15 Months

HI!!  It's almost my 15 month birthday and I wanted to stop by and catch you up on what I've been up to these past few weeks.  I've got the beginnings of my third and fourth teeth, my top two to match the bottom two I've had since right around my birthday.  In spite of the fact that I've only got two real teeth I eat just about anything you give me.  I love to eat! But, I'm actually quite small still.  This onsie I'm wearing is a 6-9 month onsie and it still fits.  Though, to be fair, it's pretty tight and Mommy sort of squeezes me into it for the few minutes it takes to get my picture each month.

I've had a pretty bad cold for a few weeks now with a cough that scared Mommy enough to take me to the doctors office TWICE in three days.  But, good news, they said it's nothing more than a lot of snot so there's nothing to really do.  I've just got to work through it.

I'm a great hugger and I love to dance.  Daddy says he thinks I'll be his music baby.  Oh, and I'm really falling for this cute little raccoon doll Anutie Erin bought for Abby when she was a baby.  I love to carry her around with me everywhere and I snuggle her close when I'm sleeping.   I'm going to have to start working on name for her!

I don't have any  new words since last time we talked.  I say, Mama, Dada, Go, Woah (!!) and Baba.  Mommy's been working on teaching me Abby but I'm not quite there yet.  Soon though, soon!  See you next month!

14 months

Hi guys!  I'm a few days late because we've been busy (seems like we're always busy).  I've been growing and learning a lot in the past month.  I am pretty good at eating with a fork now.  I can stab things onto it and can get them into my mouth most times.  Mommy taught me how to sign for "more" but "all done" didn't go over so well.  I have my own way of signing "all done".  It comes it two stages.  First I start feeding Staley my food and then, if nobody's paid attention to that, I start twisting around in my chair and pulling at my bib to get it off.  When Mommy sees that's she know's what I mean.  I still don't have a ton of words but I did pick up baba for bottle this past month.

I dance on cue now and it's sort of a little shoulder shimmy.  I especially love to dance when I hear music.  Mommy's working on teaching me how to point out my body parts like belly, nose, toes etc.  I'm not good at it yet, but I bet by next month I'll have a few mastered.  I figured out how to get out of the tub all by myself this month (Mommy is not a fan) and I find it quite funny to run around the house naked until someone catches me.  Oh!  And I've got one more tooth coming in.  It's my third and it's a top one.

But, the thing that Mommy is MOST excited about is that I  now give hugs.  The biggest, cutest, fully body hugs and she told Daddy it's her most favorite thing of all the things I've learned this far.  If you ask for a hug I just lean forward with my arms open wide and lay my whole body into yours.  It's quite adorable (according to Mom).

This weeks fabric came from Daddy's Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy.  They picked it because they said that they can't wait to see the smarty pants I become.  Mommy thought this would be a good month to use it because I've learned a LOT of new things this month and because my sister is starting preschool next week.  I'm not really sure what that means, but she's really excited about it.  Someday maybe I'll be able to go to preschool with her.  I think that would be fun!

13 Months

I've missed you guys!  Can you believe it's already been a whole month since my last picture?  It's been a wild and crazy month with lots and lots of changes.  I'm sure you've all read Mommy's blog already about the move, so you know we've been busy.  I love my new room and have been sleeping so well up there.  I think it helps that Mommy can't hear me in the middle of the night.

You can see my two cute teeth in this picture, which is why Mommy choose this slightly blurry one over another picture.  I have a few words now too.  I say "hi" to almost everyone.  It was my very first real word and I definitely know what it means.  I'm also saying Mom now too.  What else?  Hum... I learned how to dance this past weekend.  It's more of a shoulder shake than anything but whenever someone starts signing I start moving along along and laughing.  And, Mom has totally realized that I understand more than I let on.  She can tell me to go sit down on my couch and I'll do it.  I understand when people tell me no too, though I don't always listen. Everyone says I'm wild and dangerous but I'm actually more cautious than people give me credit for.  I'm careful when I get down off of things (after being told "no, get down") and I'm very careful going over big bumps in the floor like transitions or cracks on the driveway.  I am also eating all real food now - baby food is for babies!  I'll still eat a squeezy every now and again, but I'd prefer to eat what everyone else is eating.  I eat more than my big sister most days....she better hurry up and get eating otherwise I'm going to catch up to her!

