Happy Birthday to my precious baby girl! Zoe spent her birthday surrounded by friends and family, and I'll post pictures of her birthday party soon. But first, what she's been up to this past month...
So-Funs at 12 months:
- Zoe says "hi," "ma ma," and "da"; she also says "noiy"a lot but we don't know what that one means...
- She helps get herself dressed, putting her arms through the shirt sleeves
- Zoe loves music and does quite a bit of dancing- she also loves to entertain
- For the most part, she is sleeping great, but she does fight her morning nap on occasion
- She gives lots of kisses these days and is great at waving and doing "so big"
- She uses lots of things as a phone, holding them up to her ear (the remote, toys, blocks) which I find particularly funny because she hardly sees anyone talking on the phone
- She makes the "bub bub bub" sound with her fingers over her lips and thinks she's pretty big stuff
- Zoe loves her Animals Around Us movie from Baby Einstein -- this is great because I can usually get dinner started in the 25 minutes it plays without worrying about what all she is getting into :)
Not-so-Funs at 12 months:
- Defiance. Man it starts early! Touching the trash can over and over, throwing food on the floor, pulling at cords all while watching my reaction... I wasn't prepared to have to deal with this yet. Recommendations at this age?
- I think its partly that her appetite is decreasing, but meal times are much more of a struggle. She often doesn't eat more than a few bites of any one thing, and then it goes over her tray and on the floor. Piece by piece. While mommy repeatedly says "no, food goes in our mouth." As soon as I start taking her tray away, she eats something and then we start the process all over again. But, she likes a wide variety of foods and doesn't spit things out usually. Until she's done with her yogurt and sprays it all over herself and mommy...
- She still loves bath time, but yesterday she stood up in the tub for the first time. Here we go...
- Poor kiddo got a fever on her birthday and has been sick ever since. She doesn't have any other symptoms other than being a little more lethargic and cranky at times, but its still not fun. But, she has been so healthy this first year that its really been an opportunity to be thankful.
We can't believe you're already 1, little one... we're so thankful to be your parents... you give us such joy and laughter... we love you more each day and can't wait to see what God has in store for your life!
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