I just can't believe how fast this last year just flew by! I won't lie, last night as I was singing her favorite lullabye to her & rocking her to sleep with her sweet tender little arms wrapped around my neck, I just started bawling. As I looked down at her, I was thinking about this last year, and thinking back to all the traumatic L&D & NICU craziness, how tiny she use to be and then how much she has grown into this sweet little person & how my sweet baby wasn't a baby anymore, and that she is now considered a toddler... And my heart just broke. It's bittersweet because I love seeing her grow into this amaZing little person with such a personality, but then my heart breaks because she is growing up so fast. She had just fallen asleep right before my waterworks started & it was enough crying that I accidentally woke her up. She looked up at me, squeezed a little tighter, and smiled at me like she knew just right then and there that I love her with all my heart. She is such a sweetheart & even though I wish she could just be my baby and stay little forever, I love watching her grow, and I'm looking forward to all the fun new things she will do and learn this next year.
Her stats: head-46cm (87%tile) length- 26.8in (44%tile) weight-17.8lbs (14%tile)
The things she is doing now:
* She's army crawling everywhere!! We Are sooo stinking proud of her and are so excited for her! She will chase her Daddy all around and will come to me if I'm in the kitchen or somewhere else in the house. She is usually just giggling as she is doing her whole half crawling half dragging herself.
*She can FINALLY go from laying down to sitting position!! She can sit all by herself and then move into a different position without falling over, and it's sooo nice that she has figured this out. She entertains herself a lot easier now that she can do this, and it's easier for her to play too.
*She can say Hi and wave her hand at you! It's sooo cute! She waves to everyone and will just keep repeating HI over and over again. It's adorable. Other than hi, mama, mum, dada, dad, and her recent one.. NaNa (what she calls my Mom.) she doesn't really say anything else. She sure does scream and giggle a lot though lol.
* She is FINALLY eating some baby food! She usually eats 2 bowls of oatmeal cereal, 1 container of baby food, a ton of puffs, and around 24oz of 24cal formula a day. We are trying so hard to get her to eat more, but man it's a challenge! She LOVES her puffs & loves to put them in her mouth herself & has some excellent fine motor skills!
* She will shake her head back and forth when she doesn't want to do something. If we tell her No, she will shake her head back and forth a couple of times, it's pretty funny. She is getting quite the personality. However, Libby has also started becoming resistant to some things and will clearly let you know if she doesn't like it. We will tell her No, and she will make this sad frowny puppy dog face to see if we will change our mind. Oh & I thought that tantrum throwing started at age 2... I guess Liberty is starting early!? Yikes, I'm still absolutely Terrified of having two little girls that are 12 months minus 10 days apart... Oh man, Aaron & I are in trouble!
* she is pulling up on everything she can and as always loves to stand while holding onto something. I'm sure she will have actual crawling down soon & then walking shortly after. She is doing sooo well lately & we are just so proud of her! Considering she hasn't seen her OT or PT in 4wks, she is doing AMAZING.
Her birthday party was small with just Liberty, Aaron, & I... But it was so fun and wonderful. I had bought a lot of cute stuff/ toys for her party, but since it was all in Guam & we were in Okinawa, I didn't want to have to rebuy and replan everything, so we just kept it small & it turned out so fun. I'm so glad it was just the 3 of us to be honest. Libby LOVED her smash cake. She didn't want to get dirty at first, but then once she figured out it tasted so yummy, cake was everywhere and she dove right in lol. She had a blast opening her presents and it was all just soo much fun!
I have so many favorite things about her. One of my favs has to be the way the light in her eyes just sparkles and sees the world with such an untainted view. How everything is just brand new. One of my favorite things to do is just to watch her, to see her explore, and being her cute curious self.
Having children changes your life in so many ways. It really does make you just stop and forget about all the worldly troubles and see life and everything around you in a whole other light. I wish I could be more like her in the part where she doesn't see bad, only good.
If I'm having a horrible day, all I have to do is go spend a little bit of time with my sweet Liberty, and all my problems just seem to disappear while I'm with her. She is just so happy 99% of the time, and it's impossible to be in a bad mood when you're around her. I love every single thing about her, and Still am just loving her more and more Each day. Most of all, I'm loving being her mom, it's the best thing in the world.
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Happy 1st birthday Libby! Sounds like she is doing lots of fun things!
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