Hadley Grace is 13 months old!

Now that we have hit the year mark, each month milestone doesn’t seem as significant. I am pretty thankful that I don’t have to wrestle with Hadley and her monthly sticker that she for reason confuses for a delicious snack. However, for my own sake and to keep up the tradition, you know how we Aggies love the traditions; here are some highlights of the past month.
• Hadley slept through the night once, and for an 8 hour stretch a couple times (yay!)
• We have fully transitioned from formula to milk and only use a bottle at bed time
• She has reached the age where I can take her in a restaurant and order her something off the menu to eat- her personal favorites appear to be any kind of soup; which works for me because I am a HUGE fan of soup
• She has tried lots of new foods and hasn’t seemed to find anything she doesn’t like. She might have a slight aversion to spicy, a few times she has seemed bothered by spice, but other times not, and so if could just be a coincidence. I am hoping so, as I like spicy foods!
• Her hair is long and I am trying out pigtails for the time being- it is adorable, but her response to my attempt to do this every morning is not so cute- but I am not one to back down to a challenge, so every morning we have the same fight- eventually she will realize I am NOT trying to pull her hair out. We are two stubborn girls, I am having a power of the wills with my 13 month old- I can only imagine how this will go the next 18 years!
• She has learned to like water, she went from throwing a sippy cup full of water on the ground, to actually sucking it down
• She has gotten a third tooth with the fourth on the way- it really is taking its sweet time. This means fever and a cranky baby more often than I like.
• She is the caretaker of her class, she like to make sure everyone is okay all the time- this includes giving everyone a hug and a kiss
• She loves to blow kisses and does so to every single person she meets…
• She is a pointer, we are working on this- pointing isn’t always so nice
• We no longer are using the bath seat and it seems FINALLY she has grasped the concept of SITTING in the bath tub (as opposed to crawling, walking, etc).
• She still loves Yo, Gabba, Gabba and it sure does make our morning routine a lot easier
• She loves to play peek a boo, and if I ever say where is Hadley, she will cover her eyes and then “peek-a-boo” and giggle
• The loves patty cake and head, shoulders, knees, and toes- and can do hand motions to both
• She can make sounds like a duck, puppy, cow, and horse- sure they aren’t perfect, but you get the drift
• She has a recent interest in books; she pulls a book of her shelf, hands it to me, sits and my lap and actually will let me read the ENTIRE book. I am beyond EXCITED about this (the English teacher in me will never die!)

Overall, as I have said before she is just growing and changing every day. I recently created a photo book on Shutterfly documenting her first year. It is so funny to look at how much older and bigger she is than she was this day a year ago. Conversely it is pretty interesting to look at photos from her first week and to look at her now- when she is sleeping she looks the exact same way: beautiful, peaceful, and perfect!