Maelie has changed and grown so much since we got her at six months. Let's just take a look at Maelie today:
- She was physically strong when we met in Vietnam, and has only gotten stronger. She could sit up and was almost crawling by the time we left Vietnam. Now, she stands with ease, crawls like the wind, pulls herself up, climbs, and is inches away from walking.
- She loves to STAND in her highchair and hates to be confined.
- She goes to bed easily by herself, and doesn't like to be rocked to sleep.
- She doesn't like baby food, but eats the toddler meals, or people food cut up small.
- She detests fruit, but likes watered orange juice. We have yet to find a fresh fruit she will enjoy. But, she LOVES her meat! Especially chicken. And, she likes potatoes and vegetables.
- She seems to like the color yellow, and loves toys with suns on them, anything musical, and toys that light up.
- She's an active little girl. She doesn't like to stay at one activity for very long, and enjoys crawling from toy to toy, thing to thing. She likes toys that have variety, like her activity tables.
- She likes to watch the Sprout Channel, and loves Chica from the Good Morning Show, and Nina and Star from the Goodnight Show. She likes Play with Me Sesame, Fireman Sam, Pingu, and Dive Olly Dive, but really just prefers their opening song. Then, she loses interest and plays until the next show starts.
- She loves to watch her Baby Signing Time DVD. She does know a few signs, like 'Dog,' 'Bird,' 'Milk,' 'More,' 'Cat', and she knows that 'Daddy' has something to do with raising your arm. :)
- She waves hello and goodbye, but not always on request. She likes to do things when she WANTS to do them.
- She loves to take baths and enjoys the water.
- Her favorite book is "A Child's Good Morning Book," by Margaret Wise Brown, and will read it over and over and over again. When we're through reading it, she will knock on the cover and bounce up and down until we open it up again. We often have to distract her with something else, and then hide the book!!!! I have tried to read another book instead, an idea that doesn't sit with her. She has actually pushed the other book away and then knocked on HER book!
- She likes to drink water out of a cup, with Daddy's assistance. It's 'their' thing.
- She does not scare easily, and does not mind loud noises, sirens, etc., and seems to share her daddy's interest and excitement for fire trucks and ambulances.
- She likes to ride in cars, and is one of the only two places she will sleep. The other is a crib. It canNOT be a pack n' play.
- She now has been taking one long nap in the afternoon, instead of two smaller ones. She sleeps better at night when she goes to bed early, between 6:00 p.m. and
8:00 p.m., and gets up for the morning around 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
- She now wears a size 12 month clothes, but 12 month pants are still large in the waist, unless they are leggings.
- She has the greatest giggle in the world, and loves to play 'peek a boo' and will giggle wildly when Daddy tickles her under her chin. She loves to see her daddy come home in the evenings and MUST have a hug as soon as he walks in the door. Then, she bounces in his arms, and is just the greatest thing to see.
- While we don't have the latest doctor measurements, we estimate her weight at about 20 lbs and her length at about 30 inches. We will have the latest measurements soon, at her next doctor visit.
Maelie has done quite a bit of growing, and so have we. Our lives have grown so much richer. Yes, we have gone from going out to dinner to having meals at home, having to plan ahead more, watching the Sprout channel instead of adult shows, but I wouldn't change one thing. Our house is cluttered with baby clothes and toys, bottles and sippy cups, bottle liners and formula cans. Days and events are organized around naptimes, and now we're always on the look-out for family activities.
It has been an amazing 6 months, and I cannot believe my beautiful baby is a year old today. I can honestly say that I have never known love like this before Maelie. My wish for Maelie today is that one day she understands how much she is loved and cherished, and that she will always have happiness and fun in her life. I hope our upcoming year is a good one, and I am sure it will be filled with many, many more firsts. I can hardly wait to see what she does next!
Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!!!!
The first day we met
January 2009
1 comment:
Happy birthday kiddo.
Zubin and her could split a meal, she could eat the meat and leave the fruit for my kid.
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