Dear Juliet,
This has been the fastest year of my life. I seriously don't know how you are one year old already. As cliche as it sounds, it feels like we blinked and you went from being that sweet snuggly little newborn to our spunky sweet active little toddler. We love you so much! Having a third little girl has brought us blessing after blessing. God knew exactly what he was doing when he gave us you!
You are crawling around so quickly and pulling up on everything. That is...when your big sisters aren't coming to pick you up and care for your every need before you even need it. I'm convinced that's why you've shown very little interest in walking. Why do the hard work if they want to do it for you? We love watching the three of you play together. The best is when we put you in your room to play for a minute and then turn around to find you crawling into your sisters' room, pulling out the nearest and most interesting box of toys and digging through all of it. You definitely have the art of little sister down!
Daddy's morning shakes are your favorite way to start the day. You can't contain your excitement when the blender is on and yell at your daddy until he hands your cup! A perfect way to learn that you are not allergic to peanut butter. You have transitioned to whole milk without any hesitation. You love drinking your milk from a cup. Though you were almost done nursing, when you turned a year, you were still nursing once right before bed. Some of your favorite foods include cream cheese toast, cheese sticks, mac and cheese and quesadillas. Are you sensing a pattern? You want ALL the cheese. You love all fruit, but not as many veggies. You don't love some of the vegetables that your sisters always loved at our age, like avocado, peas and broccoli. Tomatoes are a favorite! This month, you started to like scrambled eggs too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbl7GxgGjPI
You are signing "more" and "all done". Every day you seem to be getting better at letting us know exactly what you want. Some of your favorite things include Elmo and all things Sesame street (especially watching them sing on Mommy's phone), playing "chase" with Daddy, waving hi and bye bye, throwing toys for Oliver, brushing your teeth, wind on your face and reading books. Your favorite books right now are Your Baby's First Word Will be DADA by Jimmy Fallon, First 100 words by Roger Priddy and Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell.
You have eight teeth and a big smile! You're wearing 12-18 months (size 4 diaper; size 4 shoe), but I'm already starting the process of moving you into 18-24.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4PyFTFmZU
You are famous for giving us "the look". Ohhh I can't even tell you how excited I was when I caught this moment so perfectly on camera. You make the face when you are clearly "over it" (like this birthday photo session), but you also know that it cracks us up, so you do it when I am putting you to sleep. You pull away while I'm singing to you and give me "the look", then I start laughing at you and you start laughing so hard that your pacifier falls out. And you do it again...and again....and again! :)
This month, you rode your first pony and loved it. Between the boat ride at the Bluff, the pony ride at Community Day and the fan that sprayed water at the fair, it seems that you are going to be a girl who is always ready for adventure, lots of fun and a good giggle!
Juliet Grace, here's to the next year and all that God has in store. We adore you!
I love you always,
Mommy
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