oh the drama....

"mom!"

"i think its my nose."

"no, wait. i think it might be my eye?"

"i'm so confused..."

"well, it IS something, so stop taking pictures and tend to me!"

moments later...

"oh, what's this?"

"what are you looking at?"

i love the sweetness of this one

"don't mess with me mom, i can turn on the waterworks in an instant!"

it should come as no surprise to know that daley went down for a nap a mere 2 minutes after this last picture was taken...somebody needed some serious beauty rest;)

twelve month stats

we had daley's well check last week. she is doing well, thankfully. she did have to get two shots, and her lead test which requires bloodwork. she's dropped a tiny bit on her curve, but it is more than likely because she is so active.

height: 28.75 inches (30%)
weight: 20lbs (30%)
head: 18 inches (60%)

on another note, she is so much fun these days. she's starting to point to things that she wants, and makes this same little noise simultaneously that is her way of saying "i want that!" she's getting more and more brave with walking, letting go and stepping from one thing to another, pushing her walker all by herself, and standing without holding on for longer periods of time.

here she is with mike, just a little jam session;)

likes/dislikes

who knew at one you could be so set in your ways! daley is certainly her own person and she will let you know it.

she loves to dance these days, and she's in good company seeing as every toy plays some sort of music for her to dance to. she is starting to point, and points very decisively at what she wants. she can show you where her nose is. when she coughs she pats her head, because she can't reach her back-it is pretty funny (i guess she's seen me do that a few times!). she signs "more," "all done," and "drink." she laughs, and often it is on her own-she apparently finds herself very funny;) she refuses to let you build a tower with blocks, as she is what we call the human wrecking ball. she is so sweet and loves to kiss and snuggle. she takes her dolls and gives them hugs and kisses. during bath she'll hand me rubber ducky because she wants me to sing the rubber ducky song. however, on the flip side, her temper is fierce-when she's annoyed she grunts and pushes you away, i believe jack receives a majority of this behavior and it's probably deserved-he seems to always hang on her. she is still a really good eater, and loves anything with flavor; turkey tacos, chicken sausage with white beans and spinach, hummus, fruit, veggies, cheese, pizza, ravioli, pesto. and finally, she has been given this nickname by her brother that has seemingly stuck, we all find ourselves calling her "lum ditty" or "little lum," which is not exactly what i had in mind, but pretty random and funny. i believe it comes from a suess book "hand, hand, fingers, thumb...dum, ditty, dum, ditty, dum, dum, dum!?"

so that's where daley is in a very long, run-on, nutshell!