Alexander is ONE!

Your favorite toy for playing is: new cars you got for your birthday 

 

Your favorite toy for snuggling is:  Mommy!  You give real hugs now!


Your favorite food is:  lately chicken


Your favorite book is:  ones with shiny "mirror" pages


Your favorite activity is: Playing in Isa's garden at the children's museum with the blocks


Your favorite place to go is:  Scooting to the top of the stairs to throw toys between the baby gate rails so you can watch toys bounce down the steps!



Your best friend is: Mommy ;)



Something new that you're doing:  Have started physical therapy weekly, just starting last week with First Steps for your low tone in your core: hence the scooting and not crawling yet.  You love bouncing on the big exercise ball, but do not like the stairs yet. 


Something you've mastered:  Pulling up off the floor to a kneeling position


Something people say about you:  What blue eyes!  He has a lot of hair!


Something new that you're saying is: nom nom for food that is yummy and buy bye



Something new that you're signing is: MORE and ALL DONE


Some new Boo-boos: You like to open the drawer in the bottom of the oven, but manage to shut your hand in there a lot.


How many teeth:  7 now!  4 top middle and 3 bottom..you got another this month!


Alexander 12 month stats: height 32.5 inches (95%); weight 27.2 (95%); head 19 inches (93%).




HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SWEET ALEXANDER!

 

A whole year without my Oma?

One year ago today, Claire was 3 weeks old, as seen below. One year ago today, my dad's mom, my Oma Irma passed away. :( She and Claire never got to meet in person.




One year ago today, Claire had a little infant acne going on, and she also had a lot of darker hair. Somewhere about month 4, it started falling out and by month 6 she was a baldy.




I still can't believe how fast she grew. She now has 4 teeth. Look at the difference in hair color!

A mere fluke, it looks like Claire is signing "I love you." However, she can sign for milk, more, and eat. She waves bye-bye, gives kisses, blows kisses, plays peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake, and give hugs. There are a lot of other things she imitates, but these are all things I've notice her repeatedly initiating.

She isn't walking alone, but cruising well, and able to climb up all the stairs with us walking behind her. She can also climb up onto the couch and soft chairs alone. She now can pull up against anything, like just the walls or against anything semi-tallish. Her new thing is climbing on top of packs of TP when they are on the kitchen floor when we unload the car after shopping. I imagine that they are nice and bouncy.

In the video below, Daddy is helping Claire walk. She is still pretty wobbly, but she has stood alone for a few seconds now before sitting down. Any day now... Also, notice you can see her hair really good in this one because of the way the light is. It's really light hair!!!