coffeyhouse: 12 Months Old!

Age: 12 months- ONE YEAR OLD!!!

Height: 27.75 inches

Weight: 18 lbs 11.5 oz.

at her 12 onth appt- did great with her 3 shots and finger prick (anemia test)

Milestones: this month felt like a new thing every few days!

Sleep:

Bedtime at 8 p.m., up between 7:30-8... nap at 9 (about an hour and a half) and nap at 2 (about an hour)
Continue to be grateful for such a great sleeper!

Eating:

Have taken a turn in this department- still a great eater overall, but the preferences have BEGUN.... preferences being CARBS. Loves pasta, rice, bread, etc. She comes by that honestly, poor thing.
Mealtime brings out the hulk in our child- working on some mealtime behavior/manners- gets very feisty over her food. Luckily hasn't been an issue at restaurants/friends' houses but here is a different story. :) Continuing to work on baby sign language to encourage her to 'use her words.'
Started whole milk at 11 months and she loves it

These are a few of her Favorite Things:

Remotes, phones, anything electronic- definitely a child of her generation..!
Pulling hair off Scout and eating it- lovely. We are working on this. :) She may learn the word "yucky" before a lot of others because I use that word... a lot.
Pushing her walker- gets the cutest grin- so pleased with herself
Swings (park or at Grammy and Granddad's)
Playdates with friends
morning walks
ALL toys- especially anything new. The girl could play with toys for days.
Bathtime
LAUGH- from the child who barely laughed or smiled for the longest time, now EVERYTHING is funny! The best is hearing her laughing in the backseat when we're driving. So random and so funny.

These are a few of her Not-So-Favorite-Things:

Being told no- our current area is wanting to pull either the mirror off the wall above her changing table or hair off her furry sibling

in her birthday gift from Chris and I

Best of Times:

Been a busy but fun summer- most of the 'best of times' have been highlighted in previous posts with our trips etc.
Love how her personality comes out more and more as the weeks go on. She is quite the funny little girl. Multi-faceted personality for sure.
Love her cuddles before I put her down for a nap or bedtime
She randomly will crawl up on me now, put her head on my shoulder and suck her thumb for a few seconds... then go back to what she was doing. So sweet.
Still loves to read books and makes my teacher heart very happy :)

Worst of Times:

Other Coffey House Updates:

The basement is DONE! Well, phase "1" is done. :) Carpet in, walls done etc. We just have old furniture out now and not much else- which I love. Wide open play space for Peyton (and friends). :) Need to post pics soon- Chris did an amazing job. Love having it done!
We are not traveling for awhile, which I am really looking forward to. Becoming a homebody in my old age..
My headband 'business' continues to be busy, busy- doing a local craft fair with a friend on September 19th in Shawnee- busy preparing for that!

And some pictures for the road... (LOTS more in her birthday post!)