April 23, 2012
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Miriam just turned one on Tuesday, April 17th. She was born Palm Sunday last year
At one year, she is 16 pounds 4 ounces and 28 1/2″ long. She has grown by 10 ” and 9 pounds since she was born last year. Most of that growth happened in the first four months! She is nearly the same weight as her four month checkup.
She figured out how to play the recorder. It is adorable
She is such a climber! She pulls out this drawer and climbs into it so that she can get on top of the train table. So clever!
Our not-so-great-Easter photo
Going for a ride with the boys
She started crawling the day she turned six months. She started walking around furniture at 8 months. She doesn’t seem interested in walking yet though. Crawling is so much fun! I’m in no hurry to have her walk…except for one thing; the dresses just get in the way!
A little angel! She started sucking her fingers at just a few months old. That little elephant has been her best friend. The boys and I picked it out one time when we were at the Zoo; I was 7 months pregnant with Miriam at the time. When she was still only weeks old, the boys insisted on piling three stuffed animals in her bed all the time. She picked the elephant as her favorite and looks for it first, every time I put her in bed. So cute!
My little butterfly! We’ve decided that her theme is butterflies. We even picked it as the theme for her first birthday party! We are raising butterflies from Larvae now…more on that to follow! Ironically, a Monarch butterfly settled on her head the very day of her birthday. It sat there for 1/2 hour, before we finally had to put Miriam to bed. We put it in the butterfly tent with the others
She finally has enough hair to keep a bow in (yay!)
Here is a four month picture…she hasn’t changed much!
Here are the words she can say now:
Mama, Dada, bird, balloon, butterfly, poop (yes! and even in the right context!) Coco, go (she LOVES to go!), bottle, woof (when she sees a dog) eyes, hi, bye-bye (she waves consistently now – and to every passing car) I’m sure there are others I’m forgetting…she says around 20 words now. Way more than the boys said at this age!! She is bright, cheerful and eager to learn. She has loved nursing more than the boys ever did and she will be the hardest to wean. She is very easy to correct and discipline because she has such a close bond that she hates to disappoint us. A simple swat breaks her heart and brings her to my lap for hugs and cuddles. And so we seldom have to discipline….a simple ‘no’ suffices! She cries if a stranger gives her even a serious look and she seems to understand an enormous amount of what we say (ie, if we start to talk about bed time, she cries and protests) She knows much more than she can say! We are so delighted to have had her for one wonderful year!
