One Year Old!

Here it is. Cami is officially 1 year old, so we have reached our final blog post.

She is now weighing in at 21lbs, 14oz, (70^th percentile) and is 2’5” long (37^th percentile).  We’ve had all sorts of fun new behavioral developments from her in the last month. Carrie has taught her how to kiss. I have taught her how to “noggin” (Finding Nemo, anyone?).  Cami has recently developed a habit of reaching up our shirts and trying to tickle our bellies while she is on the changing table. At first she was very silly about it, and would giggle. Now, she just stares us down very seriously while administering the tickling. Cami did start walking a week before her birthday. She can push up to standing in the middle of the room, and has also learned to climb. We don’t have stairs at home, but whenever we happen upon them, up she goes! She does like to climb up Mady’s little step stool in the bathroom, and has also climbed up on to the toilet. We do make an effort to keep the bathroom door shut now. She has recently become very chatty, and likes to string syllables together. She has also finally developed an interest in books. She does have a select few favorites, and doesn’t have much interest in branching out just yet.  When she is hungry, she will stick her tongue in and out. She is still nursing strong and doesn’t really like cow’s milk. Strangely enough, she has a taste for coffee. Carrie offered her a sip because she was so insistent about it. We expected her to not like it, but she just kept asking for more. It even helps her to take her milk if we add a little coffee. Her grandpa is so proud. Broccoli is actually one of her favorite foods. Finally, Cami has become a very social baby. She likes to wave to every stranger that she passes. This tends to cause people (all of them, not just middle aged women) to gush and wave and strike up conversation with our one year old… and occasionally us.



Since we already had the party, we just had Grandma and Granpa over for dinner and made a giant cookie to commeorate Cami's birthday. We put a candle in the cookie and Mady helped blow it out.

It has been a really exciting year. We have had so much fun watching Cami grow, and watching Mady become a big sister. We are now looking forward to the excitement of living with a toddler and a preschooler.