For This Child I Prayed: 12 Month Stats!

We went to the doctor for your 12 month well check this week. You had to get 5 shots and mama and daddy was not looking forward to it but you did great! You did not cry as much as I thought you would. I was going to give you some Tylenol when we got home, but you had already went to sleep and slept a lot the next day. No fever or anything with the shots thankfully!

12 Month Stats:

Weight: 20.56 (36.75 percentile)

Height: 31 in (88.08 percentile)

Head Circumference: 17.91 in (32.12 percentile)

You are one tall little boy! This month you have given up crawling and love to walk/run everywhere! You are eating mostly all table food now. I have only given you baby food once or twice in the last week or two because you were sleepy and did not really feel like eating anything else. Otherwise, you have been eating regular oatmeal with whole milk for breakfast, chicken or turkey with veggies for lunch, and a meat with veggies for dinner. You drink ~24 oz of milk a day and eat yogurt, baby gold fish, puffs, and cheerios for snacks.You ate half of a banana this morning and fed it to yourself! You also ate half a piece of wheat toast and fed it to yourself. After you doctor's appointment, we ate a Red Lobster and you loved the salmon and broccoli from my plate...and of course you loved the cheese biscuits..yum! You love to point at everything a tell us what it is...even though we cannot really understand everything you say right now : ). You can say up (up the stairs), uh-oh, mama, daddy. You love to point at the light and to turn light switches on and off. Grandma said you said milk yesterday, but I have not heard it yet. I have officially stopped pumping and you made the transition to whole milk without any problem. I am still giving you some breastmilk that was frozen, but you love both and I am soo glad! Your favorite toys are balls and sticks. You love to go outside and ride in your car and play in the sandbox. This is going to be a busy month. We are going to the zoo next week for the first time with church, going to the fair, and then going to the mountains to pick apples and a pumpkin. I cannot wait to share all of these memories with you. You are taking one-two naps a day and go to bed around 8:45 now. You are wearing size 4 diapers, 12-18 month clothes (you are in between...12 months is a little snug and 18 months is a little big). You wear a size 5 shoe. You love to give kisses, high fives, and hugs and I love that. You give the best kisses! Mama and Daddy still look at you in amazement that God gave us this beautiful little boy. We love you so much! I cannot wait to see what adventures the next year holds...I am just so glad that I get to share them with you and your Daddy!

Riding your car around the neighborhood.

Playing in the sandbox.

We switched you to a new car seat. It is still facing backwards but it is the next step after the infant seat. You loved it and I know you will like it even more when we turn you around.

New camo pajamas!

You went to your first birthday party for Carson. It was at a place called Twist and Shout and it had a lot of trampolines and bouncy slides. You had so much fun!