1 Year Checkup

Today was Violet's 1 year checkup.  The dr. said she is still developmentally surpassed her age group.  Yay Violet!  So proud of my girl.  The only thing she is behind on is her teeth.  Still only two of those suckers.  They sure are taking their time.  She weights 22 lbs 8 oz, which is actually an oz and a half less than her 10 month appt.  All the walking and running around has slimmed her down alot.  She is around the 75th percentile now.  She is 29.5" tall which is between the 50 and 75th percentile.  It was a great appt until she had to get 4 shots.  Boo.  Every appt ends in shots, no fun at all.

Violet has become so smart lately.  She really picks up on stuff so quickly now.  Whenever I say "did you go poop?" she goes and gets me a diaper out of the basket.  When Justin pulls up after work I say "daddy's home!" and she immediately looks to the door and walks over there.  Sometimes when I go outside for a quick minute to throw something away outside, when I come back in she says "dada!".  Ha ha, I think she is just used to dad coming through that door.  When I ask her if she wants to watch Super Readers she will even go get me the remote (we tape them).  We say go get your baby, or go get your ball or milk and she knows what each one of those are.  Her toys that have buttons on them to make noises or music, she only has to watch me push the button once or twice and she can copy me after that and do it herself. When I say "Lets go eat breakfast" she walks to the kitchen and over to her chair.   It's so cool that she understands what we are saying to her.  My favorite thing she does now is give kisses.  It is so adorable.

She still loves phones, remotes, water bottles and anything that is not really a toy.  She loves her babies and carries them around patting their backs or feeding them a bottle (how cute is that).  She spends most her time sitting on her princess couch.  Giant messes should be her middle name.  We can't pick up in front of her or she will pull everything right back out.  She also still enjoys eating dog food.  Not my cup of tea but hey, its not hurting her any so why not.  She also has slept through the night for about a week now... next post I'll tell you all about how we sleep trained her... and me.