Liberty sure has learned a lot in her 13 months!

Despite having just one tooth she is eating well, she enjoys EGGS (which she can also say), most fruits, yogurt, plain baked potatoes, and she wouldn’t be from the Holdaway side without loving green beans! Most of her protein comes from baby food still, but she’s getting there.

Speaking of getting there, this girl can fly around the house now! She is getting so fast! No longer does she toddle around, she all but runs!

She communicates well with pointing and grunting, she has added “eggs” to the list of words she can say (mama, dada, bruh-bruh, dog) and signs “water” and “please”, which helps a lot. She also moos and oinks, yay!

Interest wise, despite the princess push from Rhonda, she loves using Canton’s cars and trains, she LOVES animals, being outside, and seeing other babies. She gets so excited to see another baby in the store on on her diaper boxes. She’s a social girl!

She’s also a strong-willed girl. She has no problem standing up for herself or creatively using an object she can find to help her accomplish her goal. She often will pull pillows to stack and help her climb the couch or use her princess car to run into Canton when he’s getting in her face a little too much. Needless to say, she’s begun to visit the time out corner more than a few times! 🙂

She’s a character and we’re so lucky to have her!

Weight: 23 lbs

Length: 31 inches

Stand up for herself ;), sign water and please, she added eggs to her vocab, and showed off a few of the many body parts she knows!

Liberty had a big day of playing and saying her new word: eggs!

So tired, so fell asleep I her chair eating spaghetti. She was too messy to lay on her crib, so here she is on the floor before I begin trying to clean her without waking her 😉

Day 3

Day 2

He’s off…

What a day!

Canton and Dad visited Green Bank Radio Telescope in WV on Friday.

Last weekend we headed to Luray Caverns for a day of fun and learning. Canton had a great time! He especially loved the “big shaggy dog”. Liberty, well, she was just happy for the walk. 🙂

Liberty is ONE! She is ALLLLLL over the place! She has been taking steps for a long time, but once she figured it out, boy did she go! Funny what a difference a month can make.

She also has gotten one, yes just one, tiny tooth to poke through. She is enjoying third foods, particularly spaghetti and still loves cereal. She will gobble up yogurt and strawberries. She isn’t big on table food, unless it is the smallest minuscule piece she spits it out. I guess we have a few more months of buying baby food.

Liberty hasn’t added any new words this month, but has figured out to finally sign “more” and “please”. It is great she doesn’t scream and point anymore! Although she doesn’t speak many words yet she babbles up a storm. We all love how she says “yum yum yum” as she eats! She also is a PRO at following directions! She will frequently follow two-step directions like “go get your phone toy and put it in your cart” or similar things. She loves to follow me to the bathroom or to go get her diaper changed! I just tell her where I’m going and down the hall she goes.

Liberty is still not a fan of strangers, she screamed her head off when her pediatrician just looked at her. Fortunately, she went to Rhonda and Nanny very easily, and she still loves Pap!

We’ve had a great year with our sweet girl!

Happy Birthday Liberty!

Height: 30.5 inches (yes, I realize last month was 31, so I guess her fat feet have flattened as she continues to walk! 🙂 )

Weight: 22 lbs 1 oz