12 Months! 1 WHOLE YEAR!

Our precious Avery Grace is 1!  One year ago yesterday at 9:34 AM our sweet baby girl came into this world.  What a year of blessings.


Avery here are your stats at 12 Months:

Height: 29.5 inches (75th Percentile)

Weight: 19 pounds 2 ounces (not quite 25th Percentile)  The doc mentioned today how you are always a lot longer than you weigh.  I asked him to make sure you were not too skinny and he said, "No, she's absolutely fine"...And then he chuckled and said, "Maybe she will be a model."  To which Mommy replied.. or an athlete instead!

Sleep: 6:30 PM- 7:30 AM most days.  You are still taking 2 naps a day most days.  If you happen to sleep later in the morning you may only take 1.

Likes: Swinging at the park, playing with Lexi, wearing your sunglasses (everywhere!), reading books, listening to music, your baby pool, and your new favorite thing is getting into the kitchen cabinets (we will be installing safety latches in our new house!)

Dislikes: You now despise your car seat and riding in your stroller.  Makes it hard for Mommy to get out and exercise!

Diaper Size: 3

Clothes Size: 12 months

Feeding:  You basically weaned yourself from nursing about 2 weeks ago.  Thankfully because you did it yourself it didn't make Mommy too sad, although she did cry a little :)  Now you are drinking whole milk out of sippy cups, no bottles!  You LOVE to eat.

Favorite Food: You especially love turkey, bananas, avocados, blueberries, muffins, green beans, and your favorite food is probably cheese.  The only thing I have found that you haven't liked is greek yogurt.

Favorite Book: "Is Your Mama a Llama?" and "Peter Rabbit, Show Me Your Ears!"

Words:  You now have 4 words.  "Mama", "Dada", "Nana" (for banana), and your word for Lexi has somehow ended up sounding more like "DeDi"

Milestones:  You will give a high five and blow kisses now.  You can point to Mommy and Daddy's mouth, toes, eyes, ears, and nose.  You can say that a cow says, "Moo!".  You will use the sign language for "All Done" when you are ready to stop eating or get out of the bath.  You have taken one step unassisted, but I still think we are a little ways off from walking.  You just crawl so dang fast!

Personality:  You are so sweet.  You love to give hugs and kisses.  Whenever you are tired you just lay your little head down on one of us :)  Along with being really sweet, you are extra sassy.  You definitely don't like being told "no" and will most of the time ignore us :)  You love to talk and will babble away all day long.  You are like you Mommy and like everything in it's place.  When you eat, you always want your milk in the little cup holder on the high chair... If we place it down anywhere else you will move it :)

Avery Grace, we love you more now than the day we first laid eyes on you.  You are a precious child of God, and we pray that you will continue to grow in His favor.  We are so blessed by your sweet smile and contagious laugh.  You are a beautiful little girl, and we are so very thankful that God has placed you in our care. "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the Heavenly Lights, who does not change like shifting shadows" James 1:17 We love you little Nug!

On The Day You Were Born:

All 8 pounds 4 ounces of you! 21.5 inches long.

And now.. at 1 year!

We took you to a birthday lunch at Central Market yesterday.

This was you giving Daddy kisses and a hug

More kisses

Round 2 of trying cake.  We got you a raspberry cupcake.  You seemed to be a little more interested this go around.

Not too sure.  You took a few bites and then wanted to feed Daddy the rest.

Buster and Avery... So dang cute.

You LOVE to swing.

I did great at my 12 month appointment today!  Shots and all :(