Twelve Months

Happy first birthday to my sweet daughter.  Your happiness is noticed by everyone and your smile brightens up every room.  Watching you grow this past year has brought me pure joy.  You are always excited by the world and I am honored to have you as a daughter.  What an amazing year!

Likes:
Dancing
French fries
Laughing
Making funny noises

Dislikes:
Being sleepy

Schedule:
Now that Harper sleeps through the night I feel like we finally have a schedule.  Of course, she'll be starting school in a few weeks if we can get her walking, so we will probably mess this all up.  Our days look like this: Harps wakes between 7:30-8:30 and quietly plays in her crib. We have breakfast (pancakes, cheerios, milk, fruit), play or run errands, snacks, nap from 11-1ish, eat lunch (cheese, deli meat, pouch), play some more, snacks, take another nap (4-6ish), eat dinner, play again, then off to bed with milk between 7:30-8:00 for a full night's sleep!

Features:
Her hair is still a medium brown color, a tad bit mullety, and keeps getting thicker.  She now has a total of 5 teeth and teething doesn't seem to bother her.  She is 21 lbs and 13 oz and I'm pretty sure she gets cuter every day.

Milestones:
SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!
Claps
Points
Pulls up on occasion
Clicks tongue
Purses her lips when you say "kiss"

Firsts:
Cake
1st Birthday Party
Splash Park
4th of July

Challenges:
Not that I want to push her, but we need this girl to walk!

Thoughts:
I can't wait to watch you continue to grow and blossom into a fun loving, sweet lady.  I promise to keep you my baby as long as you'll let me and I will always be here to love you unconditionally even when you don't think you need me.  You are such a wonderful gift and I am so grateful you are mine.

Thank you to everyone who followed along with Harper's 1st year of life.  It's bittersweet to write this last post... such a fast and wonderful year.  Happy Birthday Harper!