Lily is 13 Months Old!

Lily in her bumbo!

I can't believe its been a month since she turned 1! It seems like her birthday was yesterday. Lily is totally a toddler now though! She is definitely leaving her baby days behind. It is sad, but exciting too.

Walking: Lily walks everywhere now! I only see her crawl when she goes up the stairs now. She even speed walks sometimes. She is getting better posture and stance. She is starting to point her toes more forward and doesn't wobble too much. She is a pro at carrying everything around with her too. We went to one of our friend's baby's 1st birthday party and she stole this huge ball he got and she walked around with it the whole party. It was bigger than her! So we had to get her one too of course and she loves to kiss it and walk around with it. She always has to have something in her hand, usually a stuffed animal or one of our remotes! When she falls down it is no big deal. She just hops right up again! She has hit her head on her table a few time but I think is starting to learn her lesson to steer clear of it.

Talking: Lily is a social butterfly and wants to talk to everyone! When I'm in Walmart with her she has to say "Hi" to everybody. Over and over. Its super cute. She is a shameless flirt :) If someone doesn't say hi back to her or pay attention it makes her a little sad, but she will keep trying anyway. She says a lot of words now! Ever since we got balloons for her birthday she has to say "bloons!" every time she sees them. She likes to gently stroke your hair or your face and say "soft". She says "kitty" while also doing the sign and she says "nunny" for bunny while tapping the top of  her head for an ear. She says "dada" and "mama" and she says "no" a lot. She also says "yes" while doing a huge nod of her head. She says "please" while signing it and she says "all done" while signing it. She does the sign for milk and does a clicking sound for some reason with it and she does a sign for banana! She also does a sign for potty after she has gone number 2! I think this girl is going to try to potty train herself! For dog she pats her leg and goes "oof oof oof!" and for fish she does the sign and goes "ish ish". When she sees a sheep in a book she goes "aaaaa" for baaa and when she sees a duck she goes "ack ack ack" for quack quack. She does the sign for more but doesn't say it. She blows kisses for good bye and for thank you and she also does a little hand wave. She loves her stuffed bears so she does a sign for them too. Its kind of a mix between the sign for baby and bear. Its adorable! She loves to point to her nose and say "no no" and her stuffed animals noses and all of her adult friend's noses. When you ask her where her tummy is she points to that too! She also likes to look out the window and say "outside" while doing the sign. It is fun to communicate with her more and more.

signing "kitty"

Baths!: Just this month Lily got out of her baby chair and actually sits in the real tub and plays with her toys and takes a bath. She loves it! It is fun to watch her play and explore. She was perfectly content to lay back in her baby bath chair the whole first year, but now loves to finally move around in the tub.

Eating: Lily switched to whole milk with no problem! She loves it! That's why she learned the sign for it so fast. She often wakes from her naps signing "milk please". Which makes sense because she always eats right after she wakes up. We are still mostly on bottles though. She does a sippy cup fine with water in it but won't drink as much milk as she needs to when its in the cup. I don't want her to get any skinnier! I swear she looks way taller and skinnier already. Lily also started eating eggs, but I'm worried they are giving her diarreah so we are gonna back off for a bit. She loves to eat bagels with melted cheese on them too! She still eats lots of purees since she only has 2 teeth.That kind of makes chewing hard :)

The Bumbo: I took the bumbo and put it by our couch and Lily loves to sit in it and watch TV with us ha ha. She looks so cute in it!

Lily's best friend, "kitty" has to sit by her on her throne.

Sleeping: Lily is still a great sleeper. We are still doing 2 naps a day and 12 hours at night! Hopefully she keeps it up!

Kisses: Lily does little fish lips now when she kisses you and does just the kissing sound a lot too! She is still very affectionate and gives me lots of kisses and hugs and snuggles all day! I am one lucky mama! She also kisses her grandparents now too besides Michael and I.

Upside Down!: Lily likes to do "upside down" all the time. I didn't get any pictures of it! Hopefully next month :)

That sums it up I think! Happy 13 months Lily!

Playing video games with daddy!

Probably the longest she sat still this whole month!