One Year Update

Tessa had her one year check up today with Dr. Slaven. She is meeting or exceeding all the milestones. She maintained her weight and height. Here are the stats:

Weight: 19lbs 14ozs 31st percentile

Height: 30 1/4inches 85th percentile

She continues to amaze us daily! Here is what she is up to....

• -walking all over, she now prefers to walk instead of crawl
• -loves to say dada all the time, but wants her mama to hold her all the time
• -she understands EVERYTHING, literally
• -follows simple commands like, open, close, squeeze, stand, sit, go upstairs, take a bath, brush your teeth, get your baby, etc...
• -loves playing with her babies, she will push the stroller, feed them, rock a bye baby, kiss and love them, it is adorable.
• -loves to be chased around the ottoman and will crack up when you get her
• -dancing is her absolute favorite thing to do, she will dance to anything and sometimes does a crazy dance where she swings her head back and forth, it is hilarious
• -she is on whole milk and we are working to get rid of her last 2 bottles and drink milk in her sippy cup only.
• -taking 2 naps a day and sleeping about 11 hrs a night with a bedtime of 7:30
• -switched to a big girl car seat but still rear facing until she meets the weight requirement to face forward. Still not a big fan of the car seat.
• -she LOVES other kids, will break her neck to look at any kids in stores or restaurant
• -she is a really loving baby, gives kisses all the time and is so cuddly
• -she is both independent and needy which can be difficult at times
• -she will make a whiny face when she wants something, and continues to have a defiant streak. When I tell her no she tends to smile or laugh at me and when daddy says no she usually cries. So she is figuring out how to work us both we think.

I think that pretty much sums it all up. Being a parent is the most important job and the most fun job all at the same time. I wouldn't trade it for anything, and constantly feel so blessed to be able to spend so much time with Tessa and see everything she does. I think she learns or starts doing something new on a daily basis which is amazing to us. It really is difficult to remember what I used to do with my time before Tessa was here, she is our world in every way. This year has been both the greatest challenge and the most rewarding and we both know that there are only more wonderful years to come as Tessa grows up.