Happy first birthday sweet girl! What a joy you are:) We celebrated at GG and Big D's house with cupcakes that Aubrey helped make. We didn't have a big celebration because of the move. We love you SO very much!
Firsts: Birthday! Move, being
baby sat by Madeline, visiting GG and Big D’s church
Mommy and
Daddy’s Favorites: All of your new little words you are saying. Mommy also love
watching you when you get a baby or stuffed animal and you make the sweetest
sounds and hug it.
Milestones:
Standing for several seconds without support. You are starting to become more
of a toddler than a baby. You pretend to do things like brush your hair if you
see a brush, put shoes on your feet, put bows in your hair (even though you
pull them out if I put them in!), and rub your hands together if you see
someone washing their hands or putting on lotion.
Measurements
Weight and length clothes and diapers: We have to find a new pediatrician so your
1 year checkup is going to be a little delayed. For now I know you are in 6-12
month clothes and in a size 3 diaper, size 4 at night.
Funniest
Moment: Watching you dance to music. You love it! You hear any kind of music
and you start bouncing. You get one leg going and you get low. If someone is
holding you, you start kicking and the you move your arm back and forth.
Memorable
moment: Packing up and saying bye to our house and town. We are so excited to
be in a new town and have loved our new church. We can’t wait to move into our
new house! But it was still a little sad saying good-bye to the house we
brought you and Aubrey home to.
Challenges:
Packing up a house with a baby and a toddler! It was quite a task!
How we spend
the day: This has been pretty crazy this past month. We moved out of our house
and haven’t moved in to our new one. We are staying with GG and Big D so our
schedule has been a little hectic. We’ve made several trips back and forth to
the Dallas area as well as having several errand to run throughout the day…all
these things have made our days busy, but fun.
Feedings/Eating:
You are eating with us at every meal and several snacks. You are a pretty good
eater still although you don’t eat just everything I put in front of you
anymore. You still will eat a lot of fruits and veggies. You nurse still before
bed and before naps at home. This is also how I get you back to sleep at night.
You will probably be night time trained when we move into our own houseL It makes me sad, but you need to sleep
through the night now.
Sleeping: You
haven’t been sleeping great which is understandable but still hard. You have
been waking at least once if not twice a night. Sometimes its hard to get you
to go back to sleep. You’ve been waking up pretty consistently about 6:30 for
the day and won’t go back to sleep. You are still taking two naps a day unless
your schedule is messed up.
Personality:
You are becoming such a big girl and have changed so much even in the last
month. You want to keep up with Aubrey all the time. You love playing with all
of her stuff and love when she plays with you and chases you around. You love to
laugh and squeal. You love other people and wave and smile at everyone who
passes by. You are generally a very happy baby, but if someone makes you mad
you’ll let them know quickly. You are fearless and love to climb in and up
anything you can before we catch you…and when we do you crawl away as fast as
you can!
Likes:
animals, especially puppies, Christmas trees and lights, blueberries and
strawberries, climbing up stairs,
Dislikes: When
mommy leaves you in the nursery, baby gates that keep you from climbing the
stairs, long dresses that hinder your crawling,
Mobility: You
crawl everywhere you want to go and you crawl fast. You are such a climber and
scare everyone because you climb on tall things and you again, do it very fast.
You are starting to stand unassisted for longer and cruise the furniture very
easily, but you still haven’t taken your first step yet. You pushed yourself up
from squatting to standing by yourself once.
Favorite toy:
Anything Aubrey plays with…still! You are starting to like Little People things
and you love to just pull stuff out of things like cabinets, suitcases, boxes…
Upcoming
Events: Moving into our new house. Your 2nd Christmas.
New
Explorations: You are have a great time at GG and Big D’s house because they
have 2 flights of stairs and they have all of their Christmas decorations out.
You are always looking to make your great escape up the stairs if someone
forgets to put the gate back up. You love looking at all of the lights and want
to play with all of the ornaments on the tree. You have also started wanting to
hold a pencil or crayon and try to color.
Sounds, words,
and communication: You are talking and communicating so much these days. You say
hi/bye while you wave. You put a phone up to your ear and say “o” (hello). You
say mama…but sadly its mamamama and only when you want milk or you see some
kind of food you want. You imitate a lot of sounds…you love to squeal when you
hear Aubrey squeal and you just made a woof woof sound when you heard a puppy
bark. You point and say uhh uhhh when you want something haha. If you see
something pretty that you like you say “ooooo” in a really cute high pitched
voice.
Teeth: You
finally have 4 teeth. The top ones are still working on coming through though.
It looks like the ones next to the tops ones may be trying to break through now
as well.
