How is it possible that I am already writing your first birthday post!?!? This has been the best year of my life, but definitely the fastest year of my life! I got very emotional the day before your birthday thinking back to the excitement your daddy and I were experiencing with your arrival coming! Those are moments that I will always cherish! One year ago you made me a mommy for the first time and I am ever so thankful for you and feel tremendously blessed to be your mommy! God has truly blessed us with you in our life! This past month you have grown so much! You are basically running everywhere! We planned and planned for your party and it came and went so fast! Your theme was Winter Onederland...it was adorable! I took your picture for your invitations in a tutu with you wearing a scarf and hat. It turned out great! Perfect for the theme! The decorations, to the food, to your outfit all were fantastic! You didn't quite know what to think about all of the people, but you had a great time I know! We had cupcakes for all of our guests and you had your own giant cupcake for your smash cake. You dug in to your cake and had so much fun smashing it in your hands, but you would not eat it off of your hands! It was hilarious! Daddy fed you some off of a fork and then you ate it, but I'm not sure that you loved it! Which I am happy about! :-) You are one blessed little girl! You had an overflow of gifts from so many who love you! Mommy and Daddy were overwhelmed!
Unfortunately, the day after your party people started coming down with the flu, we were worried it was food poisoning, but pretty sure it was the flu because everyone got sick on different days up to a week and a half after the party! You got sick first...it was pitiful and I just wanted to make you better! Then Daddy came home sick on Monday...I thought I was in the clear, but I came home Tuesday sick. Then, you and I both came down with strep on Wednesday! It was a disaster week! Thankfully we are all healthy again and you are eating and drinking like normal again...more than normal actually!
You are a healthy, growing girl. At your 12 month appointment, you weighed 21 pounds (60th percentile) and you are 32 inches long (99th percentile...you were off the charts!) This is so hard for me to believe how long you are! The doctor said at this rate you would be 5 foot 9! WOW! You also were so brave with your shots that you had to get. It was the first time getting them in your arms and you only cried for one of the shots! Such a strong girl!
We have also weened you off of your bottle! It was a pretty easy transition. We did it gradually and slowly. We took you off of it during the day and only gave it to you morning and night, then we took it away at night and finally got it away in the morning. Now, you completely drink out of your cup and get milk morning and night, with water and fortune delight during the day. You drink about 12-16 ounces of milk a day. You eat 3 meals a day. You are saying a few words: the most common ones are: dada, cracker (cwak), pup for puppy, up (when you want to be held), and your own version of all gone. You love crackers! You will stand next to the cabinet where they are and say cracker until we come to give you one. It is funny! You are starting to give high fives and you still love to dance! Barney continues to be your favorite character! You get so excited when he comes on! Your absolute favorite right now is books! You love to read books and bring them to us all day long to read to you. You will carry the book to us and sit in our lap! It is so sweet! I love it! We also moved you into your new carseat from your carrier seat. You are still rear facing...we will keep you that way until 40 pounds to have you in the safest position possible! You have done pretty well in your new seat and I think you like that you can see out the window better, but you don't fall asleep as easily because you are sitting more upright. So many new transitions this month! You are so a happy girl and we love you so much! We can't believe you have been in our lives a year, but at the same time it seems that you have been in our life forever! You make our world complete and thank God every single day for giving us a healthy, happy girl! We look forward to celebrating many more happy times with you! We love you so much! Happy first birthday! May God continue to bless you!
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