13 months.

While I realize every post mentions baby Addison in some way, I have not done a post specifically about her. I can’t avoid including her in all of my posts because she is our life now and really everything we do revolves around her.

When I was first pregnant, I signed up for all the baby websites and received emails each week. They would be titled, “Today, you are 23 weeks pregnant…” “Today, you are 36 weeks pregnant…” Once Addison was born, the emails changed to say, “What’s up with your baby at 4 months, 2 Weeks…” You get the idea. Well, this past month, the emails have said, “Your toddler…” What? When did I get a toddler??

Today, our girl is 13 months old.

She is becoming more and more independent everyday and knows what she wants. She will all of a sudden refuse to eat her most favorite food, but then can’t get enough of it 5 minutes later.

She LOVES the dogs! Every morning, she calls for Yea-ya (Layla) when she first wakes up and squeals when Layla comes running into her room.

She is able to sign “more, please, thank you, yes, hi, bye, dog, eat, book, water, and I want.” Those are the only ones I have taught her, but she gets it. If I introduce something new, she does it right away and understands that it works for her advantage. She is so funny – she knows she is not allowed to play in the dogs’ water bowl in the kitchen. Instead, she will sit in front of it, signing, “I want” and pointing to it!

She can say “Layla, no, hi, bye, thank you, ball, book, baby, daddy, mama, duck, Maggie (my parent’s dog) and go.”

(She sits at the back door and tells the dogs to “go!”)

As I have mentioned before, she is a water baby. She has no fear. In the pool, she heads as deep as she can, then ends up under water until I go her her to bring her back to the entry. She puts her face in the water and comes up with a huge smile. We are working on floating on her back, but she’s not a big fan of that.

As of her one-year check up, she has 8 teeth (4 top, 4 bottom). She is right at 20 pounds (40%) and 30” (98%)! Still tall and skinny! She is wearing 12 month outfits, but most of her 9 month clothes still fit her.

She is opening all of our kitchen cabinets and as of recently, trying to open doors! She is able to grab the handle with ease…its probably only a matter of time!

She is still not walking! I am shocked! She crawled before she was 8 months old and stood by 9 months. I thought for sure she would be running in no time. This week she took four steps so, we are close, but not officially a walker. I am ok with it though because the more I think about it, she will probably start running as soon as she can walk!

There’s our girl in a nutshell! She is the happiest baby around and we love her to pieces!