Virginia at 12 Months

We have a ONE YEAR OLD!!!  How did this happen?!

It seems like just yesterday that we came home from the hospital with this little angel.

At 12 months, Virginia is as sweet as ever.

She is still a great eater, and will eat just about anything.  Some of her favorites are broccoli, strawberries, scrambled eggs, carrots, chicken, oatmeal, bread, and bananas.

As of 12 1/2 months, Virginia has completely weaned from nursing.  She was NOT so happy about it at first!!  We dropped her normal nursings one at a time until she seemed completely content with just whole milk.  

Although Virginia is a chatty Kathy, she still prefers jibberish to English.  The only word that she will say (after prompted) is "Jack".  And only when she sees him. 

She still just has her bottom two teeth, although one of her top middle teeth is coming in.

 Virginia loves to walk behind her push toy and to cruise along the side of furniture.  She still hasn't taken any steps on her own yet. 

She plays so well on her own.  I can leave her in her bedroom and she will read books, play with her toys, inspect the handles on her dresser, and when she thinks I'm not looking -- make an escape for the Blu Ray player. 

 She is still not sleeping through the night.  Ho hum.

Her bedtime routine is very predictable and easy.  She eats dinner around 6:00, takes a bath, snuggles with Daddy when he gets home from work, drinks a little more milk, and likes to be in bed by 7:00-7:30 (depending on when Josh can get home).  We lay her in bed with her paci and lovey, she rolls over on her side, and doesn't make a peep.  (Well.. until 1a.m. or so...)

This month, Virginia started really pointing at things that peaked her interest.  I love seeing that chubby little finger pointing at pictures in her books, dogs walking by, photos of Mommy and Daddy, etc.

She is wearing clothes pretty true to size.  Her disposable diaper size is 3-4.  We are still cloth diapering and loving it!

Virginia's 12 month stats (Percentiles from BabyCenter):

Weight: 21lb 13oz (50-75th%)

Height: 31" (90-95th%)

Head Circumference: 18" (50-75th%)

As always, we love you, sweet girl!!  Thank you for the best year of our lives!

Virginia at 11 Months

My last monthly update before I have a 

ONE YEAR OLD.

Where has the time gone?

I am a couple weeks late on this update, but here are some fun facts about Virginia when she turned 11 months old.

She makes the sweetest babbling sounds constantly, but isn't saying any "words". 

She crawls very well and pulls up on everything.

She has probably ruined the bumper in her crib because she props her legs up on it as if she's lounging. She also has started standing on it.  I tried taking it out for a few days, but one day I heard her fussing and I just thought she was having a hard time falling asleep.  Finally, after about 15 minutes, I checked the monitor and her arm was stuck between the slats.  I went in her room to help her, and her little arm was purple.  :(  So back on the crib the bumpers went.

She loves playing in her room.  She pulls books out of her basket one by one and flips through them.  Adorable!  She can turn the room into a disaster zone in 2.5 seconds.

She loves being outside, even when it's freezing.

She still just has her two bottom teeth.

She did not eat solid foods hardly at all for a few weeks, then started eating them again all of the sudden.

She wakes up twice.  Usually around 1:00 and 4:00.  There were several nights that she woke up every hour.  We have tried e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. to get her to sleep though the night.  Bottle instead of nursing before bed, rice in bottle, big bowl of oatmeal/rice before bed, eating more throughout the day, napping less throughout the day, sticking to a bedtime routine.  Nothing works for this child!  

She had her first sick visit this month.  Fever virus followed by a little cold.  Po' thang!

She has the sweetest disposition and is such a happy girl!

We love you, Virginia Alice Little!

Virginia at 10 Months

Here is Virginia's 10 month post, almost a month late.  It will be short, because I don't really remember the changes that this month brought! 

At 10 months:

Virginia still woke up twice during the night, around 1:00 and 4:30, and still took a morning and afternoon nap.

She stopped saying "words" and started the sweetest babbling sound.  

"Guh-ee, guh-ee, guh-ee".  Adorable!

Began crawling well.

Pulled up frequently, and was always standing up in her crib when I went in her room in the morning or after naps.

Ate pretty much anything I put in front of her, and strongly preferred feeding herself.

We love you, big girl!!

Virginia at 9 Months

What a sweet, sweet girl we have!

Virginia's personality has grown by leaps and bounds this month.

Here are some things that I want to remember about V at this precious time in her life...

(The list is long)

Last Wednesday night, we were standing outside of church with the Cicero's, and Virginia started saying "Bye Bye! Bye Bye!" in her sweet, girly voice and waving her arm up and down! 

Melted. My. Heart! 

(I started crying!)

Some other "words" of hers...

"Ma ma ma" and "Da da da" - Although she'll make these noises a lot, there are definite times that she says them wanting me or Josh.

"Bop" - She has said this on several occasions while looking at Pop!  A couple times, we were saying "Pop! Pop!", and she copied us.  One time, though, he walked into the room and made a funny face at her and she giggled and said "Bop!" :)

"Moh Moh" - Bebe taught her to say "more" a few weeks ago.  Now, when she runs out of food, she looks at me with a serious face, big eyes, and a puckered mouth and says "moh moh"

She army crawls pretty well and can get anywhere she needs to go.

(I catch her pulling the flap on the BluRay player down every day.)

