15 months

The past couple of months have been pretty eventful in the Molinari household. Sophia started school, went on her first trip out of the country, started walking, and learned a lot of new words! Sophia's first steps were in Sardegna when she was about 14 1/2 months old. Nothing we did could convince her to start walking. Sophia is a very stubborn girl, and likes to do things when she feels like doing it. All of the sudden one day, she just stood up and started taking steps! She definitely is not a pro quite yet, but she can now walk most of the way across the room and just a few days ago started to run a little bit! She's still a little unsteady, and has to stop to catch her balance. Nana bought her her first pair of shoes last week and she loves them!

Walking to Pop


Sophia knows a lot of words now, and we love that she is starting to tell us what she wants. At 15 months, some of her words are no, that, hot, mama, dada, mommy, daddy, hop, more, boob, pane, kaka, uhoh, baby, Pop, ball, bye bye, bib, night night, giu' (down in italian), snack and uh oh. She also knows about 8-10 animal sounds and can understand the question "What sound does a xxx make?" in both english and italian. She picks up new words every day!

Sophia loves to imitate everyone and will clap, laugh, and make noises that we make. She always wants our food and drinks, and wants to use our fork to eat. She gets mad if we put the food on the fork for her. She still loves to eat. Her favorites are bread (pane), goldfish, and cheese. She definitely prefers salty over sweet. Sophia has 10 teeth now, the 4 front ones on top and bottom, and her top set of molars.

Making silly faces


One of Sophia's favorite things to do is go to bed! When we ask her if she wants to go night night, she gets a big grin on her face and starts giggling like crazy. She points upstairs and even says night night (ni ni). She loves her bunny and paci so much!

At her 15 month check up, Sophia's stats were:
Height: 31 in. (68%)
Weight: 24lbs 4oz (72%)