Friday, February 24, 2012

12 Month Check Up

Weight: 19lbs, 9 oz (50%)

Height: 28.5 inches (25%)

Head Circumference: 45 cm (50%)


Short Stuff - that is what I've been calling Lottie since her visit on Monday!  She is still a little peanut - but a healthy proportioned peanut!!  Now, once the tubes are in next Friday, I am hoping and praying we don't have to see another doctor's office until her 18 Month check up!!!  Whew - do you think we can make it that long?  I've got my doubts.....................

Nutrition

This past Sunday we began weaning Lottie from the bottle!  We started mixing her formula with whole milk vs. water and she drank it like a champ.  Slowly, we've reduced the amount of formula she gets and I imagine by this coming Monday, she will strictly be on whole milk.  Honestly it's like music to mine and Steve's ears!  We are so SICK of cleaning bottles (Well, Steve is - that is primarily his job).  That also means no longer having to take bottles to daycare!  YAY! 

Now we are going to have to get her better about sipping from her sippy cup.  She does well at school.  I think it is because she sees the other kids doing it and they pick up on what each other are doing. She just needs to get better about it when she's home.  But no doubt, she'll get there within the next few weeks!

Lottie is getting to be such a big girl.  She eats off the menu everyday at school - no more baby food for her.  A typical day at daycare goes a little something like this:

Breafast: Cereal Bar/Waffles/Cereal/Fruit with Milk

Lunch: Always a main course, vegetable/fruit with juice / milk

Snack: Goldfish, Cheezits, Animal Crackers with juice / milk

Some of her favorite foods at the minute is Chicken and Dumplings, Spaghetti, Roasted Celery and Carrots, Yogurt, Chips and Salsa, Gerber Puffs, Gerber Wheels, Peas, etc.

Talking

So far, the only words I've heard her really say is MaMa and DaDa and most recently Bye Bye.  The latest and cutest thing you've ever seen is her WAVING!  She starts doing the bye bye wave and it just melts my little heart - so stinking cute!  I will have to post a video soon!

Walking

We are still just taking a few steps at a time which is fine with me!  She loves pushing around her train and anything that rolls or moves like "a chair".  She tries really hard so it truly is only a matter of time before she is going to be full on mobile!! 

Obsessions

The girl is OBSESSED with the dishwasher!!!  If she is in the living room and I am in the kitchen and she hears the door open, she starts hauling bum into the kitchen hollering and making the craziest noises.  She gets so excited!  I can't help but bust out laughing when I hear her coming.  Once she gets there, she immediately heads to the silverware compartment and starts pulling out all the spoons and throwing them on the floor or putting them in her mouth, all while jumping up and down in excitement.  Of course before she starts running to the dishwasher, I have to remove all the knives and forks in record timing so she doesn't get her hands on those! 

Another new OBSESSION is her love for the tuppleware cabinet.  I knew this day would come and it is one of the few cabinets I didn't install a lock on.  I knew that once she found it, she would love it.  Yes, it is a pain in the you know what to clean up 5 seperate times a day, but she loves it and it keeps her entertained while I cook dinner or clean the kitchen. 

One last OBSESSION is with the Gerber Puffs!!!!  Well, lets be honest - Lottie gets the Target brand puffs which are about 50 cents cheaper!  :)  This is by far her favorite snack!  She has just learned how to take the lid off with her teeth so now we have to be extra careful where we leave the tube at b/c God forbid she dumps all of those puffs all over the floor, then steps on them!  She loves the sweet potato, strawberry-apple and banana puffs.  She even tries to feed Steve and I.  It of course is really cute!

Anyways, hoping to post 1st birthday photos soon, but for now, I will leave you with this.........  Have a great weekend!!!!  :)


Monday, February 20, 2012

Lottie's Cake Smash!!

I think it is fair to say that throughout this past year I have been a bit obsessed with capturing anything and everything in the way of photos when it comes to Lottie.  I had to make sure we got the Just Born Photos, 3 Month, 5 Month (???), 6 Month, 9 Month, etc. 

Considering the above, it was pretty obvious that when planning Lottie's first birthday I had to have a cake smash session!  A co-worker of Steve's has a love for photography.  She came to him wanting to have a cake smash session in her portfolio so being as Lottie was turning one, we thought what perfect timing. 

We scheduled the cake smash session for bright and early Saturday, January 28th at 9:00 a.m.  Unfortunately, Lottie was diagnosed with the RSV and ear infection the day before.  After much debate, we went ahead and kept the session scheduled (it was at our house) and told ourselves if she didn't feel up to it, then we would cancel it all together. 

I'm so glad we did!  While she didn't feel 100%, it was so much fun watching her very delicately touch the cake and eat the sprinkles.  She was so dainty with it all.  Very girly!  At the end of the session Steve did what most dads (well my dad) would have done and smashed her face in the cake!  HOLY MELT DOWN!  She was so mad at him and did not appreciate it one bit!  He spent the rest of the afternoon on her bad list!  He got no love for a couple of hours!  It was hilarious!

Without further a do......................































After the melt down - she didn't want anything to do with Steve just her mama!








Afterwards, both Lottie and I needed a bath!  We were both covered in cake!  Since Steve was in trouble, we left him to clean the floor!!!  :)

Thanks Samantha for the photos!  I hate Lottie wasn't feeling a 100%! 

To see more of Samantha's photos you can go to http://samanthamclaughlin.smugmug.com/Photography


P.S.  Her first birthday party turned out PERFECT!!!!!  I can't wait to post the photos of her eating cake, opening presents and to show the incredible sugar high she was on!! 


Thursday, February 16, 2012

A Look Back - Lottie's First Year

Lottie,

There are no words to describe how much you've changed our lives.  This past year has been nothing short of amazing - each and every day we are so blessed to have the opportunity to be your parents.  Thank you for enriching our lives and allowing us to call you ours.

Here's a look back at your first year..................



















































Your dad and I can't wait for all the fun we are going to have this year!!! 

We love you!

Mom & Dad