Happy 1st Birthday Bridgette!

I cannot believe that it has been a year since Bridgette came into my life. It has been one awesome year! Watching her grow and change has been amazing. I didn't know what motherhood would be like but it is much better than I ever imagined! Bridgette, life would not be the same without you!

This is going to be my last monthly update so I will try and make sure I hit all the milestones that she has made. For here forward I will blog the big important and fun things. She weighs 20 lbs 10 ounces and is 29 1/2 inches long. This month Bridgette has come close to walking. She has taken a few steps but does not like to fall down. She is very cautious and will fall to her knees whenever she feels unsteady. She still crawls quickly and likes walking when she has something to put her hand on. She loves to play and can make the biggest mess. She wants to eat anything and everything that Patrick and I are eating. She drinks from a straw and is weaned from the bottle! She just started drinking milk but isn't sure about it. Sometimes she downs it and other times she doesn't want it.

She loves to talk! Pretty soon she might be able to out talk her mom! She points at everything and will make a sound, usually a b sound. She could care less about baby sign but communicates what she wants by pointing. Here is a list of all her words: mama, dada, pepe, papa (Puma), baby, ba (bottle), bye bye, night night, boo, boom, book, ball, no no and num num. When she isn't saying real words she is always babbling!

Her first birthday party was a hoot! She has a lot of family and friends come celebrate with her. She had fun playing with all the kids, enjoyed her birthday cake and loved opening her presents. She wasn't sure what to do with the cake, she didn't really like the icing on her fingers. Once I started feeding it to her with a fork she loved it!

B's Frist Christmas

We had a wonderful first Christmas with Bridgette. She had so much fun spending time with family. It took her a few presents to figure it out all out but in the end she was a pro at opening gifts. She loves playing with her new toys! Santa brought her a 3-in-1 trike and she loves to go for rides on it. She also had a cold that turned into an ear infection during the break so unfortunately she spent part of her break being sick. On a good note she now has 8 teeth! Two more popped through on the bottom Christmas weekend.

11 months old and a pony tail

B is officially in her last month of her first year of life. She also has enough hair to make a Pebbles pony tail! She is so big and does big girl things all the time. This month she stands and walks(while holding onto something) all the time. She took her first steps the other day and it was awesome seeing her be so independent. She also loves to eat people food. She loves toast, waffles, fruit, carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, beans, sloppy joes and peas. She still loves to pull everything out of bags and buckets. She also loves to throw balls and chase them. This month B always had something in each hand. She would even crawl around with toys in each hand, silly girl! B learned several new tricks and words this month. She says dada, mama, boom, baby, boo, and no no. I think she even says Pepe but it is hard to tell. She loves to make an Indian noise with her mouth, do knuckles, blow kisses, wave bye bye and hello, and still claps all the time. She is always talking, dancing and singing. She loves the song Baby by Justin Bieber. She dances to it and sings along. She has an A&M dinosaur that plays music and she loves to dance with it. We had to upgrade to bigger car seats this month and it is weird not carrying the baby carrier everywhere we go.

B had her first Thanksgiving this month. She enjoyed spending time with family and loved the sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and carrots. She did not care for the turkey.

The Jumper family celebrated Christmas last weekend and B had a blast. Andrew got Bridgette for the gift exchange it was so fun seeing how excited he was to give his gift to her. He picked out the gift and the wrapping paper especially for B. She loves her fridge farm!

10 months old and I am way behind

I cannot keep up anymore! Bridgette will 11 months on Saturday so I think it is time to update about 10 months old.

Bridgette learned how to crawl on all fours, pull up, walk holding on the edge of things, and can stand without holding onto anything for a few seconds. She still loves to pull everything out of bags, off of shelves and tables. She said her first word this month too, no no. She learned to pick up food and eat with her fingers. She loves to eat bananas, pears, kiwi and toast.

B tested negative to soy and milk when we had her tested. You will have to read the 11 month post to see how she did with soy.

Clones? It's possible....

Everyone claims that Bridgette looks like me. Here is a picture of me at 9 months and pictures of Bridgette at 10 months. I think I can see the resemblance.

Happy Halloween!

Bridgette had a great first Halloween! She was just adorable in her skunk outfit!! She is definitely the cutest little stinker I know =) She also had a cute onesie with Halloween baby legs to accessorize. There were many festivities and occasions in which she got to wear her costume and outfit. The night of Halloween she was tired and grumpy and went to bed before trick-or-treats even knocked on the door. Grandma Jumper came over to bring her a present and to see her dressed up.