Addie Grace had 4 birthday parties. I believe (maybe, ehh not sure actually), that I already posted about these. One party was at the beach with Eric's family, another at the beach with mine, my friend Marty threw her one the week we left, and then we had a little party with some team members over here.
Even though she turned 1 the Sunday after we arrived, she was still celebrated a lot!
We have not yet had her 1 year check up, but there is a clinic here with Western trained doctors that we will see for her appointment. So, no stats right now but as soon as we go, I'll update!
Eating: Whatever we eat! YAY!! So glad to be done with bottles, baby food, etc. I still don't feed her candy, chips/junk food, and red meat. She LOVES fruit. LOVES. I am her hero if I give her a handful of grapes. After we arrived, we allowed her a night time bottle to stick with some normalcy, but this week we took it away, and she has adjusted wonderfully. Loves drinking her whole milk in a sippy cup. When she is finished with her food, she throws it off her high chair and on to the floor...this drives me nuts. She does the same with her sippy cup.
Talking: She is a talker. mama, dada, papa, dog and other noises that I don't know. We say, "what sound does a doggie make?" She says, "ruff ruff." We have a nanny that speaks Russian to her, so maybe a few Russian words soon??
Personality: She loves to smile and laugh. When she is tired she whines, but don't we all? She is really silly and loves to play with stuffed animals and her baby. She has learned to kiss, so she loves kissing on the lips. She'll put her forehead to mine and smile (melt my heart). Loves to clap her hands. Gets so excited when daddy walks into the room. She has so many expressions . She loves to smile with her nose scrunched. Loves peek-a-boo, thinks it's hilarious. She has started hitting, and hitting in the face I might add. She gets in trouble for this!
Mobility: Crawls and climbs everywhere. She is cruising but not walking by herself. She gets braves and stands up by herself, then she'll give herself a round of applause.
Sleeping: She's a champ. Sleeps from 7am-7pm. She has dropped her morning nap since we have been here. We would let her take an hour morning nap, but then wouldn't take an afternoon nap so we figured it was time! She takes an afternoon nap from 1-3:30/4. If she wakes up earlier, we leave her in her crib and she usually falls back asleep.
Schedule: I liberally follow this...definitely can change based on what we have going on for the day
7:00- Wakes up
7:30- Breakfast
10:30- Snack
12:00/12:30- Lunch
1:00-4:00- Nap/Quiet time
4:30- Snack
6:00- Dinner
6:45-Bath
7:00- Bed
You forgot to add that she loves to kiss so much she kisses cats on the lips too... :)
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