It is so hard to believe that a year has already gone by since Alana joined our family. It has gone by way too fast! She has gotten so big and excites us every day with all of the new things she does. She is not quite walking on her own yet, but walks along the furniture and with us holding her hand. Most of all she just likes to crawl to get where she wants, and she is very fast doing that. She is talking up a storm and so far says baby, daddy, hi, hey, there, and bye-bye that we can discern. She can be very loud and has a way of making her presence known! She had her 12 month check-up on the 13th and the doctor said she seems to be doing very well. She weighs 22 lbs, 13 oz, which is just above the 75th percentile. She is 30 1/2 inches tall which puts her between the 75th and 90th percentile. Her head circumference is 18 3/4 inches which is still right at the 95th percentile. She seems to be staying right on track and is meeting all of the age appropriate developmental milestones.

On her birthday, I took the day off to spend it with her. We mostly just played at home, and then went to go take some pictures in the bluebonnets (a Texas tradition). We went out to dinner with Alana’s Grandpa and Mormor at Cristina’s Mexican Restaurant. They gave Alana some flan for her birthday but she wasn’t impressed at all! Since David had to be out of town for work on her birthday we did her family birthday dinner on the 14th instead. Along with David and I, Alana’s Mormor, Grandpa, and Aunt Michelle were there. We had a cake for her which she promptly stuck her hand in, but really wasn’t quite sure what to do with after that! Her actual birthday party will be next Saturday, the 23rd, so I will be sure to post more pictures then!

I just updated the Picture Gallery, so I hope you all will take a look and see what Alana has been up to!

-Kellie