ONE YEAR OLD STATS:
Height: 28.5in (according to appt) but we're going with 29in =)
Weight: 21 lbs 13oz.
Clothes: 12 months
Diapers: Size 4
Teeth: 2!(still working their way on in!)
To my third little world,
Happy Birthday dear one! What a reminder of God’s
faithfulness and goodness to His children you are! A testimony to that each and
every day of our lives. We are forever grateful for you sweet one! How is it
seriously possible that it’s been a year, 365 days to be exact, since you
entered our world?!? Boy has it sure flown by. And we knew it would having been
there before. You are BY FAR the biggest blessing of our year. What a joy you
bring to our family and we would be so incomplete without you in it. Your
sisters can’t even stand when it’s time for you to take naps. They LOVE and
ADORE you greatly! And it seriously won’t be long before you are doing
everything they are doing. You sure are trying! I knew I would miss you
nestling up in a little ball in my arms and watching you fall asleep sitting up
like a little rag doll even while we were in that stage, but boy is it oh so
true. Savoring each day, each stage, each milestone is what I work tirelessly
to do daily so I don’t feel like the days went by without being cherished
greatly. We know just what a gift they are. What a gift you are. You are ours
for now, but we know you ultimately are His and we rest in that truth.
Goodness, you’re adorable and just because you are our third and our third
daughter doesn’t mean we haven’t gone crazy over each of your new skills or
developments as well! We are indeed full of praise for your life. We pray for
what’s ahead with great anticipation. We long for you to know Jesus in a real
and tangible way. To know your righteousness is solely in Christ. Your hope
lies only in Him. Shepherding your heart towards those things is our heart’s
desire. By grace, we’ll lead you there as best we can Ashton Kate. We love you
immensely and treasure the gift that you are to our family so much! Happy FIRST
birthday BIG GIRL!!!!
Love, Mommy & Daddy
-Not much has changed in your typical schedule, although
we’re thankful you’re still predictable and flexible! You still sleep so well
at night and take pretty great naps! The only thing that might delay you from
falling asleep is if you throw your lovey bear and paci over the side-you have
to have that to fall asleep so we think you’ve already figured out that gets us
back in there one more time. And then of course you love to pull your socks off
so we find those scattered around too! Still nursing in the morning but we will
begin the weaning process before long (if I can handle the fact that my baby
girl is ONE now!) Mommy has failed you
terribly on teaching you to drink from a sippy cup! (forgive me for having two
other littles who demand quite a bit!) so that is our next goal!!
-Food? Well you LOVE it and you will scream until it gets
put on your tray! And honestly it’s gone before I can get the next round on it.
SO needless to say, we’re not worried about your eating skills. You pretty much
will still eat anything-minus a few things you apparently detest. Eggs and
tomato being at the top of that list. Other than that, you pretty much devour
it at rapid speed. Fruits are definitely your favorite but adding to your list
this month, you have now had the privilege of tasting peanut butter (you loved
it!), PBJ sandwiches, your first and only hotdog at the Fall Festival, mac n cheese, and of course
your first cupcake. You were a fan of them all. But that didn’t surprise us a
bit! AND …if you’re not a fan you will clinch
your mouth shut and just make a nice pile on the counter of the rejected foods
or shovel them off the tray onto the floor. Smart girl. No one ever teaches
babies these things!
-Mobility for you has just taken off! You are crawling at
rapid speed, pulling up still on everything and cruising around furniture, over
toys, and through anything and everything in your way to get where you wanna
go. Nothing will stop you, including a baby gate that’s intended to. =) All
cabinets and drawers are fair game in your mind and you can pull out massive
amounts of stuff way faster than I can get them cleaned up. AND
you have officially mastered the art of pushing the walker all over the house
and boy do you love it. Makenzie is usually right by your side to help you get
it back on course when you hit a roadblock! And lastly, you stand up in the
middle of the floor all the time and then will dive towards us (good thing we’re
right there!) so I’m sure it won’t be long before we see a few first steps!
-You are a MOMMA’S girl! I don’t know the rhyme or reason
for how I breed clingy babies but you have officially entered that world too.
