Delaney is hilarious, as we all suspected. At the year mark, I didn’t want to set the unrealistic expectation for myself that I would document every month, but I am absolutely setting the goal of documenting every quarter and in between with random thoughts. I started an Instagram account for Delaney for her 2 year baby book (since, obviously, her one year took me AGES because  I didn’t do it live). I post once a day and it’s the best way to keep myself up to date and documenting cute, small moments for her and us to remember!

Over the past few months, she’s changed so much. There is so much about our life that has turned upside down in a great way with her age. I really can’t believe how grown up she’s becoming and it’s painful to see how fast it’s all flying by, but she is so much fun that it’s all worth it to see what she does next.

Since her birthday, she stopped nursing, she still drinks from a bottle, she takes just one nap, she consistently sleeps through the night, she eats with a fork (well, when she actually eats), she dances, she runs and jumps on the couch, she plays music, she uses our cell phones as her boombox, she throws tantrums and gets extremely frustrated very quickly, she loves books (especially Go Dog. Go! and Where’s Spot?), she’s freakishly obsessed with dogs and seems to believe there’s one lurking in the hallway of our building (sadly, there isn’t), she loves daycare and her teacher Jinitra especially, she sleeps on a mat at daycare and is moving to the toddler room soon, she throws her head back and laughs at people’s conversations or her own “jokes”, she’s destructive and loves to knock things down, she likes to take other kids’ snacks everywhere we are, she has gibberish conversations and talks with her hands, she loves the Children’s Museum (especially the Arthur room), she really loves ramps still, and she’s starting to care about TV (mostly if there’s a dog or animal on it).

At her 15 month appointment, she weighed 22 lbs 4oz (61%), was 31in tall (67%) and her head is 46cm (64%). She’s doing great and I can hardly tell the difference between her and her older friends…the age gap is starting to close which is great for us! She says hat, hot, help, mama (means food usually), dada (means Mom or dog usually), woof, panting noises, ba (bottle). She signs for her giraffe gerard with a hugging motion and sways back and forth and signs for more, eat, help, water, milk, fruit, all done, thank you, please, and blows kisses.

We love our Laney Girl! Other nicknames include The LG, Laney, Laney Girl, and to Jordan, Laney Bae.