The Many Adventures of You & Me

Can't believe we hit this mark already...

12 months

(stats & pictures to come on Monday)

At 12 months this little nugget...

-has to say good morning to her panda every morning before she gets out of her crib

-loves to jump

-eat everything by herself (she doesn't like you to rip it in pieces, she like big people food)

- helps me during a diaper change (by opening her legs and staying still .0001% of the time)

- thinks it is funny to stick her hand down there while I am changing her. When I say "get your hand out of there" she giggles and does it again.

- says things that sound like: mom, dad, ball, baby, go, yeah, Anna and my personal favorite..... Aubrey

- fake coughs

-Plays nicely by herself

- sits still when I count while changing her diaper

- says dadadadada when she cries

- crawls everywhere

- has a cool new highchair (funny story about this one. It is a type of chair that hooks to a chair, I put her in there the first time and watched her eat. I put her up to the table and took off the tray so she felt like a big girl. Well just like every other time she put her feet up and started relaxing. Then she thought it would be funny to rock her chair and almost tip over. She now is in the corner with her tray.)

- throws her binki outside her crib and talks until you come get it

- snuggles with her binki and blanket when she is tired

- still talks all day long

- was buckled in to a restaurant high chair she somehow got out and started to crawl across the table in the 5 seconds I turned to respond to my dad. (little Houdini)

- walks around all proud with her walking toy

-still loves remotes

- pretends to read books

- went sledding all by herself!

- went to the zoo and all she cared about was the water ball

- loves to find and eat cords or anything else on the ground

- loves to take everything out of my purse and crawl away

- holds her own sippy (drinks water like a camel)

- loves to pull all of her clothes off her shelves

- has 6 teeth (2 on bottom, 4 on top)

- is now considered a toddler

- loves hot dogs, chicken, string cheese, bananas, tortillas, granola bars, nilla wafers, etc.

- got a snack thing for her birthday and knows it is in my purse. she always finds it and eats it until I get to her

- had her first swim in the toilet. Only one arm got in before I caught her, but she tried to jump in when I came after her.

-is obsessed with my hair

- doesn't mind being out in the cold

- does an O shaped mouth and says oooo, oooo, ooo all the time.

- waves hi to people I talk to on the phone

- is still a wonderful sleeper!

- whispers to you sometimes and yells other times

- will crouch down and scoot along the floor to get under something or to get something under the couch

-sing when everybody else does at church

-never sits the right way in a cart.

 - laughs and starts to wiggle when I dance

-is a good sport with the cold snowy weather

-is a good sport with most things: busy days, snow, no naps, shopping...

 -is the cutest baby i know, and completely hams it up for the camera

 - didn't destroy her cake like I thought she would 

 -tried to help little Kingston out by attacking him

 - doesn't need toys for her birthday, boxes will do

 The H-annas

 Elephant towel from aunt Holly

cutest picture ever!

 Matching beanies with baby J

 all bundled up for our walk to church

 Fun at JoAnn's

I am in shock. This year has gone by so fast. I feel like Anna has always been mine, but it was only a short year ago when life changed 6 weeks early. When I sat in a room all alone waiting for somebody to tell me how my little girl looked, if she was healthy, how much she weight and all the details. Is was a year ago when this nugget decided it was getting a little too cramped and it was time to come out and play. I love her SO much. I cannot believe I was lucky enough to be blessed with the little firecracker. She is FULL of personality and spunk. I am glad every year on her birthday I can celebrate her and World Prematurity Day. I am also glad she was born just before Thanksgiving. I am POSITIVE I will be grateful for her sweet, loving spirit every single year. I miss her sometimes when she is sleeping. I go in her room and just look at her. I also run over and just squeeze her because she is so cute. I don't care when she makes messes. I will clean up after her a gazillion times as long as she is mine. Looking back at pictures I am so grateful for all of the progress we have made and for her health. We worked extremely hard to keep her away from RSV last year and we did it! It will be a battle this year again but I am sure we are strong and she is stronger. I love watching her learn and grow. This is how Anna looked when I first met her, THANKFULLY she is healthy and growing like a crazy weed.

Happy 1st Birthday Anna!

I love you so much! I look forward to seeing your sweet face everyday! Thank you for volunteering to come into our family. You are the best! I look forward to MANY more birthdays with you!