Dear Andie-

Well you are almost a year old now, so I guess I have no excuse for being lazy with these blog posts anymore!! You have changed and grown sooooo much in this last year! I'm going to do a quick recap for you and then I promise I'm going to do much much better!
-So you started sleeping through the night consistently when you were about 6 months old.  What a blessing for me:)
-I weaned you at 9 months, and you hated the bottle so much you wouldn't take it from anyone. I had to buy special ones that were the same shape as your binkie and leave the house and then you would finally take the bottle from daddy.
-Two weeks ago you started to crawl properly, you'd been scooting around from side to side and rolling around the living room for a while before that.  But for a while you wouldn't leave the living room or crawl on the hard wood floors, they were probably a little scary:) but now you are going really fast and pulling yourself up to standing in your crib and on the couches and even the walls.  It is hard to believe that if you are like your sisters, you could potentially be walking in a few weeks!  I think it will take a little longer, but your never know!
-You now have 8 teeth and I think I can even see the buds where you are getting two more soon.  You are a teeth growing machine! I cant believe how many teeth you have! Some babies don't even have 1 tooth before they are one year old.
-You are a good napper still, but I think that you will be doing away with your morning nap soon.  Sometimes when you take a good morning nap, you have a hard time laying down in the afternoon.
-You love to be held and smile, and sing songs.  You just started clapping to the song, "if you are happy and you know it" and it is about the cutest thing ever!
-you finally started to take baby food at about 8 months. I think your main problem with it was that you have a really strong gag reflex, and the texture of the baby food just triggered that.  I cant say that I blame you! and you are still pretty picky though, you will only eat certain fruits and vegetables, and none of the meat or pasta combinations.
-the other night you were really sick, and you just wanted me to hold you, so I cuddled you in my bed until you finally fell asleep at about 4am. I was so tired, but in some ways it was nice, because most times a busy baby your age doesn't want to just sit still and give cuddles, you want to be out adventuring with the big kids. you do love your big brother and sisters, and they are good to play with you and keep you safe since you are putting everything and anything in your mouth right now!!

Well, I love you sweet heart, and I miss you whenever I have to leave you or go somewhere without you!
Love,
Mommy