One Year Ago…

Our baby girl turned one on July 2. I am shocked at how fast that year went by. Annabel is the sweetest little girl. She is so content and happy and has just a calming spirit. She loves her family. She lights up anytime Ethan or her daddy walks into the room. She loves to cuddle. She is our little angel.

11 Months

She is such a sweetheart. She is so loving and happy and calm. She loves to snuggle.

She loves her playroom. She could be in there all day playing with toys.

She is in her pull everything our of the cupboards and dishwasher phase. My kitchen floor is constantly covered in Tupperware.

She loves to giggle. Her and Ethan laugh with each other all day.

She adores her daddy. She adores her brother. I may no longer be her favorite :(

Terrified of strangers. (Which is the exact opposite of Ethan.) She becomes paralyzed with fear anytime someone new tries to talk to her.

She hates to sleep anywhere but her crib. Not my favorite thing.

She hates her car seat. The car is really the only time I see this girl upset.

I can’t say that she is close to walking. I think because she is such a pro crawler and can get around super fast that I don’t think she has the desire to learn anything new. Plus she likes to stay in her comfort zone. She isn’t a fan of new people or new experiences. The idea of walking makes her very uncomfortable.

She can stand on her own without holding on to anything. It terrifies her. She doesn’t do it often.

Her cheeks just kill me. They are so big and adorable and kissable. They get kissed a thousand times a day. I cannot go anywhere without being told how beautiful our baby girl is, a minimum of 3 times per outing I get stopped. She is our most beautiful daughter ;)

10 Months

 

Annabel is on the move! She speed crawls, she rolls, she pulls herself up, and she walks all around things. She is just constantly moving. I think I miss the days where she would just stay sitting where I put her. This phase is fun too.

She is pretty strong. I have yet to see her stand on her own without holding on to something, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she could. She barley hangs on with one hand when standing. She is close to standing alone.

She says mama now! Yay!

She waves goodbye.

She is still just the happiest and the most content baby I know. She is so calm. I know that might seem contradictive to what I said above about how is she always moving. She just has such a calm and sweet spirit. She barely gets fussy when she is hungry and tired. Sometimes I get frustrated in those few minutes a day that she might be fussy. Then I remind myself how lucky I am and how I really have nothing to complain about because she really is such a good calm happy little girl.

I think I mention this every month, but those cheeks and that hair they just make me melt. She is just beautiful.

Like I said, she is on the move! It was almost an impossible feat to get a picture of her. Most of her photos were a total blur. At least she was having fun.

9 Months

Weight: 23 pounds! She is in the 95% percentile for height and weight.

Annabel finally crawls. She is a speedy one. Wow! I love to see her really crawl. Ethan never did, he just did the army crawl. I think it is extra cute watching her get around on her hands and knees.

Her top two front teeth are coming in.

She finally sleeps through the night. I think it really helps that she can finally roll over. Now she sleeps on her stomach. She seems to sleep much better in that position.

She can pull herself up. Naptime is getting tough, because she just wants to stand up. I usually have to go in and lay her down once or twice before she will fall asleep.

We had to make the switch to her big car seat, which she loves so much more. She always hated her infant car seat. She will now actually fall asleep in the car.

I finally captured a teeth smile.

8 Months

 

She has her two bottom teeth.

She finally rolls over!

She can get into the sitting position on her own.

She is as chubby as ever. Her leg rolls and her cheeks are the best! I just went shopping and bought her all 18-24 M/2 T clothes. Actually the swimsuit I bought her is a size 4T.

She is starting to get a little shy around strangers. If she doesn’t recognize someone she just stares at them with this terrified look on her face.

I love when she is tired, because that is when she is the most ticklish. I love her little laugh.

She is such a happy a little girl. She is so calm and so sweet.

I love when she gives you her cute little smile and then tilts her head to the side. Its like she is saying, “Yea, I know I am cute.”

She has a permanent bow in her hair, otherwise her hair take on a mind if its own!

The High Chair

Sometimes I think Annabel is getting too big. Then I put her in her high chair and I am reminded of how wrong I am. With her little feet dangling so far from the ground I realize just how perfect our princess is.

7 Months

 

Our baby is actually almost 8 months as I write this. I cannot believe it! It has flown by. Although, I think that I say that every month. It really does go too fast.

I don’t even know how to describe Annabel. She is so bubbly and bouncy and smiley and giggly. Then at the same time she is just so content and calm.

She loves to snuggle. I take full advantage of that. (Ethan has always been too busy/active to snuggle. In fact, he will actually tell you that now. Mom: “Can I have a hug, Ethan?” E: “No Mom, I’m too busy.”

She loves to laugh. She is super ticklish. It is so fun!

She has her first tooth! Her second one will be here any day now I can see it ready to pop through.

She LOVES to eat! And it shows. This girl is a chunk! She was hesitant to eat at first. At first she would only eat food if I mixed it in with her rice cereal. Once she got the hang of eating she became obsessed. This girl would eat all day if I let her. She still eats pretty simple meals. Apples, bananas, sweat potatoes, and carrots are all she has eaten so far.

She adores her brother. Ethan gets the biggest smiles from her. She gets so sad when he leaves the room. She will keep looking around the room wondering where he went. Then she lets out an excited scream when he finally comes back into the room.

She says dada now. Such a bummer for this mama, but it is adorable to hear her say it.

She sleeps better. She still doesn’t sleep through the night, but she now only wakes up once at night and I’m alright with that.

She will no longer take her pacifier. She’ll play with it, or use it as a chew toy. The pacifier does nothing else for her anymore.

She getting rolly, She is pretty chill and content to just sit and play with her toys. I’ve been trying to step up the tummy time when she will let me. She now likes to roll from side to side. Finally!  I’ve still never actually seen her roll all the way over. I think the poor thing is just too chubby to move.

That’s our 7 month Annabel! I just adore her!

6 Months

I can’t remember her exact 6 month stats. I do know that she was in the 90th percentile for height and weight. Her weight was around 20 lbs. I also remember her head only being in the 20th percentile. Haha! I am not used to having a child with a small head

Unfortunately, this poor girl was sick all month. She had the never ending cold. It was a pretty miserable month for her. I kept waiting for her to get better before I took her 6 month photo because she looked pretty sad and not like herself. I finally got a few minutes towards the end of the month when she was feeling good. I snapped a few shots. Unfortunately they are not that great, but at least they exist.