December 5, Anna-Grace turned one! What a year it has been. So many changes for our family! We celebrated the weekend before with an owl themed party. I made a fun owl cake, we passed out owl ornaments and ate soup for dinner. She enjoyed all the attention and the wrapping paper! On her actual birthday, Nana came over for dinner and made chicken pot pie - her favorite! She loved the chocolate cake!
Now at 13 months, Anna-Grace keeps us laughing. She is cruising all around (not walking yet), can walk pushing a toy, loves to climb the steps, eats great and is SLEEPING ALL NIGHT!!!!! Can I get an amen for that!?! Over Christmas break, I reached my breaking point. Over a year of interrupted sleep and I could not function anymore - it took us three nights, but now our little angel will go to sleep on her own in her own bed and will sleep all night. It is heavenly! She sleeps better and so do we. I do not regret a moment of co-sleeping and nursing her. It was a great way for us to bond and spend time together since we are apart so much during the day, but it was time to stop.
I'm weaning her but it is hard since she loves nursing. I just cut out another feeding, so we are down to two a day. I'm hoping in the next few weeks to be done - I'm still dairy free and am ready to resume a normal diet. She still enjoys her school and we are so thankful we found a wonderful place for her to be during the day. She is talking which is adorable - she says, uh-oh, yes, no, Ma-ma (Madelyn), bye, hi, more and said doll the other day. This girl knows what she wants and lets you know about it! She also HATES to be told no. She is very sensitive and gets her feelings so hurt!
At her 12 month check-up she was 16 lbs 11 oz. Tiny! She is in the 1%. She is still in 6-9 month clothes, although I have pulled out some 12 month things and she can wear some of them. She never has a dull moment with the big kids around. She dances, plays and does all kinds of things with them. She loves each one of them and has such a full, fun life. We all love her so much!
