One Year!

It is so hard to believe that one entire year has passed since Delaney joined our family! It has been such a great year! Here are some of the great things that have happened...

• Delaney gained 11.7 pounds (weighing in at 18.10 yesterday)


• She grew nine inches (measured 28 inches yesterday)


• She traveled to many states including South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Illinois. (Don't forget all the states in between)


• She seemed slow to roll over, average to sit and crawl but she started to walk quite early, a week shy of 10 months old!


• She has four teeth and loves to eat anything that is on your plate. It is so awesome to see her look your plate over and then reach out and pick up a grilled onion or pepper and eat it! She is very into feeding herself!


• She made the transition from nursing to bottle just fine and I am pretty sure we will not have any major problems going from bottle to strictly a cup.


• She has developed a very strong liking for her pacifier and two special little blankets. They will not be so easy to divert from but that is for another time. She is so funny to watch with her paci. She likes to have two or three of them at her disposal and she will switch them out like they have different flavor or something. I will work on getting video of that.


• She is beginning to talk a little. Her words include...momma, dadda, fish and hello. She says a lot more than that but we are not sure what it is yet. She has definitely discovered her voice as she has started to scream really loud when she wants something! Great...another indepenedent one!


• She is a good sleeper. She takes pretty good naps (usually 2 a day sometimes 3). And she sleeps all night going down by 8 and sleeping until 6 or 7 (except the last couple of nights she has been up a ton! must be teeth or something).


• She has a great laugh and an awesome smile.


• She loves to dance, swim, be outside, wave at people, and eat ice cream and popsicles.


• But most of all...she loves her mommy and daddy!

We love you Delaney! Happy first birthday!!!!