Weight: 23lb 10oz (75-90%)
Length: 30 1/4 inches (90%)It seems to me like the 2nd child seems to grow even faster than the 1st! Somehow Hadley turned 1 year old and yet I still feel like I just had a baby.
Miss Hadley the days of me rocking you to sleep are already over. You fight sleep terribly unless I can go lay you in your bed where it is dark and quiet except for the lullaby music/light show (one of our favorite baby item purchases). Therefore sleeping is only a problem when we are anywhere except home. You also play with your hair when sleepy. Bows and ponytail holders never stay in.
In the last couple of months you have started waving, playing patty-cake, and blowing kisses. You also have a "boyfriend" at daycare. Miss Bettye at daycare has always told me that you and Raedyn keep an eye on each other. Now you two have started frequently blowing kisses back and forth. Bettye even told me that the other day you two had been blowing kisses for a while and moving closer together, eventually Raedyn just leaned over and kissed you on the mouth. :)
You're eating everything, just like Caden did. One huge difference between you and Caden--he has always been a little obsessive compulsive with his plate. He would always organize his food (sometimes by color, or just all in a straight line). Once he was done eating he would neatly put the leftover in the cup holder of his highchair or insist that his plate be taken away. You on the other hand see this as an opportunity to squeeze the food, scatter it all over the tray, and make an absolute mess. And after looking up my blog post from when Caden turned 1, you are almost the exact same size.
You are signing "more" and "please". You are also saying the words, mama, daddy, thank you, byebye, bubba, hi, where go?You like watching t.v. much more than Caden. You seem to grow 6 arms when someone tries to wipe your nose and put up a very good fight. Finally crawling everywhere but mot walking without holding on.
You are quickly developing your attitude and tantrums. I think someday one of us will accidentally drop you because when you are mad while we are holding you, you throw yourself backwards into an impressive backbend that requires two arms to control. You also have some stranger anxiety, especially with men. You have been the only girl in your class at daycare up until very recently and they say you usually pick trucks over dolls.
Nonny and Poppy let us have your 1st birthday party at their house. You loved your cake and true to form, after you finished eating started your destroy and scatter. It was EVERYWHERE and almost a pudding consistency from all your squeezing. One of these days when I figure out how to get pictures from my camera, to my iPad and on my blog I plan of posting pictures of the party. (Gigi is probably right when she tells me I somehow missed my generation, I'm TERRIBLE with technology).
And I love the way you point with your index fingers on each hand put together!
