Pulled up onto the stairs!
I walked to the garage and came back to this!
She lost her last pacifier at the mall and we decided not buy her anymore and to wean her from it. We were out pretty late that night so she was exhausted by the time she got home that she just passed out. The next day for nap, she pitched a fit! She cried a while and we got her up. I nursed her to comfort her and put her back down and she cried a bit more and then finally fell asleep. Today, the 2nd day, she didn't do great for her first nap. After a bit of crying, I thawed some frozen milk and fed her from a bottle(I'm weaning her nursing sessions) and she cried a few minutes and fell asleep. She is currently down for her 2nd nap and she's whining on and off. No major crying like before, yet.
That same night she lost her paci, we decided to pierce her ears! We had talked about it a while but we never did do it.. Here's a pic right after. All the purple is the marker. The earrings are clear crystals. She looks so different!
9-12 or 12 months clothes. Size 1 shoes. Size 3 diapers(size 4 at night) Not sure of her weight. I would guess around 17.5 lbs.
Bedtime by 7pm. Sleeps all night until anywhere between 7-8am. Wakes up and nurses. Snack(puffs, fruit,pretzels) at 9:30, naps 1-2 hours after snack.
We are busy planning her 1st Birthday party this year! It will be at our house on January 10. We can't decide what time yet but invites will be out before Christmas so be on the look out!
Plays peek-a-boo by putting her hands near her eyes or on her head.
LOVES the cats and dogs. Loves crawling up to them and going "ah!"
Time to time, she will sit up and just stare in the camera monitor.. Creepy yet funny.
Dirty girl playing with dolls
She often sits up and then lays her head down and falls asleep this way. It can't be comfortable...
She found her tongue this month!
Child loves suckers
Santa!
Just hanging out..
Riley is still a very content, laid back, happy, funny girl. She keeps this intrigued look on her face that people always comment on. She loves Madison with everything she has. She loves playing with her and I'm anxious for when she can walk and they can actually play around together. These 11 months have flown by quicker than any 11 months ever has. I can't believe she's almost a year old! We love you, sweet, beautiful girl!
This year has flown by. She has learned so much and is doing things well beyond her age. She is hilarious and sweet and loving and she absolutely adores her sister. She is a little mama to everyone, including Riley. She constantly teaches Riley things. She has a memory like you wouldn't believe. It's incredible the things she remembers. She loves pretend play and will sit and play Barbies or dolls for a while. She talks to them like she's their mom. It's really sweet. I constantly get stopped by strangers telling me how pretty and smart she is. How well she talks and how great of a sister she is. She is a very happy girl! We are so blessed to be her parents. She's everything we prayed for all those years ago..
-potty trained at 2 years 2 months. Regressed a bit when Riley was born but hasn't had an accident in 6 months probably.
-knows all basic colors including peach, silver and gold.
-knows all shapes including pentagon and hexagon
-counts to 15 and recognizes numbers 1-10
-says alphabet and recognizes most uppercase and some lowercase letters.
-Writes capital A, draws triangles and circles.
-loves preschool.
-loves singing and dancing and learning.
-likes Minnie Mouse, Curious George, Barbie, Strawberry Shortcake and Daniel Tiger.
-loves blueberries, grapes, oranges and peaches
-loves sweets more than anything
-favorite toys are her 'people'(those plastic figurines of cartoon characters or animals), Barbie, stickers, play doh, books
-just found out she is not a fan of the beach(and we are completely fine with that!)
Some pictures from her 2nd year
the fair
Her baptism October 27, 2013
Halloween 2013
Tree trip 2013
February 2014
January 2014
April 2014
January 2014
First Day of Pre-School
August 2014
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It's a lot of videos but most are less than 1 minute long.
Taking Barney on a ride
2 years-September 2013
Saying ABCs
2 years-September 2013
Playing guitar
2 years 1 month- October 2013
Singing "Jesus Loves Me"
2 years 1 month- October 2013
Riding the train
2 years 1 month- October 2013
Running around
2 years 4 months- February 2014
Counting to 15
2.5 years- March 2014
Playing pretend
2 years 7 months- April 2014
Squishing Riley's cheeks
2 years 7 months- April 2014
Rocking in her Great Gimmie's rocking chair from the lake house.
This has been a great month! I'm sad I don't have any more month sticker pictures to post :( She is such a super happy baby. She smiles and laughs and talks constantly! She is so hilarious! We are so very blessed to have such a happy, healthy baby girl. She is always so willing to share her food or toy. She never hesitates to hand me something if I tell her to. Even when she's playing with her app on my phone. If I say "Hand it to Mama", she always hands it to me. She may cry after giving it up but she does give it up. I never really have to worry about her putting something in her mouth that she finds on the floor because she usually hands it to us when she finds it. Just when you think the floor is clean, leave it up to a 1 year old to prove you wrong :)
She is doing really well walking(assisted). She is too scared to let go for some reason but will walk a long way holding one hand. She will also walk 5-6 steps between two people. We are hoping very soon she will be walking on her own. She will have a ball when she does!
