Emery Rose { Month 12 }

onesie: gymboree | bow: hushh baby co

weight & height: 22 pounds 11 ounces and 30 inches long. At my one year checkup my doctor told me that I'm in the 80th percentile for both height and weight and am growing at a perfect rate! eating & sleeping: Now that I'm a year old Mom & Dad have let me start eating much more big kid food and mealtimes have gotten a LOT more fun (and messy). I eat waffles and fruit every morning for breakfast and then will eat all sorts of different things for lunch and dinner! I drink whole milk now too, and will regularly drink water out of a sippy cup. Instead of sleeping better through the night like most kids do when they get older, I decided to go against the grain and have been waking up at least once a night wanting to drink some milk. My 12 month molars have started pushing through which we think might be part of what's causing the change, but all of us are hoping to get back to sleeping all the way through the night sooner rather than later so that we can have a better rested family. 😅  exciting firsts/milestones: Still no walking on my own yet, but recently I've learned how to stand up all by myself without having to pull up on anything and can hold my self up for a really long time! I've also become quite the chatter box and can say "mama", "YUM!", will say "huh" while nodding my head to say yes to something, and am working on saying my name (currently it sounds like "em....EEEE!"). Obviously my biggest milestone this past month was my first birthday party - I had so much fun! The party was such a good time that Mommy decided to write a whole separate post about it with pictures, so if you want to read/see more about it you can here! things I love: I'm honestly a really happy baby and love most things, but for documenting's sake I'll narrow it down to a few. I LOVE bath time and will crawl to the bathroom as soon as I hear the tub filling up for me. I really enjoy playing peek-a-boo and will try to start games as often as I can by hiding my face with my blanket and then throwing it off to surprise Mom & Dad. I love swimming and being outside and would spend all day out there if I could. I've gotten really independent lately and also love showing Mom & Dad all the things I can do by myself like pushing my own stroller, pushing the shopping cart in Target, feeding myself with a spoon or fork, and trying to do up my own seatbelt buckle. More than anything, I still LOVE talking to people and making new friends, and will instantly start into smiles and giggles if a new person gives me some attention!  things I don't enjoy so much: Because I'm such a busy baby with so much to explore, I really don't like being held still by Mom or Dad when we're anywhere in public and would much rather just be able to go crawl and do my own thing. I've also gotten to the point in my life when I know when I'm at the doctor's office and am going to have to get shots, and don't enjoy those very much at all! I also refuse to drink my milk from a sippy cup, and will pitch a big fit if Mom tries to offer it to me in such an unacceptable form. She just doesn't get that milk tastes SO much better from the bottle!  mom & dad's biggest parenting lesson so far: With this being my last monthly update and technically my last month of "babyhood", more than anything Mommy & Daddy are just realizing how quickly time really does fly when you're having fun in a baby's first year of life. Leading up to my birthday Mommy kept saying over and over again that it seriously just felt like yesterday that they were bringing me home from the hospital, and now here I am just so big and grown up! With how quickly time does fly, we're making sure as a family to make the absolute most of every moment together, and are working hard to make sure that we don't miss a single thing. 

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HOLY SMOKES. Talk about #allthefeels for this mama while typing this up for Emery, I seriously can't even believe how quickly my little girl has grown up! A big thank you to everyone that's followed along with her little monthly updates; we have loved documenting her first year and feel blessed to have so many friends to share her milestones and stories with!