literally jumping down off of the chair...
back up...
and not very happy about it (the photo before this & after are in sequence)...her mood changes quickly these days...
& just like that, back to happy again cuz she's up to no good....
okay mom...I'm smiling...are we done yet?
sweet girl! running around her room!
the pea is 13 months old today. I almost forgot to mark the date with a photo shoot in the chair. That must mean our pea is growing up & I am becoming a typical mom.
Notes at 13 months...
-Anything remotely round is referred to as 'ball'. Grapes have been balls for about a week. Today at the grocery store the watermelons were 'balls'.
-Blueberries are still her favorite food.
-A snack can stop the worst of fits in a second. She loves her some snack.
-Cows & Dogs (and photos of them) are greeted with excitement and the same sound...it resembles "boooouuuuuuf."
-She now puts things into baskets almost as often as she dumps them out. Once she fills something she dumps it out, all over herself. The game ends with something being dumped out.
-She loves to dump water from a full pail onto her face in the bathtub. She usually then chokes & sputters and looks upset but seems to have no clue she caused the choking!
-She is pretty much done eating plain vegetables...it happened so fast! She loves all meat except pork (sorry Grandpa Rosonke). I think the pork has more to do with the texture than the taste. I'm certain she'd love ham, but we are holding out on it given the salt levels. Chicken is her favorite meat.
-She LOVES cheese.
-Usually takes 2 naps a day, one about 10a and one somewhere between 2p and 3p. She wakes anywhere from 6a to 8a, with 7a being a predictable average. We usually start the bedtime process around 7:15p or 7:30p.
-She LOVES to look at her books. Upside down or right side up...doesn't matter.
-Just in the last few days she's started to really hug & snuggle with her baby dolls & stuffed animals. She also cracks up when you put the baby doll's hat on, say, a bear.
-She pretend feeds her babydoll its little toy bottle.
-She tries to share her paci with me, Clay & the cats.
-MEHMO is a new favorite (Elmo). We now have cups with MEHMO on them and she's a big, big fan.
-She also really likes the little Iowa Hawkeye doll we have. GO HAWKS! She's not so into Bill the Goat. Maybe because GO GOAT or GO NAVAL ACADEMY just doesn't have the same ring to it. I'm pretty pleased with her choice, whatever the reason.
-She loves the cats more & more everyday. She definitely understands she is supposed to be gentle (and she knows what gentle means), but she's pushing Tallulah's limits. I feel like one of these days Tallulah will set some boundaries that I just can't..if you know what I mean. Today Tallulah was lying on her side & Luci was practically sitting on her stomach...gently tugging at her whiskers. After it became clear Luci was not going to ease up, Tallulah finally decided to move.
-She's figured out our little cardboard stair gate. She pushes it over & before you know it she is halfway up. Not cool.
-She says 'sshhhhh' in reference to shoes.
-She gave up the bottle pretty easily. We did it cold turkey & it was rough for really only a day or two.
-We are switching out formula for whole milk. We did NOT do this one cold turkey. At first she really wouldn't drink much whole milk, but by now she seems to be a big fan of both. We are going to use the formula until the cans we had on hand are gone.
-She's quickly becoming timid around people she doesn't know. Maybe her little spirit isn't as adventurous as we thought!
-That being said, she is still climbing anything & everything in sight. She pulled a couch cushion down from the sofa & used it to climb onto the ottoman last weekend. Her dad was watching her & he looked up & she was standing on the ottoman with her hands high up in the air...obviously delighted with herself.
-She really likes to dance. The head bang seems to have been forgotten in favor of turning in a circle.
-She's now sleeping with a blanket...no more sleep sack. I lost some sleep over this the first few nights.
-She's started to point at things, and pick up itty bitty pieces of paper, food & fuzz off of the carpet & bring it to me.
-She now pushes AND pulls things while walking...and can walk backwards.
Notes at 13 months...
-Anything remotely round is referred to as 'ball'. Grapes have been balls for about a week. Today at the grocery store the watermelons were 'balls'.
-Blueberries are still her favorite food.
-A snack can stop the worst of fits in a second. She loves her some snack.
-Cows & Dogs (and photos of them) are greeted with excitement and the same sound...it resembles "boooouuuuuuf."
-She now puts things into baskets almost as often as she dumps them out. Once she fills something she dumps it out, all over herself. The game ends with something being dumped out.
-She loves to dump water from a full pail onto her face in the bathtub. She usually then chokes & sputters and looks upset but seems to have no clue she caused the choking!
-She is pretty much done eating plain vegetables...it happened so fast! She loves all meat except pork (sorry Grandpa Rosonke). I think the pork has more to do with the texture than the taste. I'm certain she'd love ham, but we are holding out on it given the salt levels. Chicken is her favorite meat.
-She LOVES cheese.
-Usually takes 2 naps a day, one about 10a and one somewhere between 2p and 3p. She wakes anywhere from 6a to 8a, with 7a being a predictable average. We usually start the bedtime process around 7:15p or 7:30p.
-She LOVES to look at her books. Upside down or right side up...doesn't matter.
-Just in the last few days she's started to really hug & snuggle with her baby dolls & stuffed animals. She also cracks up when you put the baby doll's hat on, say, a bear.
-She pretend feeds her babydoll its little toy bottle.
-She tries to share her paci with me, Clay & the cats.
-MEHMO is a new favorite (Elmo). We now have cups with MEHMO on them and she's a big, big fan.
-She also really likes the little Iowa Hawkeye doll we have. GO HAWKS! She's not so into Bill the Goat. Maybe because GO GOAT or GO NAVAL ACADEMY just doesn't have the same ring to it. I'm pretty pleased with her choice, whatever the reason.
-She loves the cats more & more everyday. She definitely understands she is supposed to be gentle (and she knows what gentle means), but she's pushing Tallulah's limits. I feel like one of these days Tallulah will set some boundaries that I just can't..if you know what I mean. Today Tallulah was lying on her side & Luci was practically sitting on her stomach...gently tugging at her whiskers. After it became clear Luci was not going to ease up, Tallulah finally decided to move.
-She's figured out our little cardboard stair gate. She pushes it over & before you know it she is halfway up. Not cool.
-She says 'sshhhhh' in reference to shoes.
-She gave up the bottle pretty easily. We did it cold turkey & it was rough for really only a day or two.
-We are switching out formula for whole milk. We did NOT do this one cold turkey. At first she really wouldn't drink much whole milk, but by now she seems to be a big fan of both. We are going to use the formula until the cans we had on hand are gone.
-She's quickly becoming timid around people she doesn't know. Maybe her little spirit isn't as adventurous as we thought!
-That being said, she is still climbing anything & everything in sight. She pulled a couch cushion down from the sofa & used it to climb onto the ottoman last weekend. Her dad was watching her & he looked up & she was standing on the ottoman with her hands high up in the air...obviously delighted with herself.
-She really likes to dance. The head bang seems to have been forgotten in favor of turning in a circle.
-She's now sleeping with a blanket...no more sleep sack. I lost some sleep over this the first few nights.
-She's started to point at things, and pick up itty bitty pieces of paper, food & fuzz off of the carpet & bring it to me.
-She now pushes AND pulls things while walking...and can walk backwards.
PS. Amanda's birthing journey has started...please keep the entire Lawrence family in your prayers!
Her new thing is climbing into EVERYTHING she can. Here she is in what used to be a toilet paper holding basket from the bathroom...which became a babydoll crib...which became something to climb in.
the cupcake tree 'cake'...
the second attempt at frosting & cake...this time she ate almost the whole thing...
