12 MONTHS

 

My little baby is ONE YEARS OLD!!!! How did that happen???  They warn you that time flies, but I don't think I really believed it!  I can remember bringing her home and wondering what the heck - they trust me??  And now she is a walking, babbling sweet pea.

12 Months

At Mikaela's ONE YEAR check up she weighed 19 pounds 4 ounces (40%) and is 30.25 inches (83%).

Week 49 - Daddy dressed me

Week 52

At one year Mikaela has SEVEN teeth 3 on top and four on the bottom.  She has begun to brush her teeth (even making the "ahhh" noise).

Brushing Teeth

We started working on learning our body parts - she can point to her belly and to other's noses. 

She loves being tickled and chased around.  She loves kisses, Harry, her books and dogs.

WOOF

She is getting to be a pretty good eater, and eats whatever we have for dinner.  She likes Daddy's lasagne, quesadillas and meatballs.  She isn't a fan of banana's in any form.  She has also begun using a water bottle.

She is standing like CRAZY and cruises everywhere.  She often runs with her walker toy.  And at 51 weeks she began to WALK!!! 

First Steps

Mikaela has learned to put herself to bed. After several days of the cry-it-out method with Mama setting the timer, she now goes down without a peep.  We give her bottle, then brush her teeth.  Then we say goodnight, and go into her room to read a book and say our prayers.  Then we tuck Mikaela in with Harry and her blanket.  Mikaela used to fall asleep while getting her bedtime bottle, and then she relied on us to rock her to sleep.  As much as I loved rocking my baby to sleep, we decided it would be best that she learned to lay down on her own.  It helps that we aren't strict about bed time, and have a baby led bedtime, but we aim for between 7 - 7:30. 

When we go into her bedroom in the morning, she is usually a little monkey jumping in her bed.  It's too cute, that we haven't taught her the song, about bumping her head...

Mikaela got to attend a UW game, she was a great little cheerleader and clapped along for the team.  The weather cooperated, which helped as well.  

 

We took a trip down to Portland, and we ran into a park with a small wading area, which we let Mikaela splash around in.  

 

She also took swim classes again, she is learning to 'jump' into the water and even took a trip down the BIG slide.  (I'm not sure who was more nervous...)

Watching soccer