Slim Shady

We went shopping on Saturday and I sat in the backseat with Vivian so Spencer's brother could sit up front. Spencer was in charge of the radio and was not playing child appropriate music but before I could tell him to change the station I noticed Viv's excitement towards the song.  My little own Slim Shady was bobbing her head to Eminem. She was dancing more before I got my phone out but I did catch a little movement.

Please ignore my failed attempt to sing along.



Missing

*LOST*

Sweet and confident 1 year old who slept through the night.

REWARD

Everything I own

Not sure what happened but Friday night we said goodnight to our sweet baby girl and haven't seen her since. She threw up twice Friday night (largely due to the school overfeeding her) and was very irritable (who wouldn't be after just throwing up). She was a bit of a pill on Saturday and then I took her to a pool party where she was clingy, moody, emotional, etc.  I chalked it up to her not feeling well from the night before.  Sunday she was an emotional wreck.  Anytime I walked out of the room she screamed and threw herself to the floor.  She would be laughing one second and crying the next.  She is also waking up in the night.  Once you give her back her pacifier she goes back to sleep...well most of the time. Everyone talks about the terrible 2's and 3's but what about the ornery 1's?  This morning she even cried when I left her at school and that has never happened.  Not sure if it's tooth #12 causing this or just she is finally experiencing separation anxiety but I'm ready for the next phase...NOW!

Miss Thang

Monday I took Vivian to the doctor for her 1 year check up. We were called back by the nurse and I walked ahead and Vivian followed behind me like a little duck with her purse in her hand waving and smiling to everyone as we walked by. She measured in at 31 inches (95th percentile) and weighs 21 lb 9oz. (50th percentile). As the doctor walked in she walked right up to him and handed him her toy and turned around and started talking out loud.  She reached for him when I put her on the table and he just laughed at her confidence. He said most babies fear people they don't see regularly and reach for mommy when someone they don't know tries to touch them. Not my child. She now has 11 teeth. Apparently the average 1 year old has 4-6 teeth. She has quite a mouth full. Her exam went well and he declared her a healthy, happy 1 year old.

Also on Monday she started in her new big girl room at school.  She is no longer in the infant room and in the 12-18 month room. She loves it! She still runs to her old teachers when she sees them and gives them big hugs but loves her new ones too. She now gets to play on the playground twice a day (which before she was inside all day), eats in a chair instead of a highchair and gets one scheduled nap. I was worried about the nap because she has always been allowed to sleep whenever she wanted. She only slept for a total of 1 hour on Monday during the 2 1/2 hour nap time slot. Yesterday however she slept for 2 hours and 20 minutes. I think she figured out she wasn't going to get another cat nap in and needed to sleep as much as she could when she could. This one nap a day and playing outside has also led to her being exhausted by the end of the day.  She is lights out at 7pm until 6am.

She has also started saying a few words: dada, bubbles, bye, hi, ball and do-ge (doggy). For some reason when she talks she curls her lips over her teeth. It's funny but not sure how to fix this problem. Hopefully she just out grows it.

Very proud that she can go down the slide all by herself

Playing in the morning before school

She was not a fan of the parrot at the park

Just another ride around the block



1 Year!

Miss Vivian Grey is now a 1 year old.  I can't believe how fast time flies.  I was looking at pictures of her from the past year and am amazed how fast she has grown in such a short period of time.  She has changed my world in ways I never thought possible.  I love my little peanut. 

We threw her a party on her birthday this past Sunday and all our family came.  I was super excited my Aunt and Uncle drove in from Austin. We just had a low key party at our house with lots of food and presents.  Vivian loved being the center of attention, imagine that.  She received so many wonderful presents.  I'm so grateful for everyone's love and support. 

Vivian was ready for the party to begin

Our family picture from the day

Opening up cool presents while Everett roams the backyard

Her smash cake I made

 She really loves cake and went to town

After everyone left and she took a nap we went back outside and she played with her new sprinkler.  She had so much fun. I hope she had as much fun as we did.