pup. Just in the last few weeks she has started to communicate more with us and will answer yes/no questions appropriately.
Latest Accomplishment: Since the last time I did this, her biggest accomplishment is definitely walking! She took her first steps at 11 months, started putting a few steps together on a regular basis at 13 months and then was full-fledged walking by 14 months. It is so fun to have a little wobbly toddler walking around our house (minus all the bumps and bruises).
Likes: screaming contests with her big sister, music (especially our Strawberry Shortcake CD!), dancing with Daddy, baths, when mommy talks in her silly voice, phones, having Poppy tickle her neck, trying to climb out of her highchair, when Mommy and Daddy try to reprimand her (she'll just look at us and laugh)
Dislikes: getting her diaper changed, wearing her coat, getting her mouth and hands wiped off after meals, being thirsty, late afternoon (she is always fussy at this time and wants to be held constantly)
What gets said about Maryn most often: that she looks just like Katie as a baby (and I have the pictures to prove it!)
Best known for: her loud-pitched squeals, being a Daddy's girl
Health: Maryn has had a few colds so far this winter and she broke out in a very itchy rash after her flu shot (we're still not sure if it was related or not).
How she's like Daddy: She is extremely loud just like her Daddy! And she has a temper just like Josh - when she doesn't get her way she gets very mad. Oh yeah and she's super opinionated already at this sweet tender age of 15 months, but I guess that's just like Daddy AND Mommy :)
How she's like Mommy: Maryn continues to have mommy's "practicing" gene.... she will sit at a puzzle and work on the same piece over and over again until she has it down just perfect. As I mentioned earlier, she also looks just like Mommy as a baby.
Interesting Tidbits: Maryn is a monkey! She's climbs everything! Give her 10 seconds alone in a room and she will find something to climb! Currently she's still really small so she can't get up too high yet, but I'm worried for the day when she's longer and can propel her body up onto more dangerously high objects. Maryn also has become a little social butterfly! This is an interesting turn of events since she was our shy, bashful child for the first year of her life. Now she will reach out her arms to be held by just about anyone... even if she doesn't know them! At playgroup, she takes her time going around to each mom in the group and making sure that they all hold her at least once each playgroup :) She will also walk up to just about anyone and wave and say "hi" and if she doesn't get a response she will take another step closer and try again... kind of sounds like she's following in the social footsteps of her big sister!
Notice the two red welts on her forehead in this picture... I thought it was only appropriate for her 15 month picture since she has a new bump or bruise at least every other day right now
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