Jaelyn at 1 years old....

Some facts about Jaelyn at 1 years old

Weight: 20 lbs 4 oz (40%)
Height: 30 1/4 inches (85%)

Favorite Toy: That's a hard one...she just got a ton of new toys for her birthday! She loves her new Fisher Price Little People School Bus Ride-On from Oma & Opa & still loves her Laugh & Learn Learning Home
Fascinated by: birds, doggies, garbage trucks...really anything that moves or makes a noise outside, dumping food on the floor when she is full (we have to stop this fascination!)
Loves: to dance when music is playing, swim class, story time at the library, bath time with Daddy, to be tickled ("baby ribs"!), to smile for the camera, to run, run, run, to climb up the stairs, to drink from her sippy cup
Latest Skill learned: she can clap her hands, snap her fingers, & push buttons on her toys when we ask her to do so....without us having to clap, snap or push the buttons to get her to mimic us! Pretty impressive...she gets what we are saying!! :)
Favorite Books: she loves to "read". I'll catch her flipping through the pages of books & babbling to herself...I wonder what story she is telling herself. A couple favorites if I have to pick for her are: Barnyard Dance, by Sandra Boynton or the Usborne Animal Hide-and-Seek (touchy-feely farmyard tales)


A typical day for Jaelyn (more for me to remember!):

7:00am: Wakes up & has ~6 0z bottle of whole milk (the switch to whole milk went great...she downed the first bottle I made for her!)
7:30-8:30am: Play, Play, Play!
8:30am: Eats breakfast (although it's a pretty small meal~usually fruit, cheerios, waffles, etc)
9:00am: Nap
10:00am: Wakes up for some more playtime (or on Wednesdays we head to the library for story time, Thursdays it's playtime in the nursery during m2m group, & Fridays we have our water babies class)
11:00-11:30am: Eats Lunch (grilled cheese, mac-n-cheese, left overs from dinner the night before, veggies, fruit, loves to drink water out of her sippy cup)
12:00-1:30pm: Play time or runs errands with Mom
1:30-3:30pm: ~5 oz bottle & then nap time
3:30-5:30pm: Play time, again!
5:30pm: Dinner
6:30pm: Bath time with Dad
7:00pm: Mom gives ~8 oz bottle & then to bed! She curls up with her blanket for a full nights sleep :)