Can't believe I'm writing your ONE YEAR blog!! WHAT?! This year seriously flew by!! Juliet, you are so so so much fun. I just absolutely adore you. You are a homebody and prefer to be with mommy at all times. I love being wanted and I love your cuddles. Sometimes, though, it's a bit hard to leave you with someone else or to get things like making dinner done because you literally want to be attached to me at all times. But, I know one day you won't need me or want me as much, so I'm cherishing this stage of life with you.
You can be quiet and hesitant in situations that aren't familiar to you. But at home, you are a bubble of laughs and joy. (I kind of love how you only open up around the people who you know love you and who actually know know you.)
You are curious and on the move. You book it towards the stairs anytime the gate is open for a chance to climb up the stairs. You've become very quick with your walking. I think, in part, because you are motivated to catch up to and run away from Olivia.
For the most part the two of you play well together. We have run into some of the "No! Mine!!" problems that come with siblings, but Olivia loves you so much and she often showers you with hugs, kisses, and "i love you"s.
You've started to try to copy Olivia whenever she dresses up and will walk a pretty dress over to me, put it in my hands, and then babble until I dress you in it. I have to tie up the ends so that you don't trip since they're WAY too big for you, but once you are dressed up you seem quite content.
Other games you enjoy are knocking over towers that mommy or Olivia build, climbing under blanket forts, bouncing lap games with mommy, being pushed in the Little Tikes baby car, being held upside down, and playing with shape sorters.
Recently, over the past month and a half or so, you've started to engage when we read to you. You love turning the pages of books and seem to really enjoy books with flaps and texture books. You bring me books often throughout the day and love to sit on my lap and help turn the pages. I read to you before bed each night too. Your favorite books seem to be: Llama Llama Valentines, That's Not My Bunny, A Little Piggies book that goes with the toe game, the Sandra Boynton Doggies book (you "bark" at the dogs and it cracks me up), Goodnight Moon (you wave goodnight to everything... adorable!), and Peek-a-boo Zoo.
No bookshelves are safe from your path. You loveeeeeee to pull books off of them. I cannot count the amount of time I spend each day putting books back on shelves from various bookcases. You haven't quite learned the concept of "helping" clean them up, though Olivia is a big helper in cleaning up your book messes too.
Your hair has started to curl up in ringlets on the ends around the nape of your neck. I'm pretty confident you're going to have curly hair like your sister.
At One Year Old you:
- Weigh 20 lbs and 10 oz (gaining a whole 12 pounds and four ounces since birth!)
- Measure 28.75 inches
- Have 3 and a half teeth (two middle bottom ones, one front tooth, and a upper side tooth coming in)
- Wear size 3 diapers
- Wear size 12 month clothes and size 4.5 shoes
- Sleep through the night
- Are weaned (I weaned you right after your birthday)
- Favorite foods include any kind of carb, bottles with whole milk, and any kind of fruit pack like applesauces or baby food packs
- You say the words, "dada", "mama", and "baba"(bottle)
- Are still giving me at least two, 1hr naps a day!
- Nicknames include: JuJu, JuJu Bug, munchkin, nugget pie, sweetie, love bug, princess, princess-pie, idget
Juliet, you truly are such a joy. I cannot imagine life without you. What a blessing you are. You are cherished and SO loved. God certainly knew what he was doing by gifting us YOU. Happy ONE YEAR baby girl!
