Blair at one!

First lets see how much Blair has grown over the past year...

4 days old

1 month


2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

6 months

7 months

8 months

9 months

10 months

11 months

12 months

Here's a little bit about Blair at 12 months:

Blair loves to eat and can pack it away too! This little girl has no patience when it comes to food. If she sees food or knows that it will be coming shortly she screams and hollers until it is placed in front of her. She also screams when her food runs out and she wants more. We have been trying to teach her the sign for more (which she has done a couple of times) but I think she realizes that screaming is more effective for her. Also if she sees someone with food they instantly become her new best friend. The other day she ate a whole banana, a hot dog, and 2 pieces of bread. After which she freaked out when she saw me eating ice cream because she wanted some too!

Here's Blair eating her first sucker. It took her a while to finish it but she sure loved it.

Blair is down to 1 feeding at night and we officially took her pacifier away a week ago (well except we did give it to her briefly at church on Sunday). This has made naps and bedtime hard. Blair got a baby doll for her birthday that came with a pacifier and a couple of times she has tried to steal it. It really hasn't satisfied her though.

Blair gets into everything and puts everything into her mouth. Her favorite thing to do outside is to put rocks in her mouth. We have tons in our backyard so I'm constantly squeezing those cute little cheeks to get a rock or two out of her mouth. Inside she loves to pull everything out of my cupboards and either hit things together or on the floor. I often find Easton joining in on the fun as well.

Blair isn't walking yet and doesn't seem as though she will be for a while. She really doesn't seem to be interested in walking. She's content with crawling, cruising, or holding onto a single finger. She really doesn't like to walk without something to hold onto. She has taken a few steps between mommy and daddy but she wasn't all that thrilled about it.

Even though Blair doesn't enjoy to walk she does however enjoy climbing. She tries to climb everything. She loves to climb the stairs and probably her most favorite thing to climb on is Easton's bed. I think she just enjoys looking out the window. I have caught her a few times doing this. When I find her there I take her down and carry her outside his room but of course she crawls right on back to his bed, climbs up, crawls to the window, and pulls herself up. I've also seen her try to climb on our kitchen chairs but fortunately she hasn't quiet figured that one out yet.

These two are very cute but they do love to pick on each other. Easton and Blair are also very jealous of each other too. If I'm holding one then the other has to make their way over to me as well. I often times try to hold both of them but they (mainly Easton ) will try to push the other one away. I have no idea what we will do if or when we add another little one to the mix.

Blair is such a funny little girl. It is too early to tell but I think she might be the comedian of the family. She is just so silly all the time. She seems to do things just so she can get a laugh. A couple of weeks ago she was constantly going around all day making her stinky face. Recently she is going around sticking her tongue out (especially when Dad's around) and she is also sticking her fingers up her nose. She thinks that is so funny.

Along with being funny she is such a tease. I think she gets a lot of joy out of teasing other people (especially Easton).

Blair loves to play peek a boo and she also loves it when she thinks she is getting chased.

Blair at Ikea riding the red moose.

Wearing the sombrero from Easton's birthday dinner.