1 Year Stats

Kaitlynn's 1st birthday has come and gone! (And today is actually Kevin's 15th birthday -- stay tuned for pics when we celebrate tomorrow night.) Anyway, we spent Kaitlynn's big day by going to VBS and then to eat Mexican food last night for dinner. It's one of her faves! Here she is in her precious 1st birthday outfit. Target -- $9.99!



Here are some other fun facts about Her Majesty on her 1st birthday:

• 1 year stats: weight - 23 lbs 4 oz (90th percentile); height - 29.5 cm (also 90th percentile)



• Kaitlynn is "cruising" everywhere these days. She pulls up on anything and then side-steps her way to get what she wants. She'll look over at something like she wants to walk to get to it, but instead she plops down and crawls at super lightning speed!



• She is drinking 3 bottles a day, part whole milk and part breast milk. We've been mixing them for a while to get her weaned, and she seems to have no trouble whatsoever drinking whole milk by itself.



• Her 1-year molars started coming in at 11 months, and now she has 3 of them. And they work, too. She will eat just about anything these days. (Except baby food, ha!)
  



• Kaitlynn seems to have a developed a morning routine for conducting her, ahem, business. She crawls under the kitchen table and, well, gets it done!

• Everywhere we go, people comment on Kaitlynn's plumpness. Especially her thighs, which I admit came straight from her Mama. Very precious on a baby. On an adult, not so much ;-)



• She has become quite the social butterfly, always waving and smiling at strangers.

• Kaitlynn has become very vocal these days. She can be LOUD, too!



• Remember Connor's sweet blond curls when he was a baby? Looks like that gene might have skipped Kaitlynn. She has some little flips but no curls for now. Why is it that the boys get all the fun traits like that?



• She is sleeping pretty well these days. Most days we are on the go in the mornings so she'll take a long afternoon nap (3 hours or so). She goes to bed at night around 7 and usually sleeps until around 6 most mornings.

• You'll rarely see Kaitlynn in a hairbow or shoes these days. She won't tolerate them for long and rips them off all by herself.

I've said it before and I'll say it again (and again...) -- I can't believe my baby is 1!