She turned 1 last month (April 2nd.) She is still not walking, but getting so close. Just this week she has started standing on her own regularly without freaking out. We will say, "Stand up!" and she does, all proud of herself. She occasionally will take a step or two before decidedly plopping down on her bottom. A couple days ago she even took 6 steps! She is not seeming to be aware that it is a good way to move around, however. She still cruises around on the furniture as much as possible, and if there is no furniture option, she will crawl. Sometimes she will get the ottoman from my glider, or a speaker we have, or a little play table of hers and push it around the room. She just doesn't realize that she could be doing it on her own. In fact, when I try and get her to walk just holding on to one of my hands, she has a meltdown, and just drops to the floor. Silly baby.
Here are some other things she is up to:
-She is talking more and more. She says "Pwee" for "please," accompanied by pulling a hand across her chest to do the sign for it. She also knows the sign for "more," and will use it when she wants anything. She says "Nuh nuh" when she wants to nurse, or eat anything, really. Her favorite word is "baby" and will say it instead of a lot of other things that she knows how to say (like puppy, or kitty, or Daddy, sometimes.) But if she actually sees a baby, she gets very excited and points and says, "Baby!"
-She loves Craisins. If I even say "Craisins" out loud, she starts making the sign for "more."
-When we give her anything to eat now, she says, "Mmmm."
-She loves her books. For a while she really didn't care about reading them, and just liked turning the pages, but now she will bring me the one she wants, and if I don't start reading right away, she gets impatient. She loves Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and will say the "Boom Boom" with me sometimes. She also likes Pat The Bunny and one called Feely Bugs.
-She loves peekaboo, and will hide behind her hands if nothing else is around. When she peeks out suddenly, and I say "There she is!" or "Peekaboo!" she gets this adorable toothy grin, and goes back to do it again.
-She loves music. When any type of music starts playing, she starts dancing. She moves side to side, and tucks her arms behind her back or waves them around. She like "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and will have me sing it with the actions FOREVER. She tries to do them with me sometimes, which is so cute. She likes the "Five Little Ducks Went Out One Day" song, and we'll sing it in the bathtub with her rubber ducks. The thing is, if you say, "Do you want to sing a song" She will start singing "Baby" by Justin Bieber. And dancing.
-She has been on a predictable sleeping schedule, which is amazing. Enough that I can put her down awake, and she knows it's nap time, and sleeps for a couple hours. She will only cry for maybe 15 minutes before being completely asleep.
-She loves her stuffed animals, especially her pig. She hugs it, and kisses it, and naps with it. Soooo cute.
-She loves her aunts and uncles and grandparents. I think she is starting to realize just how much everybody pays attention to her, and is feeling quite spoiled with the love. She loves playing with them.
I'm sure there is more, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head. Here are some pictures I took the other day. :)
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| Here is one of us on Mother's Day. (Blurry and tired is the best I got) |
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| Playing Peekaboo |
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| Dancing |
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| She likes to crawl back and forth on the couches |
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| blowing a kiss |
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| There is "Please" |
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| There is the ottoman she pushes around |
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| Her favorite part in Pat The Bunny is the book inside the book. She always turns right to it. |
So, I got in the shower on Tuesday, and Eloise likes to sit right next to the shower and peek in at me. So when I was done, I ran into my room to get dressed and left her in the bathroom for a minute. This is what I came back to.
