12 Months

Cannon and Adelaide are growing and growing! We had their 12 month check up right after their birthday. We got a great report! They both transitioned to milk easily. They both have great appetites. Cannon weighed 26lbs and 12 oz and was in the 80th percenitle for weight. He is 31.5 inches long and in the 90th percentile for height. He is such a sweet boy. He has 4 teeth. He started walking on July 28 just a week shy of being a year old. He loves to play with balls. He can say mama, dada, dog, bye-bye, uh - oh, no- no and nana (banana). He likes to be outside and cries when it's time to come inside. He loves to play rough and to be thrown in the air. He does not like to look at books and the teacher in me is trying my best to change him! He still sucks his thumb when he is sleepy, but not at any other time. He loves to eat any kind of carb (bread, pasta, rice, potato) but is beginning to refuse some vegetables. He is so much fun!

Adelaide weighed 19 lbs and 13 oz and was in the 25th percentile for weight. She is 29.5 inches long and in the 50th percentile for height. She is having trouble walking and turns her right leg in and picks it up in a very unusual way when walking behind a push toy or holding onto your hands. The doctor was not too concerned, she did say the muscle running down the outside of her right leg is very tight. She showed us some ways to stretch it and said it would most likely stretch out on it's own as she began to put more weight on it. We were told to encourage her walking behind the push toy and we'd reevaluate at 15 months. ---- Adelaide walked at 13 months on September 13. Her right leg gets better everyday! ---
She has two teeth and two more on the top are trying to come in. She likes to play with her tea set, play with musical instruments, dance, sing, and look at books. She loves for me to sing "Itsy-bitsy Spider" and she thinks it's so funny to "wash the spider out". She just laughs and laughs. She loves her paci more everyday. She still sleeps with her elephant lovey. She can say da-da, mama, no-no, uh-oh, and dog. She likes to eat fruits and vegetables. She'll eat a few meats and carbs, but they are not her favorite. She is a joy and the sweetest little baby. We are so thankful for our baby B!