Happy 12 months, Lydia!

Here we are- one year in! Our baby girl turned one on a beautiful Saturday and we had a lovely day remembering her birth. She is inquisitive and giggly, persistent and daring. She is a delight to our family!

Weight: 26 lbs 2 oz (99th %)
Height: 30.75 in (94th %)
Head: 18.5 in (94th %)

Diapers: size 5 and cloth
Clothing: 18 and 24 month, 2T

Likes: an audience, If You're Happy and You Know It, her water bottle, eating, sliding, swinging, balls, peek-a-boo, favorite toys (the gas nozzle from the lego set, hay bale from the train set, etc), and "Tom Brady" (so named by Dave . . . she holds her hand up and just waits for someone to high five her)

Dislikes: not getting food as fast as she would like, going down the living stairs on her own (she can do it, but she would definitely file it under dislike), milk (questionable, she would say)

Schedule:
7:00am Awake for the day!   Nurse and eat
8:30/9:00-11am   Nap
11am-ish Eat
12:30-3pm   Nap
3pm   Milk and eat
7pm   Nurse and down for bed

Sleep: Praise the Lord! It took her a whole year, but this little lady is sleeping. And we are sleeping. And it is bliss. The trick seems to be filling her up way beyond what you think a little girl needs to eat for dinner. Lots of dinner equals a full night of sleep!

Physically: Lydia is a champion cruiser and with the help of her sitting crawl/scoot she sees the whole first floor as her playground. She stands on her own confidently and is standing up regularly as she plays. She loves to have people cheer for her and will stand up and lower down over and over if we are willing to watch and clap. Her hair is getting long at the back of her neck, but is still short at the front. As her stats imply, she is a solid girl. Her thighs are thick and belly round! No new teeth since the first six came through.

Food: She had her first peanut butter sandwich and is a big fan. I like that it fills her up and gives me time to get her more to eat! Lydia continues to love carbs and most fruits. She isn't crazy about strawberries or grapes, interestingly enough. She likes veggies, but is getting tired of what I normally give her. It will be nice when she has more teeth and can chew raw veggies like the big kids.

Communication: Lydia started babbling along when the kids sing this month. Super cute :) She hasn't had a communication bubble lately, but thankfully understands so much of what we say.

She loves a guitar

He insisted on holding her hand as she slept in the mall :)

We do this every time we visit Mashpee Commons

Enjoying her birthday buddy!

Flying home from a great first trip to FL!

I hope she will always be a beach baby :)

Dress by Gigi!
(And if you zoom in you can see the scrapes from her big fall on the patio.) 

 

We have officially entered the box-sitting-in phase

:)

Playing with the big kids

We drove two hours for a trip to Chick Fil A and Target while the house was being shown.
Worth it!

"Houston, we have a problem."

A rare treat to be out of the stroller at a playground!