Vivian Kate | 12 months

 Sweet Vivi,
I cannot believe you are one year old. Time is such a thief! I feel like you were born just yesterday. Without a doubt the quickest year of my life. You have made our lives 100x richer. I thank God for you every day. I can't wait to continue to watch you grow!

Weight

24lb 15oz. Chunk!

Sleep

Consistently sleeps 7pm-6am. Still taking two naps a day, usually 8:30-10am and 1:30-3:15pm or so. Sometimes longer naps, sometimes shorter. I know eventually I should drop her morning nap and transition to one longer afternoon nap but she is definitely not ready yet. She is just dying to get in her crib for her morning nap, I don't see her being ready to drop that any time soon. We will see!

She is such a creature of habit. Her bedtime routine is dinner at 5:30pm then bath, play and read for a while then bottle and bed at 7pm. She has started not wanting to rock and snuggle after her bottle, she is just ready to get in her crib which makes me SO sad. She is definitely growing up ugh.

Eat

This girl loves to eat like her momma! She has just recently started to become a little bit picky which is frustrating because she used to eat anything and everything. It basically depends on her mood how picky she will be at dinner time. Give her cut up green beans on her tray and they go straight to the dog but in a pouch she will devour them. I am making all your pouches and you are obsessed with them. It is such an easy way for you to get lots of good veggies. Your favorite foods are cheese, turkey, ham, all fruits, sweet potatoes, oatmeal, yogurt.

You are drinking whole milk now and you seem to like it just fine. You get 3 sippy cups of milk a day... 7am, 11am, 4pm and then a bottle of milk before bed. I am letting you have your bottle for just another week or two then bye bye bottles. Sad because I love that time rocking you before bed but bottles are bad for your teeth and need to go at age 1!

Likes
You looove being outside. Whether its going on a walk, wagon ride, playing in the yard or just exploring, you are so happy outside. You have just recently started paying so much attention to your furry dog sister. You love patting her and laying (falling) on her. She tolerates you but I wouldn't say she's your biggest fan. You love your cousin Ella James and light up when she walks in the room.

Dislikes
You hate riding in the car now which is torture. You also hate getting dressed. You refuse to eat scrambled eggs which just baffles me.

Milestones and Memories
Not a ton of new milestones this month. You are walking ALL over the place which has been a game changer. If I take my eye off of you for one second, the entire house will be destroyed. You walk straight to the dog's water bowl to splash and spill it. You have developed such a [strong] little personality and you are very vocal about what you want. You will hold your hand out and point to show us what you want. You still have 5 teeth, two on the top and three on the bottom. You love waving, blowing kisses, and dancing.