Yikes! I can’t believe it. Landree turned a year old on the 6th of August. She had a princess birthday party at the park, and even happily wore her tiara! That's my girl! If her cheeks look a little red in the pictures it’s because
it was 1,000 degrees that day! She’s getting so big and doing so well. Her personality is really starting to show. She’s very vocal & loves for us to copy the sounds she’s making. She’s added the word yay to her vocabulary
and she loves it when we sing that old song Ka-Ka-Ka-Katie (except we’ve changed it to La-La-La-Landree). My grandmother used to sing it to me when I was little. Landree can be crying but if we start to sing that song she gets the biggest grin ever!
She also apparently thinks counting is pretty funny. By the time I count to two she gets a little smirk. By three she’s grinning her head off. She’s not really interested in tv. I turned the doodle bops on for her Saturday while I fed her
breakfast, but she didn’t pay much attention to it. However, when Drake and Josh came on it was a different story. She watched for several minutes.
I guess she’s officially not a baby anymore. She’s eating real food now along with
her baby food & she doesn’t take a bottle anymore; just sippy cups. In fact, she’s graduated to the spill proof sippy cup. Don’t expect her to eat baby food if we’re eating regular food. She will push the spoon away & reach
for whatever is on our plates. I can’t say that I blame her on that one! She looks like a little girl now instead of a baby. It makes me sad but she’s so much fun. She laughs out loud & loves to crawl all over her brother when he’s lying
on the floor. She thinks he’s great. She watches his every move. Every now and then he will put her in her bed at bedtime. When he turns to take her to her room she puts her head on his shoulder and smiles the biggest smile. She’s so proud.
Landree is crawling some now but hasn’t quite perfected it. She’s made major improvements in the last couple of weeks, but she’s still getting the hang of it. The first time we actually saw her crawl was on her birthday. She crawled
over to get her brother’s baseball cards. She’s definitely more interested in things she’s not supposed to have. Especially if they belong to big brother.
We’re working on teaching her where eyes and noses are. She’s almost
got that one down. Sometimes if I ask where my nose is, she’ll stare at it instead of grabbing it. She definitely understands, she just doesn’t always communicate it. If she does grab for the nose, be careful. She’s quick and she doesn’t
let go right away. Her big brother learned that the hard way. We’re also working on teaching her to point to things and to pick up food with two fingers instead of grabbing a handful of something. She’s figured out picking up food with two fingers,
but we’re still working on the pointing.
Sorry it’s been so long since the last post. Summer was busy, busy ,busy with lots of baseball & Landree had her first trip to the beach. I can’t believe it’s already football time
again! I need to get to work on her outfit for the games!