She is close to a real crawl, but doesn't quite have it down yet.

She is also mastering sitting up from laying down, and likes to do that in her crib while I'm not watching!

---> The crib mattress is going to be lowered today!

She also pulled up from sitting to standing a couple weeks ago on my cowboy boots. Sweet.

Virginia has this adorable grin, where her top lip gets really pointy like a little beak.  I've tried to look in the mirror and create this hilarious grin, but cannot.

While watching basketball over Thanksgiving, I finally figured out what she looks like - a billiken! 

We love sitting in Virginia's glider and reading books with her.  

She will turn the pages and loves the "touch and feel" books now.

She also does the cutest thing - After we've read a few pages of one book,

she starts leeeeaannning forward to look in the book basket on the floor.

It's like she's excited about the next book she's going to read.

Virginia's sleeping is... still no good... but let's leave that part out.  :)

..Because I don't want anyone to think that she's anything but perfect in every way!

She does normally take two long (1.5 to 2.5 hour) naps everyday, which is pretty nice.

She is still a great eater, and is mainly wanting to feed herself.  Her new favorites are cooked apples, mangoes, scrambled egg yolks, and cheerios.  She also loved the Thanksgiving turkey!  

Big news!  Virginia has a tooth!  Joshua found it on Thanksgiving day when he was giving her a sip of water and felt the glass clank against something in her mouth.  She hates when I try to look at it, so glimpses of that precious little thing are rare!  I think the one next to it is coming in also.  (Bottom two front teeth.)

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Keep on growing, Virginia!  You are our best buddy and we love you to the moon!

Virginia at 8 Months

Weight: 19lb 1oz (75th %)

Height: 27.5" (50-75th %)

Head Circumference: 17.25" (75th%)

This month has been such a joy with Miss Virginia!

She is such a happy little thing.

I will leave this post with just pictures because I have LOTS OF POSTS 

to work on today!!!!

(And her 9 month post will be here in just 2 weeks..)

Virginia at 7 Months

Since Virginia is over half way to 8 months, I better do a 7 month post!

Our sweet girl is really growing up!

She is currently wearing mostly 9 month outfits, although some 6 month clothes still fit.

(The romper in these pictures is a 6-12 month and it is actually too big.)

She has a new happy face:

That tongue really sticks out when she's snickering or giving a bashful smile!

During the day, Virginia stays very happy.

(After 5 pm, we start losing that happiness pretty quickly.  Girl is pooped from her fun-filled days!)

She loves being outside,

especially since that's where she gets the opportunity to shove 

handfuls of grass in her mouth.

I could barely get any pictures of her looking up because she was so enthralled 

with that delicious grass!

Virginia still eats and sleeps like a champ,

which makes my job pretty easy most of the time.

She still loves being around children, especially her cousins!

She travels from one end of a room to the other by rolling around.

She hasn't crawled yet, but I think we're getting close.

A few times, either Josh or I have come in her room to find her pushed up on her belly with her lower-half stuck under the changing table.  So cute!  I need to snap a picture next time.

Another time, I laid her down on a towel still naked from her bath.

I walked out of the room to do a few things, 

and came back in when I heard some whining a few minutes later.

She was near the edge of the room with half of her bottom and one leg

on the air vent that was blowing cold air! 

Haha, bless her!  I scooped her up and her little bottom was freezing!!

She has had a little runny nose for a couple of weeks, but hasn't seemed to feel bad.

We are extremely thankful for only well-baby checkups since she was born.

We love you, Virginia Alice!

Virginia at 6 Months

I feel like my monthly updates are getting a bit repetitive...

"She's happy, healthy, and beautiful!"

Not a bad thing, huh?

As I mentioned previously, her 6 month checkup went well.

Weight: 17lb 14oz (75th%)

Height: 26.5" (75th%)

This little girl is just growing and growing! 

It is so sad to hold up her newborn onesies and see how much bigger she is now!

At 6 months, Virginia sits up and rolls over well.  

I don't think she'll be crawling any time soon because 

she just seems so content to be in one spot.

Her favorite things are still her Johnny Jump Up and Mickey Mouse.

She's been eating solids for a couple weeks now and is doing pretty well with it.

Her favorite foods are peaches, apples, oatmeal, and bananas.

She's tried green beans and avocado but wasn't too fond of them. 

[I know this isn't in focus but don't you just want to pinch those cheeks?!?!?]

She is still sleeping like a champ, which is so very nice!

As long as we're home, she goes to bed at 7:00p.m. and sleeps until 7-8:00a.m.

I'll love you forever,

I'll like you for always.

As long as I'm living,

my baby you'll be.

Virginia Goes to the Doctor

Daddy was able to join Virginia for her 6 month checkup.

She weighed in at 17lb 14oz!

 Waiting for the doctor sure is difficult.  Guess who made it better?

[Does this make me a bad mother?] 

Oral vaccines aren't so bad..

Here come the shots.  

How sad is this??

[I felt a little bad for taking pictures.  The nurse probably thought I was terrible.

At least she didn't see my child watching cartoons on the phone before she came in.]

Poor Virginia just sobbed and sobbed! 

and then we turned mickey back on.

and she stopped crying.

We're so thankful for another month with a healthy, happy,

beautiful baby!!