12 months

One week from her birthday, Kaiah had her 12 month checkup! She is 22.19 lbs (67%) and 28.75 inches (36%). Still short, but super healthy. The doctor said that everything looked great with her, but she hated her shots. After the nurses finished and I picked Kai up, she glared at them and chewed them out until they left - such sass!

My Kai bug, at 12 months:

• Walks, runs, and stamps her feet all the time. She never crawls - ever. She is happiest when she has plenty of space to run.
• Her favorite foods right now are peas, gold fish, pizza, cheese, yogurt, grapes, and raisins.
• She usually sleeps from about 8:00 pm- 7 or 8:00 am and takes two naps.
• She just started this weird dance thing - she kinda spazzes out just the right side of body and runs in circles!
• When she sees something that she likes, she "oohhhhhs" sooooo cute!
• She loves to open her dresser drawers and pull out every outfit that she owns.
• Her favorite show is Juno Baby (junobaby.com)
  
• She strongly dislikes grass - like, it is the best baby sitter ever. Put her on a blanket in the middle of the grass and she won't leave.
• She is finally, for the first time, starting to get a little cuddly. Little being the key word.
• She is our complete life. We love her more than we ever thought possible!

Happy birthday, Kai bug!

The birthday

My family has a tradition of having extremely drawn-out birthday celebrations - and our little Kaiah's has been no different!

Tuesday, March 1st my baby turned one year old!

Mom and Dad both had to work, so Kaiah spent the day with Aunt Kamie and Cousin Ari. She got to take up one of her new toys to play with, and Jer and I bought her "fun" food - toddler meal, apple juice, and some toddler cereal bars. Kamie planned a fun edible craft project, which Kai loved until she got the frosting on her feet! Our baby girl HATES to be dirty or anything fluffy/slimy.

When we got home, we played for a bit and then went to Pizza Factory for dinner. Kai loved sharing our breadsticks and ate her own cheese pizza!

Then we came home and let her break open her "new" Christmas toys - the ones that were too old for her at Christmas time. She loved each and everyone.

Finally, we went to Kneaders to get her a birthday cupcake. Being our little prissy girl, she didn't eat it at all because she didn't want to get her hands messy. Dad didn't mind doing her a solid by finishing it for her :)

Then off to bed in some new jammies!

Today we took her one year pictures and I think they are going to be amazing!

Tuesday is her doctor's appointment, so we will see then how her stats are.

And one week from today, next Saturday, is her birthday party! We can't wait to see everyone there!

One

My baby is one . . .

Oh. My. Word.

Happy birthday to the most beautiful, intelligent, hilarious, adorable little girl in the world. You are everything.



We love you bigger than the sky and more every day!