Or maybe you learned from the best (your twin sisters are pros!) You can be
happily playing in the nursery at church or bible study but the minute you see
mommy, you make a beeline crawling as fast and frantically as you can to me,
all while crying! It is quite a sight and makes everyone laugh! Even at home,
you cam be contentedly playing and then look up at me and move to my lap as
quickly as possible for some “mommy love!” As sweet and cute as it is, I do
hope it’s just a phase! =)
-Speaking of mama, that’s the word you love to use most.
Ma-ma-ma as you come towards me. I won’t try to say differently-it’s simply the
cutest! You are learning to communicate more and more and it’s so fun to see
that developing. You can sign more and all done, especially when you want
another yogurt melt (not sure if there is anything you love more to be honest!)
and you wave your right hand frantically to let us know meal time is DONE!
There’s no question about it when you’re done. =) We’re working on signing please with you right
now-still a learning process! BY FAR one of the cutest things you do is wave
bye bye or night night. You look like you are in a beauty pageant as you
methodically move it up and down and side to side. It’s hilarious! Glad we
finally captured it on camera! And even though they’re not true words yet, you
use two syllables to make sounds that sound similar to bye bye and night night.
At 12 months though, I’d say your only real words are hi/hey and mama.
-What an affectionate little girl you have become this
month. You will come in close with us or your sisters for hugs and kisses and
really is there anything better than wet, open mouthed kisses from a baby? I
think not. =) Your sisters love to SMOTHER you with love so hope that’s one of
your love languages, ha!
-At the beginning of this month, you started despising bath
time. Not really sure why other than maybe you were tired of the baby tub. But
you were slipping and sliding all over the place. You would scream and try to
climb out! Now that we’ve started letting you bathe with the twins (close to
12mo) in the real tub, you LOVE it! Social little bug you!
-When I think of things you love to do right now as you turn
a year old, here’s what comes to mind: first off, independence (sort of=) You want to be down and free, but then you
come running back to hold onto mommy, You want to feed yourself squeeze packs
but then of course you still need help, so you THINK you can do it all by
yourself already! You love to pull out all the cups/plates/bowls from the
bottom kid drawer and make a huge mess all over the floor. You really are into
climbing things-your favorite being the stairs. Behind that would be the little
table and chairs set in the kitchen, your toys, and your new PB kids chair. You
love to think you’re so big already! You love crawling around the backyard and
playing on the little slide. You love the park but we certainly can’t take our
eyes off of you. You have NO fear! You will climb anything and everything and
then most of all, you love eating the wood chips scattered everywhere. At home,
being chased is a super fun game for you and thankfully you’ve got quite a few
participants willing to play. You will belly laugh when we come around the
corner and “get you”…simply the best! You love playing peek-a-boo and
crawling/climbing all over the little play house in the den. Lots of
entertainment with a mommy and two sisters for sure! Trying to keep up with
Maddie Grace and Makenzie has made me realize you seem to be growing up faster
than they did because you are seeing more modeled for you! You hold phones up
to your ear to “talk,” try as hard as you can to put high heels and shoes on
your feet, tote purses around, use the hairbrush on your hair, and put
sunglasses up on your head. You also are already a mini-mommy. You will hold
your babies and pat them lovingly! Can you please stay small for just a tad
longer!?
You’re a MOVER. I make the effort to read to you and your sisters
everyday but two books is about your limit, if that. We’ll keep working on
instilling a love for them! Unfortunately, we’ve also seen your first couple
temper tantrums already when you haven’t gotten what you want. We’re not ready
for that sweet girl! And lastly, you get so EXCITED when you see animals, but
especially dogs. You go nuts shaking your legs as fast as you can! You love
seeing them in person but you love animal books as well. You enjoy going to the
pet store now that you can see everything! So fun!
-Important dates this month: 10/11-You rode the carousel at
the mall in Birmingham for the
first time! 10/22-You stood up from the floor without help three times in a row
and mastered that from then on; cruising around furniture (right around 12mo); 10/30-Enjoyed
your first cupcake the night of your birthday and LOVED it! 11/3-Used the push
walker to stroll around the house and could do it without falling!
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