12 Months Old! Eeek 1 YEAR OLD!

Weight: 19 lbs 5 oz

Height: 28 inches

Head Circumference: 17.5

Teeth: Two bottom teeth

I love to: 

• Go outside!  I will point to the door and then point to the door handle.  When we get outside, I will point to the stairs to go out into the yard and look at the trees.  
• Roll and root around on the couch like a dog when they get out of the bathtub! 
• Look at myself in the mirror!
• Watch the vacuum cleaner and follow it around the house. 
• Bounce and dive off of the twin mattress on the floor in my room! 
• Look at pictures of my family.  I will point at the pictures on the wall, calendar, etc. and someone will have to pick me up and walk me around the room to look at all of them.  
• Go into the pantry and pull everything out onto the floor. 

I can: 

• Pull up to standing at the coffee table, couch, crib, and using Mama's pants legs. 
• Point at my nose, my toes, ears, and my belly!  I can also show you my fingers. 
• Use the signs for milk and bye, bye. 
• Start clapping when someone sings Patty Cake
• Point to things that I want and get upset if I don't get them.  I especially like to point at the door to the porch when I want to go outside or point at my pink car when I wanted to be pushed around. 
• I can pick out the books that I want to be read to me and I can turn the pages as we read.  
• I can find the caterpillar in any of the Eric Carle books and point it out when asked.  I keep wowing Mama and Dada by pointing out the caterpillar on even the most busy pages!  I can also find the "ball" and the "doggy"! 

My favorites:

• Books! Please read my favorites over and over and over again!  Like seriously, 10 times a day is NOT enough!  
• Mama's pull along caterpillar toy
• Watching the doggies
• Being outside on walks, swinging or just looking at everything.
• Still love bath time!
• Anything new- kitchen utensils, new sounds
• Anything musical - jingles on commercials, toys that play music, etc. 

I can say:

• Hi
• Mama
• Dada
• Diddy- for doggy 
• A loud yell that means "no" or frustration.  
• Huh Huh Huh means "yes"

Signs that I know:

• Milk
• Bye, bye

I love to eat:

• Things I can put in my mouth myself like plain O's cereal, yogurt melts, creamies, goldfish, animal crackers.
• Mandarin oranges
• Yogurt
• Bananas
• Avocado
• I am becoming picky and will demand what I want to eat and push the other things aside.  (We are offering more whole foods to explore, but Finn is not a huge fan yet.  She liked green peas one day and hated them the next.) 
• Mama did give me a tiny piece of her chocolate bunny and I leaned in for more and threw a fit when I didn't get it.  haha.  

I don't like to eat:

• Anything that is whole and green that is put on my plate (green beans, broccoli).  I make a disgusted face and throw it on the floor.  
• Guava

Favorite songs:

• ABCs
• Patty Cake
• Itsy Bitsy Spider
• 6 Little Ducks
• This Little Piggy 
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Favorite books:

• I Love Dad - with the Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Eric Carle's Book of Many Things- Over 200 First Words
• Jamberry
• The Going to Bed Book
• Grandma Wishes
• Your Baby's First Word will be Dada
• On The Night You Were Born
• You Are My I Love You
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? 
• Doggies
• Blue Hat, Green Hat
• Little Red Barn
• Little Green Frog
• Series of jungle, farm, pet, and forest animals