Finally! I'm getting around to this post. I'm only almost a month late. Oops :) We're just so busy having fun (okay read: busy with school) I kind of neglect my little blog from time to time, as I'm sure you can tell.
Elena had a great birthday! We did lots of fun things (which I will save for another post). And now that she's officially 12 months, aka 1 YEAR OLD (sheesh, time really does fly) I want to post what I never ever want to forget about my sweet little girl.
How she can say "hi" when prompted ..sounds more like "hi-eee" and "bye-bye" which sounds a lot like "ba ba" haha. Then when I ask her what a cow says and moo for her she goes, "mboo" and asking what a puppy says and bark for her she goes "ra!" and then tries to copy what a kitty says. Gosh it melts me to pieces. She is learning so fast!
On that note, she can sign milk, more, and is starting to fold her arms for prayer. She also can sign "father" and "mother" and "please." Again, smarty pants.
She has 8 "regular?" teeth..and 4 molars. And then the teeth in between those are on the verge of coming. I can see a lot of cranky days ahead of me...
She wants to do everything that Lydia does. Seriously. Drink from the same sippy cups, play with the same toys, bathe together, even jump on my bed when Lydia does it haha - I only know that because she whined as she stood at the foot of my bed while Lydia was doing it. Inseparable...despite their sibling rivalry.
She is still, hands down the easiest sleeper ever. When she does wake up in the night (usually a few hours after I put her down..proabably due to the nightlight Lydia needs to have in their room), I just make her a bottle and put her back into bed after it's done. It doesn't matter if she's just woken up, she'll go back to sleep eventually without crying. It's so nice. And when I ask her "you need to go ni-night?" She'll always look to her bedroom door, or aim her hand in that direction because she knows. :)
When she doesn't want to finish the rest of her bottle, she thinks it's just so fascinating to tip her bottle upside down and pour it on to the furniture or floor. Haha she knows it's naughty, little stinker!
She will lean in and give us kisses when we ask (usually).. and goes "mmm." It's the sweetest thing. Ever.
How she absolutely hates being cleaned up after eating. She squeals and screams. She hates it.. I have no idea why haha
She's a year old and still only army crawls. It makes me laugh. She can't crawl on her hands and knees yet (although I saw her take a few ..crawls?..the other day before she fell on her tummy and started army crawling again). I know she'll get there. I was talking to my mom last night and she said she was impressed because how many babies do we know that crawl on their elbows and push off with their feet/knees while holding toys/objects in their hands (seriously, that's the main reason she won't crawl.. it's nicer to hold things in her hand and scoot haha). I guess that's pretty cool :)
She usually sleeps all night. Except for that since I put Lydia back in their room together she'll wake up randomly 2 hours after they go to sleep and she'll just talk and sing and click her tongue until Lydia wakes up and says, "shh! Be ka-wet (quiet)" lol
She has gotten kind of a 'tude now that she's turned one, ya gotta watch out! I'm convinced it's her teeth...I'm probably right since she normally has a very sweet disposition. :)
Sometimes while sitting in my (or someone else's lap that she is comfortable in), she will lay her head against your chest and look up at you and smile or softly moan or say "mmm." It's so sweet.
She likes to dump all the clothes she finds anywhere...on the ground. She'll take my nicely folded laundry and throw it to the floor. Not much different than when she's eating haha She knows she's not supposed to put food on the floor but she does it anyway. Little stinker.
As she's becoming more and more mobile she wants to sit with me less and less. It was sweet though, the other day she just laid on my tummy next to me as we cuddled. I told her not to grow up.
Her face after I gave her some of my veggie juice lol. The first taste seemed kinda gross but she whined for more so I guess she liked it.
She can scale furniture. And she has stood for at least 10 seconds by herself today!
Her cute smile.
Her desire to put everything in her mouth...still.
Her love for other babies. We got her a fake baby for her birthday and boy was she excited to open that present! And she still loves her baby and likes to feed it its bottle. But she also loves real babies too and likes to "pet" them. :)
She has no problem drinking from a sippy cup and I've even put regular milk in one and she drinks it fine. I'm thinking we'll have no problem transitioning over. Yay!
She always, always loves sharing her food/milk with you. It's actually kind of cute. When she's drinking her bottle and she's drank..drunk? most of it, she'll offer some up to your lips. Or today during Church she kept offering her cracker to Jonathan and he'd pretend to take a bite and she'd start laughing, then do it again. Repeated like 10 times. It was cute.
She likes being dipped upside down and laughs while doing it.
How she got a "birthday cake" hangover. I think it was too much chocolate cake. The next day she had a fever and a really gross diaper. But I think she felt better after the cake left her system haha.
She loves my green smoothies.
She likes watching movies with Lydia like Snow White.
She absolutely loves phones. I try not to let her play with mine. I don't want her to get attached, but every once in a while I'll click on the lock screen so she can see the picture of us 3 and that will make her laugh and smile.
She sometimes wears 2 year old clothes haha. Not because she's outgrown her 12 month clothes, but I like the way they look on her haha. Sheesh.. kids grow up too fast!
How she dances. Oh man it just cracks me up. I love when she wiggles her body in dance!
Lately she's been going around saying "ba-ba BAP" haha over and over and over. And she likes hearing her echo in the Church bathroom. :)
I just mostly never want to forget my sweet, fun loving little 1 year old! She grew so fast over the last year. I just can't believe it. And now it's almost been a month since her birthday. Goodness, I love that little one. Earlier Jonathan said, "Man, I don't know what I ever did without Baby Sis. How did I live my life without her!" She is just a bright child that radiates happiness and her smile will no doubt make you smile. She is just incredibly sweet.
