Lilly's 1 year update

I can't believe that my baby girl turned ONE this past Sunday!  Lilly has grown and changed so much in the past year!  She is a sweet, cuddly, giggling little girl who loves her Momma, Daddy, Brayden,  and Ms Sarah (daycare teacher) to pieces - we we all love her back so much!

Lilly 1 year ago

Lilly - Saturday at her party

I knew that Lilly was on the small side, but I didn't realize quite how small until her 1 yr check up this past Tuesday.  Here are her stats:

Weight: 18 pounds 1 ounce (12%)
Height: 26.75" tall (3%)
Head Circumference: 18" (75%)

So she is short with a big head I mean brains!

Lilly babbles all the time, although the only possibly distinguishable words right now are "momma" and "dadda".  I have a feeling that one day, she is just going to start talking and never stop! 

Finally, at around 11 months, Lilly decided that it was OK to sleep though the night (most of the time), but only after a few nights of waking up 9-10 times!  Yeah...those were not good days that followed :)  She is still hit or miss with naps both at home and at school.  Lots of days, she only takes 2 short 30-40 minute naps, but this week, she seems to be taking 2 longer naps.  Maybe because she is so much more mobile now??  Either way, I am hoping that once she moves to the 1yr old class at school, she will settle into a 1 nap per day routine quickly. 

Even though her weight/height don't really indicate it, Lilly Bug LOVES TO EAT!!  Some meals, she eats more than Brayden (and he is a pretty good eater).  I don't think we have really found anything that she doesn't like to eat.  She will eat chicken, steak, pork chops, spaghetti (and other similar foods), meatballs, any pasta type dish, all fruit and veggies (including beets and mushrooms)...you name it and she will eat it!  She loves graham crackers, cheese, animal crackers, and puffs for snacks as well.  We started the switch to whole milk about 2 weeks ago and Lilly took right to it.  Didn't phase her one bit. 

As of this week, she is not getting anymore bottles, but does still get a sippy cup of mommy's milk at school during the day. She is still nursing 2-3 times per day and drinks whole milk, water, or juice the rest of the time. 

Slowly but surely Lilly's hair is coming in.  It is going to be blonde like Mommy's.  We are working on leaving hairbows and headbands in.  She did pretty well at her party on Saturday, but after a while the headband came out.  Her eyes...OH MY WORD...they are the most beautiful blue!  I am so excited that they stayed blue!

Lilly is always happy as along as Mommy is holding her, which makes me feel good :)  Brayden never really cared one way or the other who had him, but Lilly is a Mommy's girl through and through.  I am sure that this will change before too long though!  She is a very determined little thing.  She KNOWS what she isn't supposed to get into (TV electronics, cat food/water, etc), but goes straight for those things and then turns back to look & see if she is being watched before messing with them.  If she gets caught and you say "NO!", she immediately starts crying.  Of course, as soon as she is done crying, right back at it she goes!

Lilly has been "cruising" around the furniture for about 1-2 months now, but about a week ago she took a 1-2 very tentative steps towards me but wouldn't do it again when I tried to show Matt.  Then at her party, she just up and walked about 10 steps to my mom!  Silly girl...she just wanted a big audience!  Just tonight, she has been walking more and more and can almost make it across the kitchen before falling down!  It won't be long before she is completely a walker!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!  Mommy, Daddy, and Brayden love you SO MUCH!!