13 Months Old!

Eliza is quickly becoming more and more of a toddler!  She is now 13m old and is cruising all over the place.  We don't have stickers anymore for her monthly updates, but we'll stick with the consistent photographing and stat-like info each month.  But honestly, I don't feel like copying and pasting the "survey" each month anymore.  :)  So it'll be a little looser in presentation, too!

With some crazy sleep-hair!

The Basics:

• Eliza is weighing about 19lbs or so these days.  We have no idea how long she is!  
• She's consistently getting in new teeth, including one molar.  Thankfully she doesn't seem to be suffering too much through it!
• She's fitting comfortably in 6-12m clothing, as well as 9m and 12m clothes.  We still put her in pants in 3-6 size, though, and they make great capris!
• She's sleeping really well during her naps, around 2 hours during the day sometimes with a catnap on the way home from work/daycare.  She's going to bed consistently at 7:30pm and sleeps until 7am.

Eating:

• Eliza loves her table foods.  Favorites seem to be applesauce, macaroni and cheese, corn, avocado, black beans, and yogurt. She doesn't often turn things down, but she doesn't always eat meat well--we're pretty sure it's a texture thing.  
• Eliza's still drinking breast milk that was frozen during my pumping days.  We got the go-ahead from her pediatrician to stay with the breast milk until we don't have any left!  She doesn't drink it very well from a sippy cup at daycare, but that's ok.  Her pediatrician said we could continue giving her bottles for a couple more months (though it's not really encouraged), so we're making sure she's getting enough to drink in the morning and evening.  We'll be introducing cow's milk soon.

Milestones:

• First surgery--ear tubes June 15, 2012.  She did well and she's been healthy since!
• Walks instead of crawls!  For about 2 weeks now she's been walking 99% of the time.
• First time swinging in the big-girl swing--not a fan!
• Crawls up the stairs a lot!
• Falling asleep while eating.  :)
• Can show us her belly!
• Moving into the toddler room at daycare.
• First bang trim by Mommy

Her Loves:

• The remote--she walks around with it constantly!
• Her "anywhere chair."
• Pulling every item out of a basket, box, or bag.
• Sunglasses!

Our Loves:

• Increasing cuddles and kisses!
• When she blows us kisses!
• Seeing her excited and show her personality!
• Being able to visit her at the new daycare!

Her Dislikes:

• Having things taken away (the trick is to ask first; she'll often give them up willingly like it's fun!).
• Being sleepy.
• When Mommy&Daddy leave her at daycare.  (this is getting much better, though)

Our Dislikes:

• Seeing her upset when we go to work.
• When she wakes up before 7 on the weekends.
• When she bites!

self-portrait

Bye bye!