On her actually birthday (February 3) we took her to a local restaurant where we could get her a grilled cheese and green beans. These two food items are definitely her favorite. She shovels them so fast into her mouth that we can barely keep up! We didn't really celebrate on her birthday because her actual party was on Saturday! We had about 25 family and close friends over to our house to celebrate with us. The theme of the party was Pink & Lime green cupcakes! I will post more about the party later, because I have tons of pictures to upload. We had a wonderful time and we feel so blessed. Maddie received so many awesome presents and I think she is going to look pretty cute this spring with all her new clothes!
Maddie also had her ONE year well-visit. The doctor said that it was time to get rid of the bottle and for Maddie to be drinking her milk from a cup. Easier said than done. I have tried to give this child a cup with milk in it and she just throws it and gets so mad! She loves her sippy cup any other time, but she doesn't want to drink milk from it. We will just keep on trying...I am not too worried about it right now....a mom has to pick her battles :) But she has given up her nighttime bottle. We brush Maddie's teeth (which she loves) and then gets a sippy cup of water. She has done great with this! Other than that Maddie is right on track!
At 12 months:
24 lbs 13 oz (95%tile)
31 inches (96%tile)
I was actually surprised that she is still so high in the percentiles, because to me she doesn't look that big! She is one healthy baby that is for sure!
At 12 months old Maddie is doing so many things
- walking without looking like a mummy (almost running in some situations)
- bending down to pick things up without losing her balance
- claps hands
- does "biggest girl" (raises arms above her head)
- will imitate the "where is pointer" song
- loves to dance
- loves to turn light on and off...she is starting to almost say "on" and "off"
- uses different voices when playing with toys...almost like she is making them talk
- really starting to pretend play (will have a tea party and drink from the cup and eat the dessert) and loves to walk animals around on the floor
- is trying to imitate the animal sounds monkey and lion
- understands A LOT of what is being said to her
- points
- can climb the stairs and likes to go down them holding on to the rails (we really have to watch her because this child LOVES the stairs!)
I cant believe she is a year also! Sometimes its hard to wrap my head around that your even a mom! I love how you have kept up with a blog all through out the year so you have something to go back on and smile. My cousin does the same thing, and after each year gets a book printed out of all the blog entries.
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