What's my ONE YEAR OLD been up to??

I still can't believe this little girl is one!!

So what has Perri been up to lately??

You weigh 18 lbs. 15 oz and are finally back up in the 10-25%!! Last time we were at the dr. he was worried because she was below the 5%! You are also 28 3/4 inches long which is 25-50% in height.

You have the tiniest little feet and get comments on them a lot! You wear size 2 shoes or in Pediped and Robeez you wear the 0-6 month size. Not sure what we will do when you are fully walking and need better gripping shoes. Most of those shoes start in 3s or 4s.

You fit best in 6-9 but things are getting short and you wear 6-12 too. We are having to rope up your little jeans in the waist in order to get them long enough. Too short jeans drive me nuts so she will just have to deal with me belting her up. Thank goodness for adjustable waist jeans though!

You are fully weaned and have been for 2 weeks and I am loving it!! You put up quite the fight for a while and would refuse
milk from a sippy but I was not about to deal with a bottle and then have to go to a sippy later. Now you will drink milk out of any sippy and love it!! If I even mention the word "milk" you begin signing "milk" over and over.

Speaking of signing, you sign "milk," "more," "eat/food," "dog" and "water." We are working on "please" and "thank you" but you would rather just scream than do that. I've gotten the occasional "cat" and "bird" sign but not consistently.

You aren't walking yet but stand for long periods of time by yourself and do a lot of playing standing alone. We think you could definitely walk because you've always had great balance and strong little legs but you aren't willing to try it by yourself yet!

The word we hear non stop now is "dog." Probably because our dog Emma is everywhere we go. You LOVE Emma and she loves you too. Our cat, Amos, is another story. You love him but the feeling is not reciprocal. Probably because you rip his fur out and he doesn't think that is very funny.

You are in a "big girl" car seat but we still have you rear facing. You still aren't to 20 lbs. and are happy in your new seat now so we'll keep you rear facing for a while. Praise the Lord we don't have to listen to you scream in the car all the time now! You just sit back there and look out the window and suck your thumb. It's wonderful.

You used to eat anything I put in front of you but you are now very hesitant about foods and will not put anything in your mouth without careful inspection and then sticking out your tongue and placing your food on your tongue to get a taste before deciding if you will eat it or rub it in your hair. Emma now has to go outside while you eat or you will lean over and feed her your whole meal. You find this hilarious. I do not.

Pretty much everything cracks you up and you have a very funny and playful personality. When I go in to get you from your naps I'll say 'I'm going to get you" and you'll be standing up and turn and just throw yourself down, face planting the mattress and die laughing. You do this over and over again. If I say this to you while you are playing or crawling, you will take off as fast as you can and belly laugh the whole way.

You are a big time ham when we are out and about and wave at everyone and talk to them and then start throwing your hands up and getting all excited. It's pretty funny and needless to say, we get a lot of attention when we are shopping.

There are a million other things you are up to but this is just a few. Your daddy and I love you so very much and you bring so much joy to our lives!!