13 Months

I had almost decided that I was done with monthly posts after Avery Claire's first birthday. Then I decided I wanted to continue to document what she was up to, for memory's sake. So, I compromised and decided to just include pictures of her on that particular day...it had gotten a little too time-consuming to coordinate pictures to go along with what she's doing at the time.
Avery Claire, at 13 months, you:
- have 12 teeth. You did a lot of drooling last week and biting on things, so we're wondering if more are coming.
- are walking/running everywhere you go.
- can say Da-da, Ma-ma, ball, gah (which means dog, we think), bye-bye, bite, Hi, Hey
- give the best kisses in the world and will blow a kiss on demand (most of the time)
- love, love, love to be outside. You look at the door, jiggle the door handle, look at us, and give us the "come here" with your little fingers. It's too sweet.
- love to talk to Win at the window. And he just sits there waiting on you.
- enjoy any kind of bag, basket, bowl, container that you can put things into and take things out of. Tonight you are walking around with a gift bag filled with a remote, a paci, a ball. You have played and played with your Easter baskets and eggs.
- are so busy. You seriously never stop. Everyone is amazed at how busy you are. How can one little girl have that much energy?
- still sleep through the night. You did have a hard time for a couple of nights falling asleep when we laid you down. I think you just hate to stop playing and having fun. When I ask you if you're ready to go night-night, you look at me and shake your head no!
- are strictly on whole milk and have completely given up the bottle. You love milk and passed up a bottle for a sippy cup. Guess you got over it a whole lot quicker than Mommy.
- love to eat cheese, green beans, cheese & spinach ravioli, rice, Puffs, Mum-Mums, cheese puffs, mini Vanilla wafers, mac-n-cheese, waffles, pancakes, grilled cheese, rolls, pizza, french fries, Goldfish, Cap'n Crunch. And you love raisins!! Mrs. Teresa says you like purple hull peas, black-eyed peas, and pinto beans at daycare. I can't get you to eat them at home, though.
- are such a friendly little girl. You wave a complete strangers wherever we are, which usually results in us meeting lots of people. You make friends with everyone around us when we eat somewhere. You will go to just about anyone, which makes lots of people very happy. I love it that you're so friendly.
- are a fiesty strong-willed little girl. You know what you want and don't like it when you don't get your way (which isn't often). We are working on discipline. We guess you've heard "Do you want a spanking?" when Mrs. Brittany says it to her daughter at daycare, because you give us a "wah" when we ask you. And you shake your head when we ask you if you need to go to time out, so you must hear that at daycare, too. Although you've been sat down to finish out a fit a couple of times yourself.

- don't miss a thing. You know when someone's phone rings/beeps. You hear Win every time he barks. You know when someone is putting their shoes on to go outside. You know when you hear Daddy's garage door opening. You know when someone goes into the bathroom without you. You like to be involved in everything that's going on, and we love it that way, too.
- have provided so much joy and laughter over the last 13 months. You are so sweet and funny. We love to see you learn and grow every day. It's so much fun to watch your sweet, out-going little personality emerge. We love you to the moon and back, our sweet Avery Claire!