13 Months

I've loved doing these monthly updates so much that I plan to keep doing them for as long as I can. Not sure what life will be like once there are 2 babies, but hopefully I can keep it up. :)

I am really loving life with you at this age. You are a joy and a delight to be around and you are always making your dad and I laugh. You're very expressive and have a way of letting us know what you want or don't want. It's almost always through a mix of facial expressions, screams and some hand shaking/signing.

You are very much a people person and will say "hi" a million times when we are out and about anywhere. You love it when people say it back to you, and how could they not, when you say it with such a sweet little voice, smile real wide and wave your chubby little arm. You kill me. :)

A little about you:

• Still sleeping through the night which is awesome sauce!!
• Wearing 12 months and some 12-18 months.
• Babbling up a storm. I feel like at any moment you're just going to start talking in full sentences.
• You have 8 teeth that we know of in the front (4 on top, 4 on the bottom) and I think you have at least 2 more in the back, but you won't really let me take a look.
• You are super mobile now and into everything, but you're doing it your own way, because you're too cool like that. If you're on your bottom, you scoot by using your hands to pull you and then slide your legs, kind of like a frog. If you're on your stomach you do an army crawl, plus rolling to get where you want to go. It's hilarious, but incredibly efficient.
• You love to dance to music and also recently started humming along when a song plays.
• Still have the sweetest disposition that melts my heart all the time.
• Some of your food favorites recently have been blackberries, raspberries and raisins.
• Haven't made the full switch from a bottle to a Sippy cup yet, but we will need to do that soon. I dread it, but I hope that you will do fine with it.
• You use the sign for "all done" for everything. It doesn't matter if I ask you if you want more, or a drink, or whatever; you use that sign and it's hilarious!

Favorites:

• The dogs still. I'm pretty sure that they are the reason you finally started crawling, just so you could snag them. :)
• Playing outside & swinging in your swing (we plan on getting you a pool for the summer)
• People!

We love you sweet girl and could not imagine our lives without you in it. We have 4 months until baby brother arrives, so I am soaking in every minute I have with you before things change for a bit.