It's hard to believe that our little girl is one year old!
On her birthday I teared up as I thought back to a year ago and remembered how much joy and gratitude Jared and I felt to welcome our baby girl into the world. It will forever be ingrained in my mind when Jared announced our sweet baby was a girl! We both cried, laughed and were completely overwhelmed that the Lord would bless us with a healthy baby girl to add to our family of two wonderful boys! Needless to say, she has completely stolen our hearts and has grown leaps and bounds over the last year!
On her birthday I teared up as I thought back to a year ago and remembered how much joy and gratitude Jared and I felt to welcome our baby girl into the world. It will forever be ingrained in my mind when Jared announced our sweet baby was a girl! We both cried, laughed and were completely overwhelmed that the Lord would bless us with a healthy baby girl to add to our family of two wonderful boys! Needless to say, she has completely stolen our hearts and has grown leaps and bounds over the last year!
For her birthday we kept it simple.
We had a very small family birthday party at our house that consisted of pizza, salad and cupcakes! It was a pink party :)
We had a very small family birthday party at our house that consisted of pizza, salad and cupcakes! It was a pink party :)
We ate, opened presents and had cake...the perfect evening!
Oakley also had a blast tearing down the streamers from her door that we hung up!
She was cute with the cupcake...at first a little unsure but then once she had her first bite, she was all in!!!
The night before her birthday we met up for dinner with good friends...because their little girl and Oakley were both born January 15th!
She was cute with the cupcake...at first a little unsure but then once she had her first bite, she was all in!!!
The night before her birthday we met up for dinner with good friends...because their little girl and Oakley were both born January 15th!
Here is what our sweet Rose is up to these days!
* You are a great sleeper and have been for most of the last year! Such a blessing to get a good nights sleep most of the time! Bedtime is about 7:45-8:00 and then I don't usually get you up until about 8:30-9:00 the next morning. You are typically falling asleep while I nurse you while rocking because you are only taking one nap a day.
* Naps - one nap typically from about 1:00-4:00. This is a little tricky if you get woken up early...then you are very grumpy! But it was getting too hard to try to fit in two naps between morning school pickup/dropoff or other activities.
* You still sleep in a sleep sack, with your monkey and you suck your fingers to soothe yourself!
* When you wake up you don't cry but will just play in your crib, thrown things out, take blankets off the side, etc., until I come and get you!
* You are a decent eater but are becoming more picky about what you like. One day you will eat something (kiwi, blueberries, etc.) and the next day you thrown them off your high chair. You like carbs the most but will also eat different proteins, fruits and veggies!
* You LOVE throwing food to Addie still and are such a stinker how you "clean" off your high chair
* I am trying to wean you but you aren't a fan of milk. I recently started mixing Almond Milk with Whole Milk and you are liking that much more. I'm only nursing you in the morning and evening...it is a little bittersweet knowing that you are my last baby to nurse. I have LOVED the bond it creates and will miss the special times!
* You took your first steps around January 13th (about 2-5 at a time), you still aren't walking full time. You will stand up and walk across a room or walk to someone or something but if you fall you will then just crawl the rest of the way! You are close but still prefer crawling or scooting with one leg folded under you as you means of travel. You started officially walking most everywhere around February 10th...just shy of 13 months!
* You have suddenly developed quite an opinion on things and will point and grunt at everything you see! You get really upset if we take something away that you want or if we don't give you something you are asking for. You especially get an opinion when eating and will point or scream at things you want!
* You have a handful of words that you say: "yeah" - in response to most questions I ask, addie, dada, all done, bye bye, hi, uh-oh, mama (sometimes) and up
* You love to play on the stairs! It is your happy place! You love to crawl up them and then play on the landing. You are getting good about crawling down backward and so far you haven't fallen down the stairs.
* You know what a variety of word mean and will point to or grab at something when I name it...it's crazy to me how much you learn daily!
* You really like music and will bob up and down when it comes on! You also like me to hold you and dance!
* You still love Addie, your brothers and me! You get the biggest smile when you see someone you know like grandpa or grandma or daddy!
* You are very lenient with what your brothers can do to you. You don't throw much of a fit if they wrestle you around or try to carry you around! You put up with a lot but love them so much! And they love you too!
* You like to try to do what your brothers are doing and will follow them around
* You are also so HELPFUL in emptying drawers, cupboards or anything else you can empty for me!
* You aren't much of a rough houser. You love cuddles and being held (you like me to hold you and carry you everywhere, while you happily point to things and try to get out of my arms to grab something you see)! You don't like to be tossed in the air or thrown around like your brothers did!
* You are wearing size 12 month clothes (some 9 months still) and size 3 diapers
* Not sure how much you weigh...you haven't had your 1 year check up yet, but at home you were about 18 1/2 lbs!
* Hair is still brown and eyes are still blue!
