JANUARY!!!

Daphne turned 1 this month!! It was so fun to see our little baby have a birthday!

These are her 1-year-old stats:

~Height: 29 inches (50th percentile)

~Weight: 20 pounds 4.5 ounces (44th percentile)

~Head Circumference: 19.3 inches (95th percentile)

Also this month...

~Daphne has found a Lovey!! Her little Teddy is her comfort item who helps her fall asleep at night

~She took her first steps January 4th!! Still no crawling. Go figure.

~Loves the books Coat of Many Colors & Moo, Ba, LaLaLa

~Loves giving kisses and pat-pats, but has never been one to just sit and cuddle... she's too busy.

~Likes watching Sesame Street clips on YouTube

~She has recently learned where her hands, nose, and toes are

~Loves to fake cough

~Her curly hair is so cute, and is getting so long! Definitely a trait from her daddy.

~She waves at everyone in the halls at church

~Daph has started saying the beginning sounds of words, especially "bb" for "ball"

~Her new favorite food is oranges

~Always gets comments about her big, blue eyes

~Loves the "Little Piggies" nursery rhyme

~Loves singing time in Primary

~Loves swimming

~Drinks very well from a straw

~Loves helping me with my make-up

~I was sick this month, and every time I would put the thermometer in my mouth to take my temp, she would look at me and say "Mmmm." Delicious.

~We also started teaching the 5-year-olds in Primary, and on our second week, a boy in my class turned to me and said, "Your baby is funny." That sums it up just right.

Helping Mama with make-up

I had to hurry and clean up the house, so Daphne sat content in her diaper box reading "Parents" magazine. So cute.

Signing "Cheerios"

~She LOVES balloons!

We went swimming on her birthday, and despite having a cold, she loved it!!

A little more crafting...

We had a little birthday party with family, and it was a blast!

Her lion cake before...

& after.

SESAME STREET

Whenever we need a relaxing few minutes, we turn one of these little beauties on.

CATCHING UP... DECEMBER

December was so fun with this girl!!

This month, Daphne really started wanting to move. She starting really standing and stepping on December 8th, and started cruising December 16th. We also really noticed how much she listens to what we are saying, and if we ask her something like "where is your hair?" or "can you give your baby a kiss?" she knows! It's amazing to me how much of a smartie-pants she is.

In December, she also loved to:

~Pull herself up in her crib

~Sign "Cheerios/more." She signs whenever she hears those two words. It's one of my favorite things that she does.

~Finally loves yogurt! Vanilla. Still hates cheese.

~Take stroller rides around the house

~Fake laugh

~Wave to the Christmas tree and the picture of Jesus

~She's a little social butterfly and loves to wave to EVERYONE, but gets shy sometimes if they say "hi" to her first.

~Ticklish on her sides and under her arms

~Loves to throw balls and play 'soccer'

~Knows the body parts: hair, teeth, eyes, tongue

~Still loves to play with Chapstick

~LOVES to growl, will growl when you ask her what a lion says

~Squints so cute when she says "Dada"

~We were at Wal Mart this month, and Daphne was so goofy! I was holding her, and she would grab Jared's arm, hang on tight, and laugh hysterically into his sleeve. Love her.

~We're also big hand-sanitizer people in our house, and one day I noticed that Daphne was waving her hands back and forth... I realized I had just put hand-sanitizer on, and that was how I dry my hands. I then realized I use way too much hand-sanitizer since my 10-month-old knew how to dry her hands after getting them clean. Sweet girl.

Also this month, we...

Hung a painting from college

Ate lots of Cheerios

Got ready for Christmas!

Tried to make another wreath

Made a Graham Cracker house that Daph wanted to destroy

Got a whole box of tissues for Christmas! She loved pulling them out one by one.

Went swimming!

Did some skiing

Saw the lights on Temple Square

& Daphne was cute as can be. This is one of my favorite pictures of her. Happy December!

CATCHING UP!! Starting With: NOVEMBER

I am a blogging failure, but I can't stand to leave anything out!! So, here is our November.

Eating out... and watering the carpet with Cheerios

A little crafting...

First time we clipped a bow in her hair!!

Happy Thanksgiving! Nothing says "turkey dinner" like a pile of Cheerios and a wooden spoon.

Daphne's "sniffing" face

We were learning about the nativity for FHE, and her favorite thing was putting baby Jesus in her mouth for the lesson.

~Daphne's November Highlights~

~Daph seemed to really fill up with personality around her 9 month mark, more than we had ever seen, and she gets more and more fun everyday!

~LOVES to play peek-a-boo

~Loves her bath, as always

~Her favorite books are The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

~Loves to watch other kids in church

~Loves looking at buttons

~Loves looking at pictures of herself that are up around the house

~She wants to stand all the time, but is still timid about moving around

~Loves to play in her crib

~Thinks it's funny when I "make her" in the bed

~She will show you her hair when you ask to see it

~Hates cheese and yogurt

~Learned how to take off her sunglasses

~Clicks her tongue

~Says "Mmm" with every bite she eats

~Feeds herself and turns pages in her books with her LEFT hand

~Ticklish little lady in her armpits and on her sides

~November 5th: Upgraded to "big girl" carseat

~Nov. 7th: Cut first top tooth, held my cell phone up to her ear, and started taking big girl baths (which she LOVES)

~Nov. 8th: Started making her sniffing face

~Nov. 10th: Cut her second top tooth

~Week of Nov. 10th: Started saying "DaDa" really well

~Nov. 15th: Started crawling backwards (which is rare and all the crawling this little girl does)

~Nov. 16th: Said "MaMa" for the first time

~Nov. 18th: Started playing Peek-a-Boo herself and laughed harder than I have ever heard her