The big O-N-E

Watching my little girl turn one was magical.

She is a sweet sweet girl, with a rapidly growing personality. She is going to fight for what she wants and what she doesn't and it's abundantly clear when we've reached a point where she is not pleased with how things are moving along. I love watching this develop and need to keep my eyes open because she can strike without warning.

One head butt to the nose and it's apparent!

Her current developmental stats:

• Has at least 15 words in her vocabulary.

She'll mimic pretty much anything we say.

I have called her a "little stinker" for months when changing her diaper. She'll pull the velcro tabs of the diaper cover off as soon as I have affixed them - just to be a little stinker. Now all I have to say is "Little . . . . ." and she'll fill in the blank. "Inker!" Or something of the sorts. Hard to type out how she actually says it. I adore it. Hearing her voice is beautiful music.

• I don't think we can call her mobility crawling quite yet, but she can propel herself across a room with minimal to moderate difficulty. She's determined though.
• She'll pull up to her knees and that's about it. I have witnessed her attempt to get both feet under her to stand and that didn't go so well. Have not seen it since.
• Increasing independence on how her food is served to her. No more bite size pieces please. I will take the whole waffle, thank you very much. See? I do just fine. Or so she thinks. I don't trust her just yet to not get herself in choking trouble.
• The stroller bores her. Being held in arms is ok for a bit, then she's done. On the ground works well until she gets frustrated with mobility issues. She spends a lot of time in the backpack. Content and at eye level with most adults and taller than her brother for that time. I think she likes that.
• And lastly, she loves anything soft. The dog, her new stuffed cow, her blanket. She'll tuck it in under her ear/chin and snuggle. So sweet.

More pictures to come.

We have well child check - ups on Wednesday.

I'll be back with those stats after that.

Words she knows:

kitty, meow, Joey "oeee", woof woof, Nooo noooo, Mama, Dada, Hiiiii, Ni Ni, airplane "aaa ppp", banana "nana", Goooo, Dance "dan-danc" Uh -oh, Stinker "inker", Yuck "uccchhhhkk"