12 Months

At 12 months old, Lucy is so much fun!

She's finally pulling up on things, but still slithers around on the ground with her commando crawl. She's mastered going up steps, but we're still teaching her how to go down feet first, instead of head first. She's still a long way from walking.

She loves to dance and starts bouncing and clapping when she hears peppy music playing. She also does this funny "shy" thing when you talk to her sometimes. She will bury her head in your shoulder like she's bashful, but she grins the whole time.

She really loves books these days and is content to sit and read (babbling about each page) for a stretch of time. Her favorite book is about monkeys drumming on drums and she loves to drum on the pages of the book when she reads it.

She's also babbling up a storm. Her most intentional words are uh oh, bye (while waving), and da da. She also says quack quack, but not consistently so I'm not giving her credit yet. She loves to hear herself talk and will just chatter to herself while she plays.

I really haven't done a very good job teaching her sign language, but when I work on it during a meal, she will sign "more" for food pretty quickly. Speaking of food, she pretty much eats anything. Her favorites seems to be blueberries and any kind of bread, but she really is a good eater and will try a good portion of everything I give her. She transitioned to whole milk in a sippy cup a couple weeks ago (because I was almost out of formula and refused to buy more) and she did it without looking back.

She really is a laid back girl and is generally happy all the time. She did have her first ear infection (I think, it's hard to remember these things with number 4) and her first case of pink eye last week. Honestly, she was a little fussy, but not terrible. No fever or anything, so I put off taking her to the doctor for several days and then felt terrible when she gave me the diagnosis! Oh top of that her gums are a swollen mess, and have been for weeks. She's obviously super close to having her molars break through, but she's still our happy girl!

It hard to believe that our little Lucy is already a year old, but at the same time, it's hard to remember life before she came along.

We love you, Lucy Elizabeth, and thank God for choosing us to be your family!