12 month stats

~wears 12 month clothes and size 3 shoes
~just moved into size 4 diapers
~still has the same 6 teeth she's had for almost 6 months now, but two more are just below the gums.
~is in bed by 9 and sleeps until 8 or 9 (momma LOVES this, if only her sister would do the same! D'Laney is up around 6:30 every single morning!)
~takes 2 naps a day
~eats anything and everything, except bananas. I don't think she likes the texture. Her favorite foods are chicken, waffles, and cheerios
~So far, we've only seen an allergy to apple juice, sauce, and slices. It gives her a killer diaper rash. Hopefully she'll outgrow this.
~LOVES milk. She would subside on nothing else if I'd let her.
~walks 90% of the time. She's still a little wobbly, and walks with her hands up like a monkey, it's so cute!
~can climb up onto the couches, but has a little trouble getting down.
~laughs constantly. She's always giggling at her silly sister.
~plays so well with D'Laney. They'll hole up in the playroom and empty every box and bin into the floor, but it keeps them occupied.
~loves to play with baby dolls. She holds them and pats them on the back.
~has begun putting purses over her shoulder and walking around with them.
~loves to give big, open mouth, tongue out kisses.
~waves when you say bye-bye
~blows kisses when you say night night.
~loves to clap and cheer
~is trying to sign some. The only ones she has down is throwing her hands up when she is through eating for "all done" and of course milk. She claps for "more."
~loves to be sung to. Her favorite songs are ones with hand gestures. We sing "itsy bitsy spider," "little bunny foo-foo," "fuzzy little caterpillar," and "this little light of mine" over and over again. She actually does most of the gestures with me.
~is trying so hard to talk. Her vocabulary (and how she actually pronounces them):
Momma (that one is very clear) Dad (also clear, DAD, not Daddy) D'Laney (EEEE!!!) No, Ball (baw) dog (daw) milk (mmmmm!!!) And I really mean the !!!!!s, her voice inflection is really becoming evident.
~says no when she's doing something she knows she shouldn't. She'll sit in front of the dvd player and reach out to touch it, looks at me, and says, no, no, no, no... it's ornery and so funny!