Keeping Up with the Buckners: 1 Year Old

Addison Leigh Buckner,

A couple weeks ago, you turned one year old. So hard to believe. Those 12 months flew by in the blink of an eye. You are calm, easygoing, curious, silly, bashful, deliciously chubby, angelic, and just sweet, sweet, sweet.

Stats at 1 Year Old:

- 23 pounds, 3 ounces (81%)

- 28 and 3/4 inches tall (40%)

- Very light brown/dark blonde hair

- Gray/Green eyes (like mommy!)

- 18 month clothes

- Size 3 or 4 shoes

- Size 4 diapers

- 7 teeth (4 top and 3 bottom) plus 4 molars about to break through any day now

Food & Drink:

You are an awesome eater. You eat absolutely everything I give you. The only thing you hesitate on is bananas... but if I put a little peanut butter on them you scarf them up. Today you had oatmeal with a little maple syrup and some diced apples for breakfast, cheese, mandarin oranges, bread, and yogurt for lunch, and mango, avocado, tortilla, and baked Cod for dinner. You nurse 3 or 4 times a day and have 1 or 2 sippy cups of whole milk per day. You love milk and you still love your water!

Sleeping:

You take 2 1-hour naps per day (at approx 9am and 1:30pm) and go down for the night around 7-7:30pm. On average you wake up at 6am, but lately its been around 5:15 or 5:30 so I've been nursing you and putting you back to sleep for a little while. You usually self-soothe to sleep without a problem by playing with your hair {its always the right hand to the right side of your head}. No loveys or special attachments at this point. And you only sleep on your back. You never, ever stand up or even roll over in your bed, not even when you wake up. You just lay there. I think it's pretty odd, but I'm not complaining! You are a great sleeper {knock on wood}.

All clean & ready for bed!

Your daily words are:

- bye bye

- dada

- daddy

- mama

- dog dog

- I think I may have heard "wawa" (water) and some form of "sissy" come out of your mouth lately but I can't be sure...

Movement:

You are crawling like a mad woman, and cruising like crazy. You can stand on your own for a max of about 8 seconds, but haven't taken any steps yet. You aren't a climber yet either so our stairs are still safe without a gate.

So much fun on our family walk!

Toys;

You don't really love playing with toys {but you do love to throw them....}. You prefer remotes, phones, computers.... anything with buttons! You are starting to show interest in baby dolls and books which is really cute, and you still put everything in your mouth.