Elena had a great birthday! We did lots of fun things (which I will save for another post). And now that she's officially 12 months, aka 1 YEAR OLD (sheesh, time really does fly) I want to post what I never ever want to forget about my sweet little girl.
I never want to forget
How she can say "hi" when prompted ..sounds more like "hi-eee" and "bye-bye" which sounds a lot like "ba ba" haha. Then when I ask her what a cow says and moo for her she goes, "mboo" and asking what a puppy says and bark for her she goes "ra!" and then tries to copy what a kitty says. Gosh it melts me to pieces. She is learning so fast!
On that note, she can sign milk, more, and is starting to fold her arms for prayer. She also can sign "father" and "mother" and "please." Again, smarty pants.
She has 8 "regular?" teeth..and 4 molars. And then the teeth in between those are on the verge of coming. I can see a lot of cranky days ahead of me...
She wants to do everything that Lydia does. Seriously. Drink from the same sippy cups, play with the same toys, bathe together, even jump on my bed when Lydia does it haha - I only know that because she whined as she stood at the foot of my bed while Lydia was doing it. Inseparable...despite their sibling rivalry.
She is still, hands down the easiest sleeper ever. When she does wake up in the night (usually a few hours after I put her down..proabably due to the nightlight Lydia needs to have in their room), I just make her a bottle and put her back into bed after it's done. It doesn't matter if she's just woken up, she'll go back to sleep eventually without crying. It's so nice. And when I ask her "you need to go ni-night?" She'll always look to her bedroom door, or aim her hand in that direction because she knows. :)
When she doesn't want to finish the rest of her bottle, she thinks it's just so fascinating to tip her bottle upside down and pour it on to the furniture or floor. Haha she knows it's naughty, little stinker!
She will lean in and give us kisses when we ask (usually).. and goes "mmm." It's the sweetest thing. Ever.
How she absolutely hates being cleaned up after eating. She squeals and screams. She hates it.. I have no idea why haha
She's a year old and still only army crawls. It makes me laugh. She can't crawl on her hands and knees yet (although I saw her take a few ..crawls?..the other day before she fell on her tummy and started army crawling again). I know she'll get there. I was talking to my mom last night and she said she was impressed because how many babies do we know that crawl on their elbows and push off with their feet/knees while holding toys/objects in their hands (seriously, that's the main reason she won't crawl.. it's nicer to hold things in her hand and scoot haha). I guess that's pretty cool :)
She usually sleeps all night. Except for that since I put Lydia back in their room together she'll wake up randomly 2 hours after they go to sleep and she'll just talk and sing and click her tongue until Lydia wakes up and says, "shh! Be ka-wet (quiet)" lol
She has gotten kind of a 'tude now that she's turned one, ya gotta watch out! I'm convinced it's her teeth...I'm probably right since she normally has a very sweet disposition. :)
Sometimes while sitting in my (or someone else's lap that she is comfortable in), she will lay her head against your chest and look up at you and smile or softly moan or say "mmm." It's so sweet.
She likes to dump all the clothes she finds anywhere...on the ground. She'll take my nicely folded laundry and throw it to the floor. Not much different than when she's eating haha She knows she's not supposed to put food on the floor but she does it anyway. Little stinker.
As she's becoming more and more mobile she wants to sit with me less and less. It was sweet though, the other day she just laid on my tummy next to me as we cuddled. I told her not to grow up.
I never want to forget
Her face after I gave her some of my veggie juice lol. The first taste seemed kinda gross but she whined for more so I guess she liked it.
She can scale furniture. And she has stood for at least 10 seconds by herself today!
Her cute smile.
Her desire to put everything in her mouth...still.
Her love for other babies. We got her a fake baby for her birthday and boy was she excited to open that present! And she still loves her baby and likes to feed it its bottle. But she also loves real babies too and likes to "pet" them. :)
She has no problem drinking from a sippy cup and I've even put regular milk in one and she drinks it fine. I'm thinking we'll have no problem transitioning over. Yay!
She always, always loves sharing her food/milk with you. It's actually kind of cute. When she's drinking her bottle and she's drank..drunk? most of it, she'll offer some up to your lips. Or today during Church she kept offering her cracker to Jonathan and he'd pretend to take a bite and she'd start laughing, then do it again. Repeated like 10 times. It was cute.
She likes being dipped upside down and laughs while doing it.
I never want to forget
How she got a "birthday cake" hangover. I think it was too much chocolate cake. The next day she had a fever and a really gross diaper. But I think she felt better after the cake left her system haha.
She loves my green smoothies.
She likes watching movies with Lydia like Snow White.
She absolutely loves phones. I try not to let her play with mine. I don't want her to get attached, but every once in a while I'll click on the lock screen so she can see the picture of us 3 and that will make her laugh and smile.
She sometimes wears 2 year old clothes haha. Not because she's outgrown her 12 month clothes, but I like the way they look on her haha. Sheesh.. kids grow up too fast!
How she dances. Oh man it just cracks me up. I love when she wiggles her body in dance!
Lately she's been going around saying "ba-ba BAP" haha over and over and over. And she likes hearing her echo in the Church bathroom. :)
I just mostly never want to forget my sweet, fun loving little 1 year old! She grew so fast over the last year. I just can't believe it. And now it's almost been a month since her birthday. Goodness, I love that little one. Earlier Jonathan said, "Man, I don't know what I ever did without Baby Sis. How did I live my life without her!" She is just a bright child that radiates happiness and her smile will no doubt make you smile. She is just incredibly sweet.
