One year stats

Emily had her one year check up today and I figured I would write up a quick blog before I forgot everything. She had to get 4 shots today. :( Poor little girl. She would have had more, but she needed her second dose of the flu vaccine, so the doctor pushed some off to give Emily a little break. She did pretty good. She was very happy that Daddy could come to the appointment and give her some snuggles afterward. No one can save the day like her Daddy. That being said this is what she is up too.

*She is completely off bottles. Every book I have read and most pedi's recommend ditching the bottle at a year. We actually did it a little early, and it was all Em's idea. She slowly just stopped drinking her bottle at night and drinking more milk out of a sippy at dinner, to the point where she would only drink an oz maybe and then she was crawling out of our arms to go to bed. It was never a problem weaning her off the bottle. Now we just lay her down and she is out for the night.

*She drinks 12-16oz of whole milk a day

*She no longer needs her paci for naps at daycare. At home though we are having trouble breaking it a bit. She sleeps forever with it at home, so we may delay taking it away for a bit since it is only at night.

*She weighs 19lbs and is 27 1/4 inches long. She is a little peanut. 10-20% for weight and 25% for height. The doctor is not concerned at all.

*She can sign more and please. And she now blows kisses. WHICH.I.LOVE. They are also teaching her thank you, all done, milk, and water at school and when she moves to the 1 year old room in January they learn even more. I think it is great that she is learning to communicate in so many different ways.

*She points at EVERYTHING.

*She says Dada, Daddy, Dog, Doggy, Mama, Mommy, ball, Jesse, baby, "EIEIEIEI" instead of EIEIO, hi and bye bye on occasion. Tonight she started yelling DOW!!and pointing to her Baby Einstein Old McDonald DVD case, which has cow on the cover. These are all words that she uses correctly. She also says Abby, but it really sounds like "babbyabbyabby" and Nonny (this is what my mom wants to be called,) she says it, but not to her yet.

*She runs everywhere

*Still sleeps great at night and is down to one nap a day, which is anywhere from 1 1/2 hours-3.

*Loves snuggling with a blanket and lamby.

*Blueberries and string cheese are still her favorite foods. She is not big on veggies, but we are working on hiding them in things she does like.

*She is learning to climb on things and also to cautiously climb down (i.e off the couch)

*Her attention span is getting a little longer and she will sit and listen to about half a book at a time without getting bored. She loves to carry her books around and point out all the dogs to us. Surprisingly she has a ton of books with dogs in them. Ha!

*She loves when people clap and loves being the center of attention.

She seems to change everyday before our eyes. She is so much fun to play with these days. We play hide and seek and chase. It can keep her laughing for hours!