14 Months Old!!

So here we are....14 months old.  Didn't you JUST turn one? 
Not much has changed besides the fact that you ARE FINALLY WALKING!!!!  You started walking last week about 8/23/12-8/24/12 on your own completely, without mama, without dada, on your own.  AND on other surfaces other than carpet.  For a while there you would walk but only on carpet.  My little frankin-baby.  It is so adorable.  You scare the ever living crap out of your daddy though.  He forgets sometimes that your falls have become more graceful. 

 

You amaze me every single day.  You are the sweetest child ever and did I mention smart?  You have added new words to your vocab:  hairbow, outside, yes, peeassee (please), car, beep beep, CHOOCHOOOOOO, baby.  I am sure there are more.

 

Your love for your babydolls has gone from about a 1 to 20 in the last week or so.  You love them, hug them, kiss them, rock them, and pick at their eyeballs.

 

You are finally finished with the night time bottle, at 13 months, thank you very much, WHOOP WHOOP.  We are only on sippy cups and cups with lids/straws and quickly moving to a cup, you are showing a lot of interest when mommy does it and we have tried a few times.  and?  you end up with water all down your shirt. (Go Mommy)  We are still working on using a spoon and fork. Your appetite has changed some, you don't want to eat as much or as many veggies, kind of becoming a picky eater.  You still hate spaghetti but LURV you some mac n' cheese or anything with cheese really.

 

You love to walk to dogs with mama.  You laugh and smile the whole time saying "woof woof".  You still like to show off mama's bellybutton, doesn't matter if we are in the middle of walmart, my shirt goes up.  Thanks Kid.

 

We play the "show me" game a lot.  So far we know eyes, ears, nose, bellybutton, toes/foot, AND now TEETH.



 

Speaking of teeth, you now have top teeth!! On the day you turned 14 months your top left tooth broke the gum and today?  at 4:00 AM your right tooth broke the skin.  Have I mentioned it has been a long couple of days?  That is ok though.  It breaks my heart to see you in pain but knowing that seeing your mama at 4:00am helps you melts my heart into ONE MILLION pieces.  So I will be happy to drink my coffee all.day.long.



On your 14th month, we have a lot of fun stuff planned, more play dates.  New adventures and I am so happy I am able to take each one with you (b/c you know I am that mom that follows you everywhere).  Your GanGan is coming to visit this weekend.  I know you are excited to see your "GG".  Love you to the moon and back baby girl.

Photoshoots by ::Crystal Sheri Photography::

I met my dear friend, Crystal Tassone, soon to be Mrs. Stone :), where I use to work at Prime Health in Franklin. At our job we had to share an office and she became my roomie!! We literally talked all day about everything....mostly laughing and singing Adele. (and Lady GaGa but we won't talk about that). This girl has become a close friend and I love her dearly. In the year or so that we worked together we talked about how I wanted a family SO BAD just waiting on my husband to give "OK" and when and if I ever had a baby, she wanted to capture my sweet little families memories.....I am SO happy that it was her. She literally has been capturing our family from the beginning. If only she could have been in the operating room, yes/no? probably not, I wouldn't want to be either. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you future Mrs. Stone for your amazing talent and for capture these memories my

family will cherish forever!!

*All photos were taken by ::Crystal Sheri Photography::

Zoo, August 12, 2012!

Today we went to the Nashville Zoo with our good friends Chuck & Jennifer and their two girls, Rylee & Cami! The weather was almost perfect (as long as my white self didn't get in the sun)! We went back in March but Leighton was only 8 months old so now that is she 13 months I think she enjoyed it a little more! We became members so I can tell ya this mama WILL be taking advantage of the kids jungle gym there......its all padded, baby can't get hurt = this mama's dream!! However, she did have a little fall today and screamed and everyone stared but she was ok, promise! Here are some pics from today!

July! :)

July was my first month as a full time stay home mommy........and I LOVED EVERY SINGLE MINUTE.  It feels like I am on a vacation that is going to end soon and sometimes I catch myself getting sad b/c I have to drop her off at day care then I snap out of it and I am happy all over again.

I read a lot of blogs and some of the moms work full-time, part-time, not at all, and I wonder HOW IN THE HECK they get everything finished in one day.  I have ONE child and my day is full of feeding, diaper changing, playing, singing, dancing, walking dogs, cleaning, grocery shopping, MD appointments, playdates and my day goes by so fast....I blink and it is 5:00 PM and I have nothing accomplished except a happy baby and in my mind that is what matters the most.

July was a busy month and it flew by!! We went to the beach at the beginning of the month and had a great time with our friends and their little girls!!  I had a lot of MD appointments this month due to my crap teeth and clumsy self.  We had our first playdates, she got to see her friend Evan Jr and I got to see my good friend Ashley!! Leighton had a lot of fun at the play area at the mall! She also met a new friend, as did I, Samantha and Sadie!! Sadie is such a little sweetie!  We also attended our first Mommy & Me, she had SO much fun playing with the other kiddos.  She also FINALLY got to try biscuit and honey (one of my favs)!   Can't believe my baby will be 14 months old in August.   Time to think about another one....whatcha think hubby? ;)