One Year Old!!!

Stats

Alice you weigh 22 pounds, no clue on the height though.  You are in 9-12 month onesies, 12 month pants and size 2 shoes.

Firsts

Your first St. Patrick’s Day and St. Patties Day parade! You took your first unassisted steps.  You also, on your birthday took your first unsolicited steps and made it 5 steps before you toppled over.  You have learned to turn lights on and off, you ring the door bell everywhere we go and you even use the garage door opener.  You can now say “shoe”, “shoot”, “uh-oh”,  “up”, “no”, “bath” and I am sure some more things, but you don’t say any of them consistently.  You are all the way off your super expensive non dairy non soy formula!  You are on straight soy and you are doing great!!!  You have slept through the night consistently and are sleeping less throughout the day.  Alice, you are so lucky and you drove your first motorized vehicle and loved it, although you are not that great at steering. You had your first cake and did not like it at all, on a side note you didn’t like having the sticky frosting on your hands either (you are definitely your fathers daughter).

Tricks

You have been eating everything and are getting so much better at feeding yourself.  You throw everything you can out of the dog door and trap Sir Winston outside. You have been getting better at reading books and will almost sit all the way through one now.  Alice you are blowing kisses to people when they leave, or when you do.  You are throwing things for he dog and he loves the little treats you give to him while you eat.  You are throwing full-blown temper tantrums when we don’t let you do something you have your little mind set on. 

Wrap Up

Alice you are a healthy happy and wonderful baby who is fast becoming a toddler.  You flirt, play, laugh and talk to almost everyone.  You are so much fun and are learning new things every day.  Mom and Dad are amazed by you and love you more than we can say.  We are so happy that you became a part of our family one year ago and can’t believe how fast the time has flown!!!

Love,

Mom and Dad

So Close to a Year… Happy 11 Month Birthday

Stats

Alice, you are getting so big and we love it.  You weigh 22 pounds.  You are in 12 month pants, 12 month shirts and 9-12 month onsies.  You wear small socks and size 1 shoes.

Firsts

You had your first Valentines Day, you got some books, some treats and some clothes. You are now saying “Dang” and “Bye” a lot.  You are able to climb on everything now and pull yourself up on chairs.  You started climbing onto the couch and opening every drawer and cupboard.    You finally got your top teeth.  You have been working on your top teeth all month and just this morning three of the four top teeth broke through.  You are learning to throw and catch balls.

 

Tricks

We had a photo shoot with cousin Quinn for Grandma’s birthday surprise.  You had so much fun and hammed it up like no ones business!  You are destroying everything in sight, if there are things neatly put away in your drawers you take it all out, if there are things put away in cupboards you take them out and if anyone especially Quinn stacks blocks you tear them down.  You put your hands up to your cheeks and pose all the time now.

Wrap Up

Alice you are learning new things every day.  You yell and scream and play hard every day.  You are so funny and caring and love to spend time with people.  We totally lucked out in the baby department with you!

Love,

Mom and Dad

Happy 10 Months on Earth!

(You and uncle Dalan pulling faces)

 Stats

I have to be honest, I have no idea what you weigh or how tall you are.  I can tell you that you are in size 9-12 month pants, 9-12 month shirts/ onsies and 12 month skirts.  You are tall enough to play the piano at Grandma Sellers house while standing on the ground.

Firsts

Alice you had your very first Christmas! You loved the lights, the tree and even the presents.  You liked the wrapped boxes as much as you like the gifts in side.  You attempted to help open the presents however you got disinterested quickly and moved on to other things. You sent your first Text message.  Jessi, whom you love was the recipient of this text and she enjoyed it!  Your first New Years was spent sleeping as midnight struck.  But when you woke up on New Years Day you sprouted a new tooth, your 2^nd!  You said “hi” when we walked into Grandma Sellers house.  Every morning as we walk in I tell you “Say hi to Grandma” and this month you looked right at her and said “Hi”.  You then said it again to Papa Ron.  Now you will say it randomly but not when asked to say it to people… hopefully we will get better at this and start greeting people. You had a 2 week period of “stranger danger”.  You struggled going to anyone other than mom.  You even struggled to go to dad a few times, sad.  I was happy that this only lasted 2 weeks and you are now back to your normal, happy and personable self.

Tricks

Alice you still love to walk around and do so on anything that you can hold onto.  You have taken one successful step without holding something.  You don’t seem too interested or eager to walk on your own yet.  You ham it up for the camera and give big cheesy grins any time you see one.  You clap all on your own and can even make sound when you do it.  You clap when you are happy with something you have done and expect others to clap for you as well.  You are getting into some crazy yoga poses, mostly when you are in the bath which scares mom to death!  You are using many different toys as phones.  You hold almost everything up to our ear, laugh and babble, it is so cute.  You are really good at correcting or righting your balance which is helpful and you are falling over less.  Grandma Little let you play with her tablet.  She has a fun application that lets you touch the screen and color and make lights flash.  You loved it and now are obsessed with wanting to play with everyone’s tablets.

Wrap Up

Alice you are loving, energetic, talkative and funny.  We love you and the whole family can’t get enough of you!  You love spending time with both grandparents, all your aunts and uncles and your cousins too.  They get excited to be around you too and are entertained by your hijinks.  You are growing daily and learning new things constantly.

We love you very much!!!

Mom and Dad