My Laynie bug is 1 year old! Geezers this year has flown by but at the same time, Corey and I feel like it has been more than a year. Probably because it has been an extremely busy year!
Ok, on to the good stuff! Laynie's 1 year check up was on her actual birthday. Yes, I'm the mean Momma who had her baby get shots on her birthday! She did really good though! My same strong, resilient little fighter that she has always been! She weighed 18 pounds 14 ounces and measured 28 inches long. She is in the 10-15th percentile for her height and weight (I left the sheet with the definite numbers in my car and don't want to go get it! LOL!). So it's looking like she will be just like her big brother and be a tiny little thing. Her head, on the other hand, is still on the larger side! It is in the 80 something percentile! She is coming down in the percentile ranks though because she used to be in the 90's! My poor baby and her big noggin. You know, I blame it all on her Poppa Jerry but the truth is, judging from pictures, I had a rather large head myself as a little one. She'll balance out at some point I'm sure!
She is wearing between 9 and 12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. The clothes size depends on the clothes or brand...sometimes she even fits into 6 months still! Most 12 month stuff still fits her a little big but it's wearable. She has a tiny foot and is wearing a size 2. We transitioned completely to cow's milk about a week or 2 before she turned 1. It was a very easy and smooth transition with no problems at all. She has been somewhat of a finicky eater. Sometimes she only wants to eat baby food. Sometimes she doesn't want me to feed her at all but doesn't really feed herself either. I can't tell if she wants to feed herself or if she just isn't hungry or if she doesn't like what she's eating. She also enjoys dropping her food off the side of her high chair and she likes feeding Sadie! I'm trying my best not to have another picky eater but so far, I'm not feeling too optimistic. Any feeding tips for raising a good eater will be very welcomed!! Some of her favorite food items are chicken, watermelon, bananas, apples (soft kind from Gerber), cheerios, goldfish, mum-mum crackers, arrowroot cookies, Mexican rice, yogurt, grapes, and mashed potatoes.
Laynie's biggest milestone over the last month was that she started walking! She has done so so good! She was doing pretty well with holding just one of our fingers. Just before she started walking around on her own pretty good, Rex loved holding her hand and taking her for walks around the house. It was the cutest thing! I had to watch closely though because when she would fall, he would try to pick her up by the arm! She started walking independently really good on July 21, just a few days before she turned 1. I heard her little feet coming down the hallway from my bedroom and I assumed she was walking with Corey because it was a bunch of steps I was hearing (she was wearing her little white sandals). When she came around the corner by herself, I couldn't believe it!! She was really walking by herself! I'm not a crier and I got pretty teary eyed with that milestone! I think it was one of those moments that made me realize how fast this is all going. Over the last couple of days since she has turned 1, she is going from sitting to standing very easily on her own without having to pull up on anything. She is still such a wiggle worm! We've had to do a few nebulizer treatments with albuterol and pulmicort over the last 2 weeks because she had a cough that wouldn't go away. I have to keep her in her highchair for the treatments because she wiggles too much with holding her! She LOVES walking around on the couch (we are right next to her of course, when we let her walk on the couch!). So far, she knows no danger. If I didn't keep super close to her, she would probably climb over the couch or off the bed. We're going to have to teach her how to get down safely on her belly!
She LOVES to dance! Anytime Laynie hears music of any sort, she instantly starts dancing. I love it!! She is also trying to sing already! She hums along with ABC's and she was trying to sing Happy Birthday when my sister Leanne was singing it to her! She knows what she wants and points her little finger very well in the direction of what she wants! She also does her hands in a grabbing motion when she wants me or wants something I have. She is doing really well with putting items away, such as putting Mommy's purse back together after she takes everything out of it! Anytime someone familiar walks into the room, she says "Hiiii gu-gu!" (Yes, that was my best effort at spelling something in baby talk!) She gets excited when me, her Daddy, Rex, or Sadie come into the room! She also gets very excited to see my mom and still sometimes wants Nini over me! As soon as I pick her up from Mrs. Anna's, she knows it's time to go leave and instantly starts saying and waving "bye-bye" when I pick her up. Her and her brother play well for the most part but he can sometimes have a hard time sharing. He's at that stage where he wants anything she has, which does not go over well with Laynie. He tries to appease her by giving her another toy but it usually doesn't work. This is something we're definitely working on with him but I know these little fights will probably go on for at least another 12-15 years!
We hosted Laynie's 1st birthday party here at our house on Saturday, July 26. We had a great turn out and had a taco/tostada/nacho bar which was a huge hit! I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a reasonable and easy meal for a party! We had a couple of little pools set up and Aunt Pam and Uncle Buddy let us borrow their blowup water slide, which the kids absolutely loved! We had kids everywhere and I LOVE LOVE LOVED it!! It was exactly what I envisioned for this party! Growing up half way an only child and in between generations, I didn't have very many playmates my age growing up, so for my kids to have as many cousins and close friends the same age means the world to me. We had 20 kids total, mostly family! Those who aren't family might as well be! When I looked in the backyard and saw all the kids running around like crazy having a blast, I had a huge smile! It couldn't have been better!
My sister Leanne (Also Laynie's Godmother) and niece Valerie came down from Denver for the party which meant more to me than I can describe! Just their presence was enough but they helped me so much with getting things ready and with the kids. They are seriously two of the most amazing women I know with the kindest and most caring hearts. Our late night chats are the best and I learn things from both of them every time I'm with them. If only the distance from here to Colorado wasn't so great! I couldn't have pulled the party off without the help of my amazing mother, either. The list of things she did to help me from getting the house ready to picking up balloons at the last minute is endless! I know I've said it 5 million times but there is no way I will never be able to express the gratitude I have for her and everything she does for my family. I love you so so much, Mom and I can only hope I am half the mother to my children that you are to me!
I'm sure the next year will be as fast moving as the last one was. Having two kids, it seems to happen even faster! We are enjoying every bit of our little Laynie Magdalena. She is an absolute joy and her and her brother are the brightest spots of my everyday!!
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