Mia is 15 months old!

Mia turned 15 months old on September 17th and we had her 15 month check up today. So far all of her tests have come back negative except she still has a microcytic anemia (she has small red blood cells). This confirms that she does have a thalassemia but it is not serious since her hemoglobin and hematocrit are normal and she does not have any symptoms. Her pediatrician is not at all concerned but is going to have a hematologist look at her labs.

At 15 months Mia:
-weighs 19 pounds, 8.5 ounces and is 29 1/4 inches tall (about 10th percentile for height and weight)...this means she has gained a little over 2 pounds and grown almost 2 inches since she joined our family in June!
-walks well, and is starting to run
-has only 4 teeth but can eat anything (she loves to eat)
-sleeps 11 hours at night and takes 2 naps during the day (1 to 2 hours each).
-loves to play outside with her brother every day (she can go down her small slide by herself and she rides on her own little scooter while Nick rides his big wheel)
-still does not like the cat very much but occasionally will pet her
-is a celebrity at Nick's school (every day she finds herself surrounded by kids and/or teachers...they LOVE her)
-has a friend, Samantha, who lives down the street and is only 3 months younger and is also Vietnamese
- yells "Da-Da" when Daddy comes home
-says mama, dada, baby, bye-bye, ba ba (for Babcia, her grandma), look
-still drinks 3 bottles per day