LOVE

Our little princess, we can't believe she's already a year old. What a beautiful soul this little person has - she is so full of joy, so sweetly natured, and already a tough little cookie. She is a trooper, and continues to grow and develop beautilfully. She is teetering around on her sticks, furniture walking and almost ready to take her first few steps. She'll stand on her own for a few seconds now, but hasn't quite taken on the first steps on her own. Her crawl has become kind of a scooch/crawl these days too, but she can get herself from point A to B at light speed!
She's wearing size 3 diaper, size 12 month clothes, 6-9 month shoes (tiny little feet!), and has four teeth. She got the top two teeth in about a week before her birthday, so those teeth are taking their time coming in! It doesn't keep her from eating though - she loves her finger foods, and will eat anything she can gum and not choke on! She still drinks about 25-30 ounces of milk a day, and most of that is whole milk now, not formula. We are still giving her medicine once a day, and are hoping to be weening her off of that completely in the next month or so. She sleeps from about 7pm to 6am, and has just begun skipping her morning nap, so we'll see if she keeps that up! I think she just doesn't want to miss out on the action around her!
Her favorite things - Hudson (of course he's the ultimate), Lego (her firs real words were "hi doggie"), and mom and dad. She is favoring me a bit more, and wants me to hold her a lot more than before - again I think part of that is because she wants to be up in the mix of it all, the floor is too low down! She is very vocal, talks a lot, and has just started singing!! What a beautiful sound. She is also our little dancer, and will start moving and shaking the second i start singing or clapping. I think I could watch her dance all day long. It's the best.
She and Hudson are like oil and vinegar some days, and peanut butter and jelly others. Stella is getting more into his toys lately, and Hudson is having a hard time sharing things...even things that aren't his. He also wants to be close to her, and can be so sweet with her. They absolutely love each other in a way only siblings can, and it's so awesome to see them interact and grow up together. What an amazing thing.