1 year old!!!!!

how is this possible?

there is no way you can be 1.

just looking at the past year of monthly photos...

you grew up this month.

it makes me excited, but kinda breaks my heart.

you're not really a baby anymore.

you are getting more and more independent.

this month had been CRAZY!

you had your first fever 101.6*

with vomiting...

i am 99% sure it was teething.

because the next day or 2 later,

we saw 2 front top teeth poking out!

we've been playing the "she's teething" card

way too much this month, grow those teeth already.

then the night before your bday, you got another fever

of 102* and had projectile vomiting,

so i thought, sure, it's the same thing again.

but the next day you barely had a voice and

you had a little cough.

low and behold at your 1 year checkup

they tested you for strep, and

you had it. poor baby.

you are on the mend, but still super needy

and fussy and go through bouts of crying

where you are just inconsolable. 

we had to put you on abx (your first ever).

but you take it like a champ.

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on a happier note:

you love love love to play with:

wooden train

blocks

putting stuff in a box and taking it out

you love to throw

or roll a ball

you point to what you want

you love swimming and playing in the sand

you started scooting like a mad man

and kinda quit rolling,

you like to be upright.

you will take a few steps, but you just don't seem

to like walking, which is fine with me.

you are talking more and more.

you have absolutely mastered

hi and bye

(which sometimes sounds like die)

you wave both times.

but i swear you said star,

you said it twice, but havent since.

the day after our bday you pulled up to standing

using the chair, ALL on your own.

you are gonna be trouble young lady.

you go straight for what you are not

supposed to play with:

cords

electronics

dangerous things.

when i tell you no,

you look at me, smile, and go right back to doing whatever is bad.

this is not good.

you are my little bundle of joy

my strudel noodle

my peanut

my peanut butter

my little poospie poo

my bean

my hazelnut

my hazelbean

my baby.

-love momma