Elena - 12 months

*I'm a little late on posting this blog, her birthday was November 4th.*

How is my baby girl a whole year?! Time has surely flown by, but I'm glad I get to be this girl's mommy.

 

STATS

Height: 28.5 in

Birth: 20 in

Weight: 20 lbs

Birth: 8 lbs 14 oz

LOVES

Miss Elena loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (hot dog dance anyone?), her elephant walker, being with Mommy and Daddy, her doggies, huge stuffed animals, bath time, the zoo, and BOOKS!! You give that child anything in the world, but if she sees a book, she goes right after that. We have a little bookworm on our hands

HATES

Not much in this category. Hates being away from Mama and Dada at the moment.

TEETH

8 teeth total. I think the molars are starting to come in as well.

EATS

She has had less of an appetite lately because of her teething. She still nurses when she wakes up and before she goes to bed. Her bottles at daycare are whole milk. She will only take her milk in a bottle and it HAS to be warm, she only drinks from a sippy if it's water. She loved her birthday cake!

SLEEP

We are so lucky that she has been sleeping through the night since 2 months. She sleeps from 7pm-6:30am on the weekdays, and 7pm-7:45am on the weekends. When she is not at daycare, she takes a 2 hour nap at 10am, and a 2 hour nap at 3pm. At daycare she takes about two 30 minute naps.

WALKING

She started taking steps the day after her birthday. She can walk across the room, but she is still not walking all the time. She has reasoned out that she can get to places much faster by crawling

TALKING

Her speech is really starting to develop. Some things she can say: Mama, Dada, baba, God, good dog, uh (uh-oh), hola, Ella (her friend), nigh nigh, away

We had her birthday party on November 7th and she had so much fun! We are so blessed by our friends and family.
Here are some photos from her party. I made all the banners and her high chair tutu. The cakes are from Target.

 

Thank you for letting us be your parents baby girl! We love you with all our hearts!