Fifteen months

Amara has a lot to say these days and we have a lot to say about her! She is using new words every day and she understands a lot of what we say to her. Some new words include, "baby", "tree", "car", "wawa" (water), "okay", "more" "baba" (bottle). Amara often repeats a person's name after she hears it. At Gymboree she said, "Bye Jimbo" and she said, "Chase", "Audy" (Audrey) when seeing her cousins and "Shaw" (Charlotte) when greeting her friend. We enjoyed a visit with Boppa Bob last week. Amara loved being read to and playing with him on the floor. We took Boppa to the Zoo and the beach.

We also took a family trip to the Safari Park last weekend to see a special butterfly exhibit. Amara loves riding on her Daddy's back in "Poco" (a fancy baby pack).

We visited the Birch Aquarium today. Amara has been learning the ABCs and this is so exciting to her. She was exclaiming "A!" "E!" "I!" while we toured around. She recognizes letters everywhere and likes to "sing" the ABCs-- her own version!