All about Kate Ross.....
***edited to add her stats at 12 months***
Weight: 22 lbs
Length: 30.5 inches
Head: 18.5 inches
I was going to try to post "all about" the birthday child in our house on (around) their birthday. I am almost a month late with this one and can't believe I have another child with a birthday tomorrow! Better late than never, I suppose!
I can't believe our sweet baby girl is ONE! The bottles are packed away along with all that other "first year" baby gear. This has been the fastest year. I am convinced it has something to do with keeping up with 3 children. Her birthday was just perfect and celebrated with family. Nonnie and Hoppy gave her a baby that cries and Nac-Nac and Jim gave her a baby that laughs--and she loves them both! Our dear friends, Shawn and Callie, gave her super cute MSU cheerleader outfit, and we think she makes a mighty cute bulldog. We gave her a ride-on car and she really likes to climb on and off of this.
Just a few words she knows and can point to when asked: hair, nose, Eason, Hayes, birds, balloon, paci, Elmo, swing, book, bath, shoes/socks, baby
EATING:
(Still has 8 teeth)I think it would be easier for me to list what she does NOT like vs. what she DOES like beacause this girl will eat practically anything I give her! She has been on all table food since about 9 months and eats whatever I cook for the rest of us at mealtime. She normally out eats her brothers...seriously. She doesn't seem to care for milk, but doctor said no big deal if she likes cheese and yogurt, and she does. I think the only thing I've seen her spit out has been hotdogs. She eats a lot of cheese toast, green beans, peas, bananas, turkey sandwiches, soups, REALLY likes grapes...
SLEEPING:
Doing much better at night--Naptimes are not great, but we have to be on the go so much that this routine has never been properly established. She normally only naps about 1 hour (if that) at home. I will be honest--this wears me out, but her bedtime is around 7:00 each night. She mostly naps in her carseat taking and picking up her brothers from school. Since we live about 17 miles from town, she has LOTS of time in the car. She will also sleep in her bed all night a couple of nights a week. (We are those parents who get her and bring her to our bed when she cries at night from sheer exhaustion--it works for us)
TALKING:
Mama (but doesn't say it too often)
Dada (loves to say this when her daddy walks
through the door in the afternoons. I
love watching her reaction--she drops
whatever she is into and runs to hug her
daddy and wants him to hold her right
then!)
Nigh-Night And if you tell her to go night-
night she'll lay her head down
where ever she is like she is
sleeping
Dora (which sounds like "Dorda") She can spot
Dora across a store and points and
says "Dorda!" I think it is so funny
that she is already a Dora fan at
almost 13 months old.
Bye-Bye (Says this often and waves to anyone who
leaves our house...along with random
cars that ride past our house.)
Uh-Oh Which is usually more like a sound
MOBILITY:
She has been walking for a while now, but still falls ALOT! She is usually sporting a bruise somewhere on her face. Sometimes we just watch her and laugh because she looks like a drunk midget. She likes to climb up on our kitchen step-stool and then holler because she hasn't figured out how to dismount yet.
HER LIKES:
Babies--When she is holding her doll, will pat her back. She spots them out and points and says her little language for "baby". They can be babies on TV, dolls in a toystore, pictures on the side of a diaper box, she notices them and loves to show them to you. She also tries to touch babies in infant carriers. She points, runs over to them and babbles, and to think that she was in a carrier 3 months ago!
Books--loves to bring us books and plop down in our laps as she points and "reads" the book. She loves to for us to read to her too!
Dogs--We don't have one, but she LOVES them and tells us they say "woof-woof" when we ask her.
Her Brothers--(I think this one is pretty mutual.) The sweetest thing I have seen her do is try to comfort the boys if they are crying. She goes over to them and pats their back and tries to "love" on them...such a little mama.
Music--loves it when you sing to her
Potty--Not using it of course but she seems to enjoy doing lots of "Will it Sink or Float" experiments since I find random items in there--yuck!
Pinky--She love, love, loves this pink bunny that she has slept since she was probably 3 months old. She will not not go to sleep without it!!
Kate Ross is such a blessing from God, and we are so thankful that she is in our lives! I can't wait to see what all this next year has in store for her!
