Anna officially turned one year old this month! It is amazing how quickly time goes but also how much difference one year can make. Anna was 18lb 7oz (25%) and 27 inches (25%) long at her one year appointment.
Anna is making that transition from baby to toddler. While she took her first few steps last month, she became an expert walker this month. By the end of September, she was walking almost everywhere. She is sometimes cautious and has to pause to balance herself but she learned so quickly and her excitement and pride in this new skill is infectious. Her babbling has grown but still no real words just yet. She has become more mischievous. She gets into everything these days. Her favorite things to play with are Laura’s hairbrush and the mortar & pestle. She absolutely loves the fridge and dishwasher. At times, when we tell her no, she smiles and does it anyway. Other times, she gets upset and cries quite dramatically. Anna gives amazing hugs, gripping on to our shoulders so tightly. If she sees the stairs, she makes a beeline for them; climbing is one of her favorite activities. She also loves going outside, exclaiming with glee as soon as we start walking down the stairs of our building. When it comes to toys, she loves to disassemble them, whether its taking gears off her table, knocking down block towers, or pulling every toy out of her bin. When she doesn’t like the food we are giving her, she has learned to throw it on the floor or make her displeasure known in some way. Unfortunately Crosby will not eat her scraps. She loves all fruit, most carbs (especially Cheerios) and her favorite veggie is peas. Her favorite book right now is Peek-a-Boo Penguin. And she still adores bath time!
September started off with her weekend birthday celebration in Copley with the Roth family. She got to spend all weekend with her grandparents and cousins. She attended her first soccer games, cheering on both Jill and Jenna. Grandma Jackie had lots of decorations and made her a smash cake for her actual birthday. Anna was pretty low-key with the cake, slowly putting her fingers in the icing and licking them. Eventually we did encourage her to ‘smash’ the cake but it was still quite tame. The weather was great this month so we’ve had lots of time at parks and made one trip to the zoo. Laura was traveling for work the last week of the month so Tony and Anna had lots of bonding time. They were quite the duo, exploring the city and getting to the park every night. It was a wonderful month with our little one year old!
water table fun with dad
presents !
giggles with gram
cuddled up and resting with jill
soccer game with jessica
go copley
cracking up with luke
happy birthday anna!
digging into her cake
one!
anna and her birthday balloon (which she loved)
a weekend with family 🙂
A great weekend with Grandma Jackie and Grandpa Tony!
go bucks!
birthday card !
family evening on the deck
oh, i’m not supposed to pull the cover off ?
playing with the light remote (and loving it)
so sweet:) on the bus ride to the zoo
Frida!
a local street fest, listening to her parents favorite — wedding banned
swinging – still gets the best squeals
static hair !
one of her discoveries- toilet paper !
up the stairs i go !
smiles with mama
playing kitchen with our neighbor, kai
just eating my carrot here
dramatically expressing her displeasure at something (she has learned to ‘fake’ cry– she will lift her head up, look at us to see if we’re watching, and as soon as we make eye contact start crying again!)
walking around the playground
our little packers fan (a gift from her G&G pratt)
hey guys
crazy hair 🙂
cutest. smile. ever. 🙂
