Sorry this post is belated; you turned 1 a week ago Wednesday.
You are the biggest little sweetie with the cutest kissable cheeks.
Let's see some of the stuff you are up to...
You love your sister and are BFFs. You hold hands and dance at the hint of music or when you're out on the sidewalk you reach for her hand so you can walk together. You adore Josie, so much.
You are enjoying all kinds of foods mostly if you are allowed to feed yourself. You still love to nurse and have no intention of slowing down just yet. You're getting pretty wiggly during which and too smart -- sometimes you want to help yourself to a snack.
You are obsessed with shoes. You love everything about them and carry them around as your favorite possession and hold your feet out for me to put shoes on and try on mine whenever you can. I don't care how grouchy or upset you can be, if I bring out a pair of shoes, those tears dry up immediately and you get a big goofy grin. Silly.
You can color with crayons, pick blueberries, run wobbly around the house.
Your speech is astounding. You can mimic every sound I can say. You say dog a lot and like to squeal at the top of your lungs. You are incredibly smart. You give kisses and haven't figured out that kissing-smack-sounds are make with your lips so you mimic the exact sound with a click of your tongue and lean in and give me, Daddy, and big sis kisses pretty frequently.
You love tutus, puppies, brushing your hair.
You are all about puzzles and shape sorters. You are incredibly inquisitive and go around signing "what" or "why" with your hands at various things.
You're down to one nap now :( In the afternoon around 2pm. You and Jo love to bounce and run around on the bed prior to your nap.
You love crawling up the stairs and have begun trying to walk up on your feet holding on to the railing.
I have no clue how tall you are bc we missed your 1 year check up (sorry but you look pretty healthy to us). But you weigh 23 lbs. Josie is 26. Almost catching her, but I do think you slowed down on the weight gain. You're still gorgeously chunky despite all your running around after sis.
What else... you love Popsicles, baby dolls (you are already such a cute little mommy), and tackling balloons.
You finally like the beach and going over the waves in Mommy's arms. Not so sure about sand yet.
You are very careful about being messy.
You are getting over stranger anxiety and letting more family members hold you, finally.
And your eyes are still blue!!!!!
All my love, little beauty, little girl, my Mary
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