Monthly Milestones

Well Annabelle turns One! It is truly hard to believe that a year ago we were holding our 6 lb 14 oz newborn girl, and now she is little Miss Personality! So much happens in this first year! Here are some new thing she did this month....

December 31st, 2006 about 6:09 PM

Tonight at 6:09! Exactly One year old!

1. She went officially to the sippy cup for every meal on December 2nd!

2. Wednesday, December 5th she stood for the first time. Of all places it was in the bathroom. She was holding onto the tub and let go just to look around. Then at Church she did it for the ladies in the nursery, but this time she stood and clapped to B-I-N-G-O!

3. Friday, December 7th she started using sign language. She can now do "more", "all done" and "Thank you!" She also points to things that she wants! That is not official sign language. :-)

4. Monday, December 10th she started drinking soy milk. We put her on soy milk because of her lactose issues.

5. Sunday, December 23 she took two steps to Mommy. Grandma and Aunt Em got to see and take pictures.

6. Annabelle now plays Peek-a-Boo using her hands!

7. She knows how to show affection. The other day we came back from somewhere and she went to each of us one at at time, gave us a hug and then put her arms out for the next person!

8. She has grown in her word knowledge. She knows things like "sit" and "please, wait" and other simple commands.

9. At the end of this month she finally had her 3rd tooth pop through! We are a bit slow with the teeth, but a nurse told me that the longer the teeth come in the better teeth she will have. Let's hope she is right!

10. She has tried more table food this month including, mashed potatoes, oatmeal, and olives to name a few. The first two she liked, the olives she did not! Her face was hilarious!

Annabelle is 21 lbs (50 percentile) and 28 inches long (25 percentile)