ONE YEAR STATS!

31 Inches

21.8 Lbs

Size 4 diaper, 12 month clothes, Size 3 shoes

TEETH:

4 teeth erupted in one month! (Got F, then O then G, then P-one each week. D and E are bubbling under the surface!)

HEALTH:

No sickness this month, just lots of teething symptoms! Ouch! She eats teething tablets like candy! Two nights before she got her first tooth (which was on 1/12), she was up most of the night

NEW TRICKS:

· CLIMBING! Stairs, the fireplace, into her toybox, Brax’s train table… Also quickly picked up on going down the stairs and fireplace backwards.

· Waves hi and bye.

· “Shares” things—food, toys—will hand them to me.

· Is able to stand by herself for a few seconds, but only does this when she doesn’t realize what she’s doing! Otherwise she only likes to walk holding on to furniture. Not into walking holding hands. Will walk pushing her toy stroller sometimes. Would rather speed-crawl!

· Blows kisses—so cute!

· She graduated to a “big girl” carseat—taking over Brax’s convertible seat and moving him up to a combo booster.

VOCAB:

· First real word (besides “momma” and “dada”) was “uh-oh” as she drops stuff on purpose.

· 2^nd word was “baby,” VERY clearly and purposefully! She will hold her babies and rock them, saying, “baby.”

· Says “ni-ni” very deliberately (we call her paci’s “nite nites” because she usually only has them in bed)

· “gagga”=dog

· “num-num-num”=when eating

· “no”=(obviously)

· Signs more, please, and all done

· Will point to lights on command

NEW/FAVORITE FOODS:

Loves Kashi waffles for breakfast, with cut up blueberries. Also likes YoBaby vanilla yogurt. Gerber meat sticks, frozen peas, well cooked cauliflower, any pasta…

Tried scrambled eggs and liked them, but woke up with a rash all over the next day.

FAVORITE TOYS/ACTIVITIES:

· Her pink and purple plastic purse. Especially loves the little coin purse with stuffed coins.

· Climbing into her toybox. She will sit there for 30 minutes just playing!

· Climbing on the fireplace, then leaning over to push the buttons on her playhouse to play music, then she sits up and dances on the fireplace.

· Playing “catch” with my Bender Ball (this is the most action this ball ever sees). She gets so excited and proud of herself when she throws the ball.

· Likes to scribble on the DoodlePro thing, and then chew on the writer. (We can’t do crayons or paint yet because she eats it!)

THINGS I DON’T WANT TO FORGET:

· I came home from work one day and Noelle said that as soon as Harper heard the garage door open, she booked it toward the door. When I walked in, Noelle was holding her and she was kicking, so excited, and said, “MA!”

· How she loves (and so do I) for me to hold her and say, “Love my baby… Love my baby…” We do this all day long! She will hold her babies and rock them, too.

· How every single time I remove the tray from her highchair, she digs in the pocket of her bib looking for food she dropped!

· How she will stand up holding onto the rail of her crib, then let go and stand for a second before plopping down on her bottom and giggling.

· How she does the sweetest belly laugh when you tickle her.

· Her “scrunchy face.”

· How, on the night she was up all night with her teeth hurting, all she wanted was her momma

· Her last ride in her infant carrier (to Babies R Us to buy a new one!)