I cannot believe it's been a year already!!
i think about this day one year ago ALL the time! it helps that i work at the hospital i delivered at! everyday when i'm driving in, i can't help but think about Sept 16th, 2009...(except i don't go to work at 3am!) and reminisce about the feelings Justin and I both had that day! it's all so unbelievable! and unbelievable how fast they grow up! i never believed they grew up so fast until i hit 3, 6, 9, and 12month marks. those are such milestones where they become more like little adults and more self sufficent! she's now a walking, babbling, giggling bundle of joy! I know she still needs me for A LOT and always will, but it seems like just yesterday that i was swaddling and carrying her around all the time hoping she would smile.
Now she smiles all the time!!
12 month stats:
19lbs 4.5oz (25th percentile)
29inches (50th percentile)
- Walking!!! yes! she took her first steps on Aug 28th! and she's unstoppable! she gets around great and even tries to run...but falls pretty quickly
- giggles a lot
- plays well independently
- claps when you say "yay!!"
- can give high 5's
- said her 1st word the same day she took her 1st steps! we're calling it her first word at least! it was "uh-oh" and she said it with conviction and purpose! now she says it all the time.
- love to pet Maggie and Keek (Keek is a little more patient with her than Maggie. Maggie runs)
- points to animals and objects and says "tat"...i thought it was "cat" at first b/c she would do it to the cat, but she now does it for a lot of things! maybe "that?!" :)
- says "ma ma ma..." and "da da da..." often, but she doesn't know what she's saying still i don't think...maybe she does, but she doesn't always say it like she means it :) one day...
- started becoming apprehensive about strangers or people she's not around much lately. it's kinda cute b/c she'll bury her head in my shoulder, but SO opposite of how she is at home!
- feeds herself mostly, but
- getting to be pretty picky about foods
- SOMETIMES eats small pieces of cooked veggies (broccoli, peas, corn, green beans,
- but sometimes will eat the pureed ones better
- RARELY eats meat (they even told me at day care she picks the cheese off the cheeseburger and only eats the cheese)
- sometimes eats cheese...it comes and goes
- transitioned to whole cow's milk...a few days were rough, but now she drinks it w/o a problem!
- would NOT drink formula, so i switched to cow's milk about 2 weeks shy of her 1st birthday (i stopped pumping on Labor day!!! i feel so free!! and SO weird not having to carry that thing everywhere and do it morning noon and night!)
- wearing #4 diapers (could wear #3s, but daddy likes #4s)
- still cloth diapering at home
- wearing 12 month clothes and can still wear some 9 months.
- getting more hair!! i love it! it's light brown/blonde with a red tint sometimes in certain light
- eyes are mostly hazel, but still have some blue in them
- seems to me to have short legs and a longer torso
- continues to be the light of our life!!!
2 comments:
Happy Birthday RB!! I am so excited for you that you are done with the pump and onto whole milk!! Congrats to you for going the whole year pumping!
ha!! thanks!!! that was a LONG year! really, though it got so much better at about 9 months!! i think i just knew the end was near!! :) it did help lose the weight! and kept RB happy and healthy!!!
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