Miss Livee Maurine is One!
My Livee has officially turned 1 and I cannot believe how fast that went. We had a party for her while we were in Idaho and then we had a small one on her birthday on the 16th of Jan. I will have to say that this past year has been a bit of a challenge and my little munchkin has been a trooper. I am so blessed that she came to us. She has brought such a light to our family. The kids adore her and she is always so happy. I will say though . . . she is a stubborn little thing. If she wants it . . you know about it. If she doesn't . . . you know about it. She has been a late bloomer in her physical aspects of development. She never really rolled over til 11 months. I mean she did it once in a while but I think it was more of an accident. She didn't start crawling until 11 months. While we were in Hawaii first of Dec. is when she started to crawl. She is now standing up and walking slowly around furniture and will let go once in a while. But she is just taking her time learning how to do things, which is fine by me. She JUST started drinking consistently from a sippy cup last week. Which has been hard. She is finally wanting to drink where she has literally been on a liquid strike for the past 3 months. I stopped nursing her the first of November to get ready for our trip and she would not drink a thing after that. I started supplement her with formula and cereal and lots of applesauce to keep her hydrated. It has been hard but we made it through it.
Here are Livee's facts at age 1:
*Weighs 18 lbs 7 oz (10%) Height 27 inches (10%)
*Livee LOVES her silk blankets. Just like Araleigh . . . we cannot go ANYWHERE without them.
*She LOVES fruit loops, cheerios, string cheese and pasta.
*She can say a few words: MOM (main word in her vocab), dada (not often though), A-aw-ee (araleigh), Num Nums (food), nigh nigh (night)
*She is obsessed with my cell phone. She throws tantrums when she gets it and I take it from her.
*She looks JUST like my Grandma Roberta. I get daily doses of reminders of Grandma because of this and I love the sweet reminders. Guess she was named after her for a reason.
*She HATES socks/shoes. As soon as I get them on . . . they are just as fast off.
*She is in size 3 diapers and has her daddy's bum
*She looks NOTHING like my other kids to me.
*She has 3 teeth all on the bottom.
*I love her bright blue eyes!
*We literally get stopped everywhere we go with people gooing after her because she is constantly smiling and trying to talk to people.
*She really loves feeding people . . . or "sharing" her food. She is always trying to get us to have a bite of whatever she thinks is amazing!
*She doesn't like her car seat . . . poor thing doesn't weigh enough to be in a front facing one just yet.
*She (as do the rest of them) LOVES her daddy. When he comes home, she lights up and when he turns and walks out of the room . . . she SCREAMS until he comes back.
*She is a NIGHTMARE to try and change her diaper. In nearly takes 2 to do it . . . or a dab of lotion on her hand that she eats to keep her occupied.
*She LOVES bath time. She will just crawl into the bathroom and stand at the tub if the door is open.
*She has EXTREMELY tiny feet. She is still in size 1-2 (6 months). Her little feet aren't quite up with the rest of her body.
*She is really into scratching . . . she thinks it's funny when I scream "OUCH" . . then she will do it again. Not funny.
*She is already a jewelry girl . . .she must get this from her Grandma A. Sometimes to change her bum I will hand her one of Araleigh's play rings and she will just sit there and put it on . . look at it then put it on a different finger. Today in the grocery store I had a bracelet that she just kept putting on her arm and that kept her busy for a bit.
