Sierra turned the big 1 on saturday, the 18th! I can't believe how fast this last year went. It started out rough, but we love her to bits and she has been so fun to have in our family.
She loves:
binkies
sisters toys
climbing upstairs
tipping backwards in your lap
laughing
bathtime
bottles/mealtime
crawling all over the place
clapping
waving
dancing
being outside or at the park
shopping
She does not like:
face/nose wiped (what kid does?)
laying still for diaper changes
loud noises
being awake for more than 2-3 hours
things being taken out of her mouth (chokers, as we call them-always something around the house no matter how hard you try to keep it cleaned up!)
She hit a lot of milestones just after turning 10 months. She started to crawl on her hands and knees and then just a few weeks after that, she was pulling herself up to stand by the couch. She now stands without hands on the couch for 10 seconds or so, but hasn't tried taking any steps yet. She also mastered climbing the stairs, which I hate. So we have to deal with the baby gate at the bottom of the stairs, which I hate also. She got her two top teeth in (so 4 teeth total now) when she was 10 or 11 months. I can't believe how quickly it all goes by when you know it's your last baby, so we are just enjoying every second of her! Poor thing probably thinks her mother smothers her a bit. Can't help it.
You could tell she loved all the attention, and she definitely knew something was up. You could see the wheels turning in her head, "why is everybody staring at me," "you want me to rip this wrapping paper off this present," "you want me to dig into this cake"?! She wasn't very sure about it all, but we helped. Opening her presents, she would finally get one open and then she just wanted to play with that one toy. We could have just gotten her one thing and she would have been happy. She didn't want to move along and see what the next gift was! She started out slow getting into the cake but she tore it up pretty well by the end. It was in her hair, all over the floor, high chair, her clothes! I loved it though! I just let her have it! I think she had a fun day, for someone who does not really know what's going on!
1st birthday pictures
Sierra and her birthday gifts! Thank you to her Grandma's and Grandpa's who spoiled her with such cute and fun presents!
