One!

Adelaide is one! We have been snuggling her, giggling with her, playing with her, and loving her for a full 12 months. It's hard to believe she has already hit this big milestone, but we have enjoyed every stage thus far and know the best is yet to come. Here's a peek at what our girl is like now...

Addy keeps us on our toes. She throws food during meals - Dax calls it "ninjaing her food" because she flings it across the room or down to the floor harder than you'd expect from a sweet little girl. It's hard not to laugh in the moment, but significantly less funny cleaning up the pile of food sprinkled around her high chair following a meal.

She still eats most foods we serve her, but is continuing to shy away from a lot of veggies. The other big change during meals is Addy has been drinking some whole milk. Going back to school and pumping has been challenging and, since she was so close to a year, we started to introduce this new drink in order to make the transition easier when the frozen breast milk runs out. So far, so good!

She LOVES wielding her own utensils during meals lately

She has also figured out how to open doors. She'll check the cupboards when she's in the bathroom or kitchen, and loves to explore the play kitchen. Her other favorite thing continues to be putting items in and out of containers. Recently I found one of her socks in the play oven!

Her curiosity has been piqued more and more as she continues to be more mobile. She scoots/crawls around quickly and loves to get herself into precarious positions - under the table, up the stairs, etc... Once, she was playing in the bathroom while I got ready in the morning and she climbed up to standing on Dax's stool. It was hilarious to see her peek over the edge of the counter, but a reminder that we cannot take our eyes off of her for even a second!

Oh, you wanted me to stay in the living room? You're going to need to get something taller.

That stool was meant to stop Addy from getting to the easel because she likes to eat the chalk. Clearly didn't work.

Though she gets around quickly and easily, Adelaide is not quite walking. She takes off the second we give her our hands to hold and runs around pushing anything with wheels, but refuses to take a step without some kind of support. In the past few days she has started standing up on her own from sitting (without using an object as support) so we think she'll be taking steps independently VERY soon.

Addy also recently started sitting up while in her crib. Previously she'd move around her crib, but stay laying down until we'd come to get her in the morning or after naps. Since she figured out how to sit up on her own, she has been fighting going to sleep and will crawl around or walk around the edge of her crib for as long as an hour before wearing herself out enough to take a short nap. Ugh! We hope this is a short phase experimenting with her new skills.

Ok, this doesn't actually show her walking around in her crib, but I couldn't resist including that mischievous little smirk!

Some of those changes are challenging for us, but she also makes us laugh every day. She's becoming known for her scowl - more specifically her smile, scowl, smile transition. Ads makes the funniest faces and it's hard to know if she's actually upset about something or just being a little comedian (knowing that it'll get a giggle). She babbles to herself and animatedly talks to us as well. We can't understand most (all) of it yet, but it typically accompanies pointing or some context and we love being able to interact with sweet Adelaide. 

Her last big development was finally popping her third tooth! After getting her first couple relatively early, those little teeth have been stubborn. We anticipate number four soon - it seems like it's right there!

Here's a look at our sweet baby girl's growth this past year: