Our Sweet Girl

Priya is now 1 year old. We took her to the doctor last week for her 12 month check-up. We waited until 13 months because she got sick with Foot, Hand, and Mouth the day before her 12 month check-up, so we took her in for a sick visit instead. What a horrible virus for little kids! Since she was sick, we waited a while to take her in for her check-up because we didn't want her getting her shots when her immune system was already compromised. I am sure getting sick was her way of trying to avoid her shots!



Priya's 12-month/13-month check up:

Her stats:

2'5.5" tall (45%)

21 lbs 3 oz (40%)

44.5 cm head (24%)

We were really surprised that she is actually taller than she is wide, because, quite honestly, she looks like a chubba (which we love!). I guess she just carries all her weight in her cheeks and thighs. She was all smiles and waves for Dr. Cline and his staff until they started poking and prodding her, and she was very offended when she was given her shots. She is extremely active, more so than most babies her age, and she is right on where she should be developmentally.

Learning to walk was a gradual thing for her, so we don't have an official day that she started walking, but she became competent at about 12 1/2 months. She still hasn't completely gotten her sea-legs yet, so sometimes she is still a little wobbly (for evidence, see the video below), but it is definitely her official mode of transportation now!

She is talking like crazy. She is starting to put 2 word phrases together (her first phrase was "ba ju," which, when translated, means "bottle juice," or a bottle with something in it besides formula). Some of her favorite words include shoe, tree, and "go go," which means "all gone." She also loves to walk around saying her name, which sounds like "ee-ya."

Some of Priya's favorite things to do right now include walking around the house with necklaces, bracelets, and a purse, playing outside, and trying to put shoes on everyone and everything. She loves playing with magnets, reading books, and carrying her puppy, "Patch," around. She loves going for walks, and loves waving at any car or person she sees. She likes to dance to music and loves eating bread.

Some of the things we love about our sweet girl:

1. We love how she feels like bugs, horses, and cows are similar enough to dogs that when she sees them, she should pant and bark accordingly.

2. We love how she thinks that hot wheel cars are going to get her somewhere, so she sits on them and tries to get them to go.

3. We love how she calls pine cones "balls."

4. We don't really love how she has become a very picky eater, and she decides whether or not she wants to try something by what it looks like, and something that she loves one day, she hates the next (but we do think it is cute).

5. We love (and are exasperated with) how she loves other children (and waves and goes over to play with them), but she is also possessive of her toys and personal space, and will hit and bite if she feels like she is being pushed around.

6. We love how she loves climbing on everything. She stands on the seat of her bike, and she is constantly climbing onto chairs, etc.

7. We love that she is finally starting to cuddle a little bit again, and we love how if you give her a hug, she will put her head on your shoulder and pat your back.

8. We love how she gets really shy and smiley around Grandpa (almost like she has a crush on him).

9. We love how, when we rock her, she wants all of her animals be rocked, too, so we end up rocking with Pooh Bear, Thumper, Patch, and her monkey, lamb, penguin, and monster. It ends up being pretty crowded on the rocking chair.

10. We love how she chooses weird things to be terrified of (like stickers and bubble gum bubbles), and yet, she isn't afraid of fireworks, loud noises, or strangers.

I do wish she would keep a hat or a bow on once in a while. As soon as she remembers they are on her head, they are goners.