being one

she’s only been one for a few days and it seems like she made that baby to toddler transition overnight. 😦 please excuse the halloween jammies in march. 🙂

here’s my twelve month old overview: she has these funny quirks that melt me. see purple bead necklace nearby? and one sock? doesn’t matter whose it is…preferably someone other than hers. just one. knows the backyardigans and loves them. will pick up her toys and start dancing.. and that means, turn on the CD so i can dance. will sit and play for a period of time while: playing in the kitchen… whether that’s emptying the bowls and cups or pulling the snacks out or playing with a spatula and a pasta drainer, or pulling my pens/pencils out under my desk, or playing with my scrapbook supplies, or looking and babbling at books, or sorting the mail for me. i was hesitant to get rid of a broken scanner because she loved playing with it so much. 🙂 she’s started taking 4-5 steps when she wants to. she’s a quick crawler so doesn’t see the need to walk. 🙂 yet. 🙂 she says hi to EVERYONE. so friendly. finicky with food- loves something one day, can’t stand it the other. will make a mad dash when she sees me coming with a clean diaper in hand. "writes" with pens/pencils/crayons.. little doodles. concentrates very hard when doing that. method of protesting: screaming. fascinated with babies and animals.  communicates her yes’s and no’s with us sooo well.. big shakes of the head and sometimes the whole body. love that. SO on the move. our house is barely baby proofed.. she is free to roam everywhere (except the bathroom!) and does so with great ease..especially the stairs. see these pics… she is so ready to move to the next thing.

now that i have 12 months worth of updates, i will try and think of something scrapbook-y to do with them. i am so glad i have it all down. i just wish i had done it for all the kids.

have a great weekend!