Today is Aspen's 1st birthday and thankfully we made it through with minimal damage! I'm loving the age she is right now. Old enough to entertain herself and others around her, but too young to start to much trouble and talk back. This past year has definitely gone by very fast, but at times I thought I would never get another full night of sleep or be able to spend the night away from her. Now that seems like so long ago. The past couple of days I have been scrolling through all my blog posts from the past year and it's been fun to see how much she has changed and how much we have changed.
Some of things Aspen has been up to now that she is 1...
* Lately she has been "sleeping in", waking up around 6:45am. This is a huge improvement to the 5:30 am ready for the day mornings.
* We have working on taking the bottle away and she is down to just having one in the morning when she wakes up and at night before her story and bed. She has done really well with the cup.
*She has moved on to drinking whole milk now and loves it. Jason likes having it in the house too for his coffee :)
*She has been working very hard on her walking. Depending on how focused she is she can go pretty far, but when she gets excited she tends to lose her balance.
*She continues to love to go to the park and now plays on more than the swings. Recently she has enjoyed crawling up the slides and playing in the rocks.
*Depending on the day and on the mood she can be a little bit of a picky eater, but we have our tricks to get her to eat her food ; )
*Right now she is in a transition of going from 2 naps to 1 nap. It's been interesting, but I think soon she will be on her 1 nap a day.
*She really enjoys her books now, which has been so much fun. It doesn't matter who reads them to her as long as you're willing.
*Her best friend continues and always will be Bella.
*She is such a character and is always looking for attention. I wish she was more of a snuggler, but Jason and I just squeeze on her anyway.
Her birthday party is on Saturday and even though I know she won't know what's going on or remember it, I hope she has a great time!
Aspen's birthday shots over the past 12 months...
1 month - 4 months
5 months - 8 months
9 months - 12 months
3 comments:
I love the picture of Aspen and her daddy. You can really see the love. I love the 12 month history of her life. Can't wait for the party.
OMG, too cute. I love her little pink outfit.
Happy Birthday Aspen! I can't wait to see her (and you) this weekend. Cameron wasn't a snuggler either, but now that he's a little older, he lets me snuggle with him when he's sleepy (sometimes).
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