Carly Kate, you are one year old today! This year has flown by. It seems like just yesterday we were preparing to go to the hospital to have you.
You were a 5 lb 9 oz tiny bundle of sweetness! We were so thankful you were healthy and finally here!
You have been a source of pure joy to us in the last year. You have the sweetest personality and it's growing every day. You love to hug and kiss me and it just makes my heart melt. You are such a good natured baby. You still do have your moments but they are mostly short lived.
(this was too cute not to share of you chewing your paci)
I loved you so much from the moment I met you - but I love you 365x that now. My love grows for you every day.
You act shy when everyone talks to you but then you will smile and flash your dimple once you warm up. You love to wave and say bye bye to everyone.
You ALWAYS wake up happy in the mornings, you're such a great sleeper. I love that about you!
You don't say a whole lot of words yet but you babble a ton. You say "momma"(on occasion), "dada"(a ton), and "bye bye". You LOVE LOVE LOVE the Mickey Mouse "Hot Dog" song and it sounded like you were trying to say "Hot Dog" one day without the t on the end of the Hot and G on the end of the Dog. You also have sounded like you have said Odie. He lets you crawl all over him and pet him. You LOVE him and Pebbles. Pebbles is very tolerant of you but still is unsure of your tricks, haha!
You just started crawling 2 weeks ago and you are everywhere and into everything. We have baby proofed the house and put up a new gate at the top of the steps. You're not walking yet but love to walk around the house while we hold your hands.
You weighed 20 lbs and 15 oz(48%) and 29(46%) at your 1 year check up. You wear a size 12-18 months and a size 2 shoe. Your foot is so tiny! You wear a size 4 diaper. No more baby food, you are eating all table food and for the most part you do well, but you are one SLOW eater. You are also on whole milk and loving it and only have a bottle at night. Speaking of nights, you are a total Mommy's girl at night. You want me to feed you and snuggle you and put you to bed. You refuse to let your Daddy. He loves coming home from work and playing with you. You play find Daddy crawling around the coffee table now.
God really has blessed us. I thank Him every day for letting me be your mom. You are the best gift I could ever be given. Daddy and I love our little "pumpkin" with everything we have. You have stolen our hearts!
Happy FIRST birthday Carly! I look forward to every birthday we will celebrate in your life.
It's amazing how much you've changed in the past 12 months!
That picture collage is so cute. It's a good reminder how much she has grown.. You tend to forget through the years.
ReplyDeleteKeeping a blog of her events growing up has been a great idea. She can go through it like a online baby book :)