The Updates
Get out your scorecards - here's where we are at 12 months:
She is talking - and not just the Linerese of old (though there is still plenty of that). Her vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds! Mommy's been keeping a running list of all of the words and sounds she knows. As of her first birthday:
- baby
- ball
- bath
- bear
- block (bock)
- bottle (bobble)
- bubble
- bye bye
- cheese
- cow
- daddy (dad-n)
- dog (dogs, deer, squirrels, and any other smallish neighborhood animal are all dogs)
- duck (all birds are ducks)
- Elmo (and “Hi Mo!”)
- flower (wowweah)
- hi
- light (ninet)
- no no
- shoes
- [the cow says] ‘moo’
- [the sheep says] ‘baa’
- turtle (tuuttle)
- uh oh
- up
- waffle (waweul)
- whoa
- wow
- yummy
No walking yet, but we saw her stand alone today at her party at school! Apparently, she has been doing this for days, but true to form, she's keeping her talents under wraps. And of course, she definitely gets around – cruising on furniture, walking with mom and dad, and crawling like a champ.
She is growing perfectly! Her 1 year stats:
- 32.5” tall (over the 95th percentile)
- 25 lbs, 1 ounce (right at the 95th)
- Head circumference of 19” inches (that big noggin is also in the 95th percentile)
She has 10 total teeth, including 2 new molars!
She waves, blows kisses, sings (her favorite song is the ABCs), and dances beautifully.
Perfect, in every way...
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