1 Year Old

My baby is no longer a baby! Addison Alena is officially 1 year old.

Addison weights 18lbs 7oz and is 29 inches tall. I always refer to her as my "little baby." This is the first well visit check that Addison out weighed her tiny older sister. She is now 2 oz and 2 inches bigger than Alexa was at 1 year old. Addie's head has always measured larger (99 percentile) so there has never been any competition there. I am anxious to see if she continues to be "bigger" or if it's just a small growth spurt. We even got a comment a few days ago that she was a big baby. I think it must just be me holding her that makes her look so big. She is still a tiny thing.

Addison is still nursing a few times during the day and before bed. She takes whole milk willingly and has 1-2 bottles of toddler milk a day. I will probably stop nursing closer to Christmas if she was not before then. Until then we are just going to go with the flow. Addison eats 3 full meals a day and 2 snacks. She prefers adult type food over the kid stuff (chicken/ fish sticks). She also love her fruit. She started out eating veggies like a champ. Recently she has discovered that there are better tasting foods and she has refused veggies. I will not have 2 picky eaters so we offer lots of veggies. I think her favorite food is still cat food. We keep it on the counter as much as possible. She does however get some leftover crumbs and gets really excited to hide it from us. Silly girl!

 Addison is a huge babbler. When you talk to her she responds in her own way. Something things will come out of her mouth that sound just like real words. We can get her to repeat some words. Addison has also enjoyed making her vouch echo. She tries out her voice in new areas to see if she can get an echo. If she can, then she keeps going. Usually it's in the most inappropriate places that she tends to get the best echo (church, public buildings, elevators). It's hard to not giggle at her but I really do get embarrassed with her loud noises.

Addison crawls around like a champ. She has gotten really fast & even crawls faster than my normal walking pace. At this exact moment she is crawling over her sisters stomach. She can take steps around furniture but does not walk with our hands or by herself. Since she was a late crawler I am not really surprised she isn't walking yet. Her Daddy didn't walk until he was 15 months old! Addison likes to play with the ball popper the best. She also enjoys her musical toys and anything her sister is playing with.

Sleeping is still Addison's least favorite activity. She naps one time a day for 1-2 hours total. She goes to bed between 7 and 730 and wakes up around 6-630. She still wakes up about one time a night. Occasionally she will sleep through the night and even less frequently she will wake up 2-3 times. This is one area where I am reminded no matter how much my parenting stays the same, the girls different personalities come shinning though.

Addison has become the happiest and sweetest girl. She has the most precious giggle and I hope she never outgrows it.