Do you know what this means??? I have to start planning our baby girl's 1st birthday party! Yikes! This past year has seriously gone by sooo fast.
As I've said before, these monthly pictures are getting harder and harder to take. I get fewer good shots and more shots that are blurry or of her crawling away from me. Plus, I spend most of my time trying to get her to stop taking the sticker off her shirt....
Riley definitely is more of a toddler than a baby these days. I haven't taken her back in for a weight check since mid-May when she was 17lbs 6oz, but according to my bathroom scale, she's about 19lbs now. I don't think that's exactly accurate, but I know she's gaining weight. She wears 12 month clothes and size 3 Luvs. I can't remember exactly when we switched, but I think it was after our last monthly update, so she is in her new convertible seat and seems to like it. While her sleep is still pretty bad {hopefully that's changing this week!}, she does put herself well. I nurse her probably 4x through the day, and when I'm finishing nursing her around 7pm, she immediately sits up and starts waving to Gavin and Daddy to tell them 'night night.' It's so cute....especially if they're not in the room. We're also down to one nap a day already....it's rare that she naps twice, and usually only happens if she was up even more than usual the night before.
Riley is walking really well these days. She doesn't know how to stand herself back up if she falls, but she's making it farther everyday and even turns herself around now. Guess it's time to get some walking shoes!
Of course she wouldn't do it in the video, but she says mama, waves, and claps all the time. Sometimes it sounds like she's trying to say dada, but so far, I don't think she's saying it consistently. Just recently, she's started saying 'uh' when she drops something....we just have to keep working on adding the 'oh!' She absolutely loves wrestling with Gavin, playing with the shopping cart and food, and pulling everything she can out of any cabinet or drawer that isn't babyproofed. The girl loves to eat, too. Seriously, I think she'd snack all day if we let her. I really like that she just eats whatever we're eating now....no more baby food! We're working on the sippy cup and will introduce milk soon, but for now she gets water and formula in the sippy cup several times a day. And because she loves to bug her brother, she also loves to try to steal his cup and drink whatever he's having.
I'm taking her to Baby and Me swimming lessons right now and she absolutely loves the water. I've learned from my mistakes with Gavin, so Riley gets water splashed on her, poured on her head, and she gets dunked in the pool a lot. I want to make sure she's used to the water! Going to the pool a couple times a week definitely helps. We also go to baby story time and she loves watching all the other babies, popping the bubbles, and listening to the songs and stories. We're in the middle of a heat wave here, so we've been limited with our outside time but she really loves when we go outside to play.
We can't believe you're almost 1, Riley girl Thank you for making us all so happy.
As I've said before, these monthly pictures are getting harder and harder to take. I get fewer good shots and more shots that are blurry or of her crawling away from me. Plus, I spend most of my time trying to get her to stop taking the sticker off her shirt....
Riley definitely is more of a toddler than a baby these days. I haven't taken her back in for a weight check since mid-May when she was 17lbs 6oz, but according to my bathroom scale, she's about 19lbs now. I don't think that's exactly accurate, but I know she's gaining weight. She wears 12 month clothes and size 3 Luvs. I can't remember exactly when we switched, but I think it was after our last monthly update, so she is in her new convertible seat and seems to like it. While her sleep is still pretty bad {hopefully that's changing this week!}, she does put herself well. I nurse her probably 4x through the day, and when I'm finishing nursing her around 7pm, she immediately sits up and starts waving to Gavin and Daddy to tell them 'night night.' It's so cute....especially if they're not in the room. We're also down to one nap a day already....it's rare that she naps twice, and usually only happens if she was up even more than usual the night before.
Riley is walking really well these days. She doesn't know how to stand herself back up if she falls, but she's making it farther everyday and even turns herself around now. Guess it's time to get some walking shoes!
Of course she wouldn't do it in the video, but she says mama, waves, and claps all the time. Sometimes it sounds like she's trying to say dada, but so far, I don't think she's saying it consistently. Just recently, she's started saying 'uh' when she drops something....we just have to keep working on adding the 'oh!' She absolutely loves wrestling with Gavin, playing with the shopping cart and food, and pulling everything she can out of any cabinet or drawer that isn't babyproofed. The girl loves to eat, too. Seriously, I think she'd snack all day if we let her. I really like that she just eats whatever we're eating now....no more baby food! We're working on the sippy cup and will introduce milk soon, but for now she gets water and formula in the sippy cup several times a day. And because she loves to bug her brother, she also loves to try to steal his cup and drink whatever he's having.
I'm taking her to Baby and Me swimming lessons right now and she absolutely loves the water. I've learned from my mistakes with Gavin, so Riley gets water splashed on her, poured on her head, and she gets dunked in the pool a lot. I want to make sure she's used to the water! Going to the pool a couple times a week definitely helps. We also go to baby story time and she loves watching all the other babies, popping the bubbles, and listening to the songs and stories. We're in the middle of a heat wave here, so we've been limited with our outside time but she really loves when we go outside to play.
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She is just to stinkin cute!
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