Aja is Officially One!

My baby is officially one as of yesterday! Here are a bunch of facts about my little princess:

Her brother is still her best friend... and he loves her too... they are so good at getting into trouble together!


She is still pretty clingy to me, but loves kids and therefore has just started loving the gym daycare. Yay for me!


As of her doctor appointment today she weighs 18.1 lbs. Due to a big power outage they are going to send me the rest of her stats in the mail... I don't think anyone knows how to function without a computer any more.


So, this next picture is actually a terrible picture... but it is one of my favorites. She has never taken a pacifier or sucked her thumb. But she did make up her own sign language and what she is doing below is her telling me she wants to nurse... I like having this picture to remind me of something this is soon to end.


She LOVES to clap... she claps when you give her food, when she walks, when she turns the light switch off for the 100th time... or just when she feels like it.


She has excellent fine motor skills... and has been using the pincher grasp for about 5 or 6 months now.


She has the biggest blue eyes!


She still isn't walking on her own yet. *I* know she can do it, but *she* doesn't know she can do it. She has taken up to 15 steps or so on her own. But she isn't confident enough yet, but she will get there! She has learned to crawl on her hands and knees though. HOWEVER, she randomly switches from army crawling to "normal" crawling whenever her mood suits her.


She loves to wrinkle her nose!


I cannot even express how grateful I feel to have her in my life and that I get to be her mom. She is always smiling, giggling and ready to cuddle. She is so much fun yet so mellow and easy-going... well, she is an emotional girl though... so don't you dare tell her "no" or take away something she wants! She has defintely filled a hole in my heart, I never knew I had. I love her more then I have words to say!