She learned how to crawl up the stairs at 10 months, she really 'walks' up the stairs just as good. When we hold her hands, she will lift her left leg just about as high as it will go to get to the next step. She does the same thing with the welcome mat at the front door that is only about a half inch off the ground. So funny!
She broke her left top tooth yesterday(Oct 6)! Her right one will likely break through this week. She started grinding her teeth today.. I hope that phase passes very fast.
She got her first cold this month. It has lingered around for 3 weeks now :( She's a trooper though!
She has been saying "nonono" some..She calls everything "Dada".. Man or woman, doesn't matter. Usually just in pictures. She will look at a phone and say "Heeeeeyyyy Daddy" lol. It's so cute. She tells everyone "Hey". When we go to the store, she talks to everyone that passes her. She is so friendly to everyone. She waves at them and flirts with the men! She knows how to work it! She has also been copying us a lot..I swear certain things I say, she repeats them. Certain noises we make she will repeat.
We are working on drinking from a cup, walking and word association a
lot. She looks and/or points to Caterpillar, Buzz/bee, Owl/hoot,
squirrel and Mommy/Daddy pictures hanging in her room when we ask. She
has always associated lights with a switch and knows who Wilma(our dog)
is.
She has recently associated blowing with a candle, smoke, hot food and even
dandelions! On our walk a couple of weeks ago, she suddenly looked and
started blowing. I looked over and there was a single dandelion. We
thought it was a fluke so when we saw another one a bit up the road, I
told Alan not to point it out and see what she did. He stopped her car
and just let her look around and sure enough! She spotted it out and
started blowing! She also did this in a book that had smoke coming from the chimney. When we got to that page, she started blowing. Smart girl!
Her schedule hasn't much changed. She is completely off breast milk now. I stopped pumping August 15 and she had enough frozen to mix with cow's milk until the week of her 1 year birthday(September 6). She has dropped the amount of milk now that she's strictly on cow's milk. She has also been drinking 2-3 small sippy cups of water a day, with her snacks and during play time.
8-9am- wake up. 6oz milk and a banana or orange with a pancake or oatmeal muffin.
10-11am- snack of a muffin, pasta, veggies(her recent fav is peas) or a piece of fruit
12-1pm- 6 oz milk and veggies or whatever leftovers I have, if any
2-3pm - snack of whatever she hasn't ate yet that day :)
5pm- another snack
7pm - 6 oz milk and whatever I cook for supper that night.
bath, story, prayers and bed by 8pm
We are still going to the library once a week with a visit to the park afterwards if the weather is nice. I have also been taking her to the park a second day of the week too. I'm looking into getting us into a moms club of some sort so we can have more activities during the day.
September 11- She went for her 1 year wellness check. Her weight was 21 lbs(72%) and she measured 29.75"(70%) We have a tall, healthy girl! :) This was the first round of shots she reacted negatively to. She got pretty sick that night right before bedtime but it passed pretty quick. She had to get her second flu shot this coming week. Not looking forward to that.
(Twins?) Waiting on the Dr to come in.
September 11- we were eating supper and she propped her leg on Alan's leg and said "Tickle tickle tickle" while moving her foot.. I tickle her feet and neck a lot and always say that..it's so cute!!!
Trying to keep food in the bowl. Fail.
Looking at a picture of her Daddy holding her when she was a day old. :)
The closest to Heaven here on Earth is a baby sleeping on your chest.
Bookworm.
Picking out the wheat tortillas.
She's learned to talk on the phone. The person she's talking to may not hear her since the phone is on the back of her head though :)
She has learned to press the on/off button on her bears that make noise. So funny!
She's been playing peek-a-boo a lot. She will hold up a washrag, towel, doll.. whatever will cover her eyes. It's so cute. In between dancing, she did this with the curtain in her room
bowl fail.
She really liked the cup we got for Malachi
Park days
Library time
Sweet potato head..
Someone has enough clothes for an army. :/ Mama has a 'shopping for baby' addiction.
This is just her current size of clothes. You also don't see 5 jackets, her pajamas and shorts. Sigh.
Bad hair day.
Bath time!
Future Photographer
These were taken at Malachi's party yesterday(Oct 6). She had a ball on the inflatables!
Here's to another fun month! Mama and Daddy love you so very much, Pumpkin!
