7.27.12
Baby girl, you are now 13 months old.......aaannndd still not walking. I am kinda pushing it now and comparing you to other children. Is it because you are like super tall and look like a 2 year old rather than a 1 year old? You will stand on your own, take 10 steps on your own, but then you fall?! We will get there baby, literally - one -step - at - a - time.
Not much has changed from 12 months. You still eat like a little piggy except for peas, you still spit those out OR throw them (we are working on that). I hate them too so I'm not too pushy on them. You also eat super healthy and eat lots of organic stuff. TONS of bread, you get that from me. AND we are still working on the whole milk thing, you only prefer it in the afternoon.
You sleep from about 7:30-8:00 PM to 8:00AM. Can I tell ya how thankful mama is for that? You also take 2 good naps a day, long one in the morning, short afternoon nap.
You have 4 teeth and very painfully working on that 5th one....all on the bottom, guess your top teeth aren't cool enough to come in?
You still talk ALL day long, most of the time I can understand what you are saying but sometimes that jibber-jabber you speak you look at me like I understand and I just smile and nod and agree then you go about your business. We started a "music time" during the day and we listen to the toddler station on pandora, you LOVE it. You sing and dance and clap.
Happy 13 Months Ladybug!!!!
I have lived in TN now for 7 years.....SEVEN!! I love living in TN, my favorite part is that it is SO close to the mountains. I love watching my hubby being in his element, he is such a mountain man (a cute one at that). I just love the atmosphere, the views, not so much the cabins with mice but that is another story for another time.
Back to what my post was about.....so I have lived her for 7 years and tried a couple of different churches. If you know me then you know that I have a hard to committing to things (my marriage is 100% no worries, hubby) but I just like my OWN agenda, do things when I want to, at my own time, take my time getting ready, do laundry when I feel like it. Sunday mornings are my lazy time with my family and committing to get up that early after working all week I just couldn't commit, selfish, right?
I grew up going to church, that's how my mama raised me. I feel like a part of me is missing, I wanted to start going when Leighton was little but I had a fear she would cry or get hungry, 3-4 months later I kept giving excuses. Mike would say "I want to start going back this Sunday" and I would agree...Sunday came around and there was my anxiety again and I would chicken out. Church nursery was WAY out of the question.....I don't know these people and I am going to trust them with my child...HA yeah right. So now, she is one year old and getting the urge to go but yet HELLO anxiety and this mama gets herself so worked up.
I am making it a goal to start looking for a church home soon, but what do I do about the nursery?! I am sure she will be fine she does great with other kids but I know my attention will be on her!! On top of my commitment issue by the way....I have anxiety - another day another post! :)
I started planning this party around February, I wanted everything perfect. I knew that day was going to be crazy busy but I had NOOO clue how much of a lunatic I was going to be....the day before my mom and sister came up to help with everything (seriously, could not have done it without them) and we bought food, finished decorations, and made fun of all my crazy ideas until 12:30 AM.....but ya know what?! It was my baby's first birthday party and everything I said I wanted to happen was going to happen. We ok, so Mike was still hanging decorations when people were arriving. It was ccrraazzyyy. I have decided for next year, it will be smaller, at home, less people, and with water sprinklers, water balloons, slip n' slides, a pool and an air conditioner. It was too flippin hot for this mama! Leighton is so blessed to have some amazing people in her life, a lot of close friends came to help celebrate her birthday, so if you came, thanks again!!
First, I want to say Happy FIRST Birthday to my sweet, amazing, funny, strong willed, BEAUTIFUL daughter!!! I can't believe it has been a year since you came into our little world of just us two and made us a family of three. It took 9 months of waiting and 17 hours of labor and csection but you were finally here! And now? I have toddler....well almost. On your ONE year birthday, you had a party at your day care and we also had a ladybug theme party for you the weekend before. The day of your birthday, mama sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY at least 35 times, maybe more. Daddy went off to work and I cooked you one of your favorites, pancakes with a side of banana. We met Daddy at work for lunch and then we took you to build-a-bear!! You and I also rode on the merry-go-round, which you didn't like so much towards the end, you kind of freaked. We got you a cupcake at GiGi's (which you had after dinner) and by the end of the day you were exhausted and you went to sleep pretty early. It was a low key birthday but your party the weekend before was kind of a big deal! :)
At 12 months old you are crawling everywhere at like 90 miles an hour. Sometimes you get to going too fast and your hands slip and then your legs going flying up, it is pretty hilarious.
You are seriously the smartest kid ever (I know, I know every parent says that)! You talk ALL the time. You say so many words...Mommy, Daddy, puppy, dawg, ball, plane, bird, GO NOW (you scream it), dush aka juice, Bella/Ella, Bubba aka Moe, shoe, book, ELMO, and we are working on bellybutton.
You can tell me where your/my bellybutton is, you point to the birds/plane in the sky if asked, you can tell me where you nose is, you tell me when you are hungry by saying "dush", you can tell us the first letter of the alphabet "A"!!!, you dance ALL the time to any song and sometimes you sing along. Your favorite song is Jesus Loves Me. You are sooo strong willed and can be pretty demanding sometimes and I have a feeling you won't be taking crap from anyone with that strong personality!
Now, we just gotta get you walking, because this whole pulling up on everything and falling and your mama about to have a heart attack is time is gettin old little one!!
I have been kicking myself for not documenting more of Leighton's first year!! It took all I had to just take care of myself through her first year of life. Worked full time, took care of home, errands, etc. I could go on forever but now that I am living my dream as a full-time wife and mommy my goal is to take 100 pictures a day and document my baby because already, in the blink of an eye, she is ONE year old. My other goal is to get my house organized during naps. (Which by the way, she is an EXCELLENT napper and sleeper now) Thank GOODNESS! I don't want to bore everyone with just our daily happenings but I want to document as much as I can and get the blog turned into a book. Who knows, she could be our only child, she is my world and I waited a long time for this baby and I want to have these memories because Lord knows, my brain isn't as sharp as it use to be! This week I will be working on post for our beach trip, her 12 month of life, and her first birthday party!! For now, here is a picture of Leighton playing in her "poo" according to her aka pool! :)
