Our One Year Old Darling

I can't believe my little girl is already a year old! The time has just flown by, but also at the same time it feels like she's been in our family forever. She has been such a joy and we love her so much. Some things about Sydney: She's 18 1/2 pounds(10th percentile) and 28 inches long(20th percentile). She's quickly gaining speed and now likes to chase David around the apartment. Something that David loves as well. They giggle and laugh and throw themselves on the floor. It's very cute. She now speaking in various garbles rather than just mama and dada. She's loving real people food, yesterday spending an hour for each meal eating all she could get her hands on. She still has a little stranger anxiety, mostly when she realizes she's beeing left behind. But I am optimistic she's getting a little better each time. She is not afraid of getting dirty and when we're outside she puts everything from bark to rocks to pine cones in her mouth as quickly as she can. I'm constantly taking things out. Luckily she never tries to swallow, she just keeps it at the front of her mouth and chomps on it. She LOVES to swing. She loves story time. She loves to clap when I say good job. She loves to push on my nose while I make a beep sound. She absolutely loves bath time, but likes to stand up and I'm always sitting her back down. And she also loves to cuddle with Daddy. Something I'm a little jealous of. =) We feel so blessed to be her parents and are looking forward to watching her grow each and every year.

I had to include this picture as well because I didn't know how to describe it good with words. In this picture she is very excited and shrieking to make it known.