She took her first steps when we went to Dallas for Nana's birthday the first weekend in December (11 months). Then she slowly got more and more brave and took off a couple of weeks after her first birthday. Now at 13 months she is always upright and almost running! She loves to walk by herself and pulls her hand away if you try to help at all. She loves to pick up anything and walk around with it. The heavier the better. She walks often with one of Sam's tennis shoes in each hand or carrying around a full container of wipes. She is also stooping down and standing back up to pick things up along the way. She loves to get into things... anything. Literally. Magazine racks, baskets, etc... anything she can squeeze herself into. She likes her books again (yay!!) and we read from 7ish to bedtime every night. She talks constantly and reads her books aloud to us also. She says "Mama, Dada, shoes, ball, baby, fish (sh)" and for the first few times today "all done"! We taught her to sign "all done" instead of screaming to get out of her highchair. She has been doing that for about 2 weeks and now just says it! We are working on "more" because she screams for more ice from her dada. We haven't heard any Spanish words yet but we can't wait! She is becoming a more picky toddler eater but not too terrible yet. She still eats her baby oatmeal with bananas and whole milk every morning and LOVES it. She eats fruit all day long - bananas, apples, oranges (depending on the day), blackberries, blueberries and grapes(favorite!). She is currently boycotting strawberries which used to be her favorite. She only gets veggies through Happy Baby pouches - spinach, peas, sweet potatoes, carrots and corn. Or in casseroles (i.e. chicken pot pie or stew). Oh well, whatever it takes. She is just starting to eat whole cooked corn and carrots again - yay! Nothing green. The bottle wean was super easy as most things are with Miss Charlotte. It wasn't really a wean, more like packing up the bag the night before her birthday and putting them up in her closet. She never acted like she knew they were gone! It took a while for her to learn to love her whole milk but now she sucks down 2 whole 8 oz cups everyday. She still drinks it like a bottle but from a sippy cup, laying with her mama in the rocker. Her mama loves it too! She loves to play outside, especially at the park. She tolerates short rides in her wagon and stroller but still prefers to be on the loose. She likes to play with her toys in her playroom - current favs are her tea set, little people animal zoo, band set, little kitchen, blocks, trucks and babies. She still loves her Baby Einstein movies and watches one each morning when she gets up. She LOVES her lovie and cannot sleep without her. She is still an awesome sleeper - 7:30 to 8 pm - 7:00 to 7:30 am. She only takes 1 afternoon nap now which gives us way more play time on the weekends! She is crazy over her dad and yells "Da!" at him most of the time he is home. Her favorite activity is wrestling with him on our bed, and it is pretty much the only time she does that adorable belly laugh over and over and over again. She is so sad that his arm is hurt and doesn't understand why he can't play! It is pitiful. She is becoming more snuggly lately and will come to me every few minutes while she plays and hug me. It is soooooo sweet. She loves Macy and Macy is being much nicer to her too. She says "rrrrow, rrrrrow, rrrrrow" when you ask her what Macy says. So cute. She knows a few body parts - she can point to nose, ears, eyes and belly button consistently. She is in love with her Papaw and has him wrapped around her finger. She cried everytime we put her in the church nursery so now he is a nursery volunteer. He couldn't stand it. And of course, she loves the nursery now! She does not like to be with people she doesn't know. We will work on that later... like preschool maybe :).
All in all, Charlotte is this... sweet, strong willed but easy going, independent, happy, hard working, energetic, shy, curious, loving and beautiful. In my eyes, my Charlotte is perfect.
Here are some pics of Char playing this weekend!!
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