One Year Stats...

This morning we had Elizabeth's one year check up. Here we are before we left!

It was just us since Madilynn had preschool this morning.
Elizabeth at one year you weigh 18lbs. 14oz. and you're 29.25in. long!
She was 15% in weight and 50% in length and head circumference. The doctor wasn't worried at all about her weight since she eats really well. She is just sooo active (sound familiar?). She was all over the place while we were in the doctor's office! But, we do have to wait a little longer to turn her car seat facing forward since she'll have to be 20lbs.

Some things to note at one year:

• Teeth #5 & #6 just broke through on Friday (Aug. 27th) bottom right lateral incisor and top left lateral incisor
• She's still eating really well some things we've just tried lately are blueberries and she loves them and scrambled eggs and she's just not too sure. She doesn't eat them up as good as I thought she would. I think if we could've introduced them earlier she may have done better with them.
• Drinks from sippy cup or out of a straw - no more bottles (they are all put away!) She's doing great, she thinks she's so big already!
• Our new bedtime routine (without a bottle) is a bath, then we read a book or two and put her down. She's done great! Just as good as before.
• She has really enjoyed reading books more lately and likes to turn the pages, and say "wow" or "baa"
• She's LOUD...makes lots of sounds. She will definitely let you know when she needs attention or wants something she just hollars really loud. We're working on this...
• Only time she says, "mama, mama" is when she's whinning/crying and wants me to pick her up. She say's "Dada" really good. Just in the last week she's started saying "Baa" and I think it's from her books and learning what a sheep says. She'll also say, "Ba" and point to a ball! Then Saturday (her birthday) instead of just shaking her head no she started actually saying, "no, no, no" it's kind of funny now, but I'm sure it won't be very soon!
• She stood alone for the first time! Yesterday evening we were playing outside and she stood up by herself in the middle of the yard several times for more than 5 seconds at a time. She would just be playing with a leaf and not realize what she was doing and slowly stand up from her squat position. Stand for 5-6 seconds then slowly squat back down! So exciting to see!!

So it's definitely a new season around here now! USU started back today (Daddy is officially back to work!), Madilynn has started preschool, Elizabeth has transitioned from bottle to cup, formula to milk, and I think fall is here in Utah!

It's been a little cooler for the last week and we've had more rain here and there. I think it has rained more today than it did all summer long! Time to turn off the sprinklers, I guess. It even hailed a little today. Here's Elizabeth watching the rain out the window before nap time. "Wow" trying to touch it Yesterday before church, a quick picture of the girls... Isn't this the way it goes!! Madilynn's just trying to help us get a picture without Elizabeth getting away and Elizabeth is like, "let go of me!" hahaha!