I'm One!! Woohoo!

Wow! I am officially one year old now! At my 12 month check up I weighed in at 22 lbs. 13 oz. (75 %) and my height was 31 1/4 inches (96%). I am just growing like a sprout! Well, a couple of weeks before my first birthday I began walking and my mom made a big, big deal about it. I decided I was going to take my time instead; a few steps here and a few steps there. At the beginning of this week I really started walking, more and more each day! Don't worry though I still speed crawl when I get tired of looking like a drunken sailor. We had a celebration with the family on July 4th (my due date) for my first birthday! It was great fun! I enjoyed hot dogs and fruit for lunch and then most important; my personal size Birthday cake. At first I just touched the cake and I wasn't sure what to do with it. Then I took a scoop of icing with my finger...uuuummm. Then another finger-full of icing, then a fist full and then mush, mush, mush. This was my first introduction to sugar and I had a sugar high for a while after my cake. It was a very fun filled day and it is was wonderful to be with my family on my special day!

I have been intertaining my family quite a bit lately. I love to clap and wave hi and bye! I love to blow raspberries, click my tongue and make all kinds of noises. I have added 'da' for dog to my vocabulary. I am still very much in love with my dogs! I love to pet and pat my puppy dogs and talk to them. I believe the dogs still love me, but they are not too sure about me walking around; now I can get to them a different way!

I am still enjoying feeding myself and I enjoy eating anything and everything. My mom has been given the okay to start on dairy. My mom has been trying to get me to drink milk and I don't quite know what I think. My mom is still working on me though. In the meantime I have been eating cheese and yogurt and I am really enjoying both! I have been feeding myself breakfast with a spoon and working very hard on feeding myself with a fork as well. Using a fork is still a work in progress, but I am enjoying it all just the same! Now I have 8 teeth and I am working on 4 more; I am doing lots and lots of chewing!

I had my first beach experience as well, towards the end of June! We went to Rockport for a big Williams get-together. I got to use my floatie suit in the pool and my parents thought I looked like a little turtle. We then gathered and had a cook-out with the entire family after the pool! What a fun time to visit with family. I took a nice nap and then we went to the beach after my nap. I went into the water with my mom and dad. I didn't really like the waves very much, but I was okay with the water hitting my toes! My favorite part was playing in the sand! I had a great time using my shovel and pail! I made a big mess, but it was big fun!!

I know there is so much ahead of me, but right now I am really enjoying the mastery of walking. I love to snuggle with my mommy and daddy and other loved family members. I am learning so much with all of my playgroup buddies! I know I have so much to learn, but I am taking it one day at a time. Mommy still does my hair in the spout style, hopefully she will get better at doing hair, cause that is getting pretty boring. She told me she is not quite ready to cut my hair yet, so I guess the spout it is until then. I will try my very best to keep everyon posted as I am a very, very busy girl now as you all know. Hope this blog finds everyone well!

Love,

Cora Ann