Abigail is officially one! I don't believe how quickly this year has gone and how quickly she has grown. It still feels like she should be a little baby, so I suppose I need to come to terms with the fact that she is getting to be a big girl. Her verbal and motor development is slower than Daniel's was and she is petite so she will still be babyish for a bit longer I suppose.
Here is the run down of Abigail at One! We are nursing two to three times a day, sleeping approximately 7:30-4:30-7:00, then napping 8:30-9 and 1:30-3:00. She plays hard, is in constant motion, and won't even pause to be cuddled for a minute. Books are a bit of a challenge sometimes but she will sit for certain ones a couple times a day. (Mostly I think she likes turning the pages.) Whatever Daniel is playing with is of course the object of her desire so I have to referee much of the day and remind Daniel that she will lose interest in the toy in a few seconds so he needn't get mad. When she isn't sleeping or playing, she is eating. She loves to eat and I think she would do so 80% of her awake time if we let her. The one thing we can't seem to get her to eat is milk. We tried rice milk, formula, whole milk, strawberry milk. . . nothing will satisfy her except mommy's milk or whatever Daniel has in his sippy cup. We even tried to put her milk in one of brother's sippy cups but that didn't work either.
Abigail is a happy little imp with a stunning smile and infectious laugh. She loves anything that she can climb into (tunnels, forts) and take things out of. She loves dogs, pictures of dogs, strange dogs, our dog - all dogs. Her first word was "woof" - said when pointing to a dog. She also says duck, Da, Pop Pop (who also has his own special wave), moo, and whas dat (said when pointing to something random). She talks a lot but mostly incoherently.
People everywhere are attracted to her pretty face and gorgeous copper hair. If only I had a $1 for every time I've heard "wow, look at that red hair!"
She crawls around very quickly and wants to be down to do so all the time. Many times she has tried to leap out of my arms to crawl around in unsavory places.
At her 12 month exam she weighed in at 19lb 1oz, and 29 inches tall (about 25% and 45%). She has 8 teeth and 2 molars with more coming in.
Here are some more pictures of the party:
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| I couldn't find the decorations I had in mind so I made them myself! Pink and brown puppy prints and dog bones all around the dining room. They were seriously cute! |
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| Her first gift was some sippy cups from Grammy - it was hard to get her interested in anything else. |
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| What present, I'll eat this pretty paper. |
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| Kissing the teddy bear from Grandma. |
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| Yum! |
Playing with the balloon at the end of the day!
