(Walking caught on SKYPE!!!!)
A small celebration before the big party on Saturday!
Dear Nevaeh,
Today marks a year after your beautiful birth! Sooooo hard to believe that a whole year has passed us by soooooo quickly. You are no longer a baby! You've grown into a beautiful, smart little toddler who is into EVERYTHING! But we wouldn't want it any other way! This Saturday, Mommy and Daddy are celebrating your birthday. I'll post those pictures and then print you a blog book of your first year of life as a keepsake to save with your birth book that I made for you! One day I hope you will be sharing this blog book with your children and grandchildren. I want them to know me through you!....And I hope one day you will do the same type of memory book for your children and grandchildren!
The doctor weighed you in at 19 1/2 lbs.(23rd%), and 29 inches long (40th%). You are tiny like your Mommy was, but not necessarily petite. You wear a size 3 diaper and size 4 shoe. Most of your clothes are between a 9 month and 12 month size depending on the style! According to the doctor, we are suppose to take away your bottle, but I am NOT crazy about the idea. This is the only way that we know you are getting enough nourishment. You have a cereal bottle in the morning and at night and eat table food for lunch and dinner.....Often we find the food on the floor and not in your mouth! You have mastered the sippy cup, but love to fling it on the floor! Often we will see you shake your head NO to food, blow raspberries and spit the food out and now you are even holding your hands over your mouth when you are done eating! Toooo funny!
You are still a champion sleeper! Sometimes you let us rock you to sleep with your binkie and blankie, and often you will let us lay you down in the crib or on the floor with your binkie and blankie to go to sleep on your own! You still sleep between 10-11 hours at night, with two naps during the day. You wake around 8:00 in the morning, naps at around 11:00 & 4:00 and bedtime around 9:00pm.
You still only have two bottom teeth. Not sure when the others will make their appearance.....hopefully soon because you are miserable sometimes and we are guessing it is due to teething. You repeat many words that we say and this past month, you put two words together and said "Nevaeh bite"......but you only said this once. Often we hear you babble up a storm with such expression. Speaking of expression you love to "read" books and babble away. You point to the pictures and words as we read books to you! You still watch the "Your Baby can Read" video every morning as part of the morning routine and sometimes you repeat those words as you watch! Sooooo cute! You also point to all of your body parts when asked and you point them out on your dolly who you call "Sissy". You walk holding onto things and love walking on your knees (just like your Mommy did....in fact Mommy walked on her knees until she was 14 months and refused to walk on her feet....I wonder what you will do?) Lately you have been holding onto my finger with one hand and walking on your own, and 2 days before your first birthday, you took 5 steps on your own while holding your dolly!
Your personality is sweet and easy most of the time. However, you do have a stubborn streak and at times I think you are in the terrible twos already! Boy when you don't want to do something, the whole world knows! Your face even turns red! Hopefully this is just a phase.....If not, we may have to start "time out" soon! LOL! Even with the temper tantrums, you are soooo very loved by many!
I love you sooooo much and look forward to many more years of this grandparent bliss!
Love, Grandma Dason
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