12 month Update

Baby K had her 12mo doctors appointment on September 11th. Here's what we learned.
Weight: 20.5 lbs - 41%
Height: 29.25 inches - 53%

At birth her stats were:
Weight: 6 lbs 3oz - 7%
Height: 19.5 inches - 38%

Lookin' good kid! :)

At this time Baby K has the following skills:
Eating - she can almost out eat me! She LOVES bananas and I am so tired of the smell of bananas, but she loves them.
Cruising - she uses her push toy to walk everywhere, kind of like an elderly lady with a walker only much faster! hee hee - she walks around furniture, holding our hands, etc. We are confident she has what it takes to walk, she is steady on her feet and has great balance but she just isn't that into it right now. Fine by me, she can stay a baby a little longer.
Words & signs -
She signs "More" when she wants something (usually food or drink) and she does occasionally say "Ma" when she signs more...it kind of sounds like "more" w/o the r sound.
Mama & Dada she can say but rarely uses them to get our attention, unless she is desperately trying to refuse a nap & wants to be rescued from the crib.
Up - she says this a lot, and always sticks her bottom lip out at the end of the "p" sound.
Body Parts - When asked she can point to her eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
No Thank You - She shakes her head no, so cute! Usually she does this when we are telling her no, b/c of danger or b/c she wants to play in the dog water (yuck!), not really prime times to giggle at her cute no head shake. So I taught her to shake her head "no" when I ask her to say "No thank you". See learning manners already!
Animal sounds (you can ask her what the following animals say and she will tell you) -
Cow - Moo
Duck - Ack Ack Ack Ack she LOVES to walk around the neighborhood lake watching the ducks, waving to them and Quacking loudly. It makes her mad that she is not allowed to pet them.
Elephant - this is her favorite sound to make! Basically, she spits. :) She presses her lips together & then blows air, it is so cute!
Snake - sssssssss
Gorilla - she says "Ahhhhhh" while lightly beating her chest with her hands.
Dog - she doesn't do this one. Ironically, we have a dog that she loves, we have tried and tried to get her to make the sound but she just stares at us and smiles like we are so silly. Hmmm...well, we probably do look very silly.

Other Loves:
Being with people
Playing with other babies, toddlers, big kids. If you are under 4 ft tall - you're her favorite! LOL
Books - especially opening & closing them, over and over and over again.
Wagon rides - best birthday gift ever. It has a seat belt and she loves to cruise the neighborhood and loves it even more when a neighbor kid will ride in the wagon with her or Baby A. She is certainly a people person!
Kisses - if you ask for a kiss you may not get one, but if you say, "Baby K, I love you!" she will always give a kiss. I guess it's her way of saying, "I love you too." I'm guessing she learned this because mommy & daddy are always saying, I love you, and then kissing her.
Justice - our dog. She lights up when she sees her. She is gentle to pet her and loves feeding her cheerios and dog treats and the occasional table treat if we don't catch it first. She loves to crawl in the dog kennel (I've been washing the blankets in there often b/c I keep finding her tucked in there with the dog or w/o the dog. If our child smells like a dog kennel please let us know. LOL)
In & O*ut - not the burger place, the action. She loves toys that require you to put things in & take things out. She could do this for hours. She loves empty boxes and baskets, she loves helping move laundry from the washer to the dryer - she loves to put things in and take things out, over and over and over again. She does this with the dog kennel too - crawl in, crawl out, crawl in, crawl out.

She has many other loves but this list is long and probably less entertaining to you than it is to her parents. :)

We are grateful to God for a healthy, beautiful, inquisitive, sweet little girl. Thank you for this special blessing. We love her SO much!