One Year Old!

Emmy celebrated her first birthday last week! She enjoyed presents both the weekend before her birthday and the weekend after and we are going to Minnesota this weekend and will celebrate again!

• She had her first piece of cake at home the weekend before her birthday and really seemed to like it. She wasn't so sure why the frosting was all stuck to her hands, but then enjoyed grabbing big pieces of the cake and shoving it in her mouth.

• One of her favorite presents so far is the dinosaur that has wheels on it that she stands behind and pushes while she walks.
  
• She can walk pretty steady and fast while holding on to the dinosaur or our hands. She has stood on her own a few times and frequently will stand with barely a knee or her belly propped against something to just steady her the slightest bit.
• At her 12 month check up she checked out super healthy. She is 31 inches (96%) and 24 pounds 11 ounces (92%).
  
• She now has 4 teeth on top and two on the bottom.
• She is getting better and better at eating more table food instead of baby food, but prefers is we feed it to her instead of just put it on her tray. She really seems to like spaghetti, meatloaf, and peas.
  
• We haven't switched to milk yet simply because we had a big container of formula still left and because of traveling this weekend. We will make the switch sometime after we get back from Minnesota.
  
• She has loved playing outside and taking walks since it has been very warm so far in March (70's!).

• She continues to be very vocal and loves to just babble and talk to herself. When looking at books on her own she sometimes will babble as if she is "reading" the book to herself. She knows that Tom is Dada and likes to call out to him when he isn't in the room. We have learned that we must shout to each other from different rooms because sometimes when the gate is up downstairs so Emily can't go upstairs she will stand at the gate and shout "Dadadadadadadada!" when Tom is doing something upstairs.
• She still is pointing at EVERYTHING and trying to say what it is.