This month's fabric came from Auntie Erin.  She got it because she's always wearing her cowboy boots with shorts (Daddy says it makes her feet stinky).  I can't wait until I get bigger and can get my very own pair of cowboy boots.  Now that we live out in the country, maybe I'll start taking horse riding lessons (when I get bigger).

See ya in a month!

1 Year Old!

Well guys, it's here!  My first birthday and the very last of these weekly photos.  Mom doesn't seem to sure how she feels about this.  I mean, it means no more weekly photos to take and edit but it also means that I'm growing up way to fast.  See, I'm even holding up one finger to show you that I'm 1 year old.  I'm pretty smart, huh?

My birthday isn't actually until Wednesday but we had a big party this weekend for me.  I got lots of toys and clothes but more importantly I got to see all of the people that I love a whole lot....and eat my very own cupcake.  I wasn't too sure about being the center of attention during my song but once I had the first few bites of that frosting I was set!

This week's fabric came from my big sister.  She used this same fabric for her first birthday and she was super excited when Mommy pulled it out for me to use.  It has cute little cupcakes on it just like the one that Bubby got me for my birthday cake.  They look so yummy it has me hoping that maybe Mommy will get me ANOTHER cupcake for my real birthday.....a girl can dream, right?  Anyways, keep following along, I'll be back here posting monthly with pictures and updates for the next year.  Here's to being one!

Week 51

Well, after a couple months of just a few first, this week was a big one for me.  In the last 7 days I got my first two teeth and I learned how to walk! I'm confidently talking 5-7 steps in a row and Mommy says it wont be long before I've got it perfected. I just wanted to get all these things in before I turned one and we stop having these weekly chats.  One more weekly picture and then we'll switch to once a month.

This fabric came from Grandma.  You may remember way back to week 4 when I had some Hungry Caterpillar fabric.  She bought these two different fabrics for me because she knew that over the next year I'd grow and learn and change so much...just like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.  Cute huh?  Just one more week left and next week, Mommy's using some fabric that my big sister used on her first birthday.  I'm so excited to be more and more like her!

Week 50

Well, we're getting close now guys!  I hope you all can come to my birthday party in a few weeks.  It'll be so much fun to see everyone that has helped make my quilt super special.  No steps this week but Mommy did buy me some new shoes for whenever I DO start walking.  She was worried I'd be scared of them like my sister was, but it wasn't a big deal at all.  No tears.  But - there was one first that DID happen this week.  I got my first tooth.  It's really tiny and just starting to poke through.  Mom saw it for the first time last night right before bed.  Just shy of my first birthday and I'm getting my very first chomper!!!

This week's fabric came from Bubby's friend Judy.  She and Bubby were friends since second grade.  That's a long time!  When she and Bubby graduated from college we worked together at the railroad...and, that's where she met Grandpa so it seems like trains are pretty special to them too.  Judy wrote the sweetest note to me and I can not wait to meet her someday.

Week 49

Guys...I'm SO close to walking these day!  I can easily stand up in the middle of the room without holding onto anything.  And, if two people sit across from each other I try really really hard to walk between them, but I get so excited that I start flailing my arms and swinging my head that I just plop right down.  I've take a step, maybe two before falling but Mommy isn't counting it as walking.  It's more like "not falling".

This weeks fabric is a bit of a mystery.  Mom's been SO good about keeping track of who gave me what, and why, that she can't believe she let one fall through the cracks.  So, we aren't quite sure who picked out this super cute school fabric, but we sure do love it!  If it's yours, can you let my Mommy know?  She picked it out for this week because coming up on my 1 year birthday I've changed so much and learned so much!  It really is quite crazy how fast a year flies by!

Update:  We figured it out!!  This fabric came from a friend of my Grandma's named Theresa.  He daughter and Grandma used to teach together for a long long time before Grandma retired and went to work at the local Catholic school.  Anyways, thanks so much Theresa!