Sylvia at 1 Year!

At one day before Sylvia first birthday, she weighed 20lbs 5oz (40th percentile), measured 29 inches (48th percentile), and her head measured 18 centimeters (15th percentile). She is very healthy and right on track according to the doctors.

Sylvia is a huge talker. When she wakes up in the morning, the first thing she says is "bird" and points to the bird mobile. Lately, her favorite word is 'baby." She calls everything a baby, even us! She points at flowers and says "baby." It's super cute. She also uses other "B" words, including bear, bye-bye, ball. You can tell her to go get the baby, bear or ball and she does. She uses mama, dada, and baba too (Momma and Dada for us). She signs please and more.

She loves music today and will use one finger to play her piano. She actually is very careful about the keys she hits and does not just bang it. She loves maracas, tambourine, and our homemade shaker bottle. She will definitely play an instrument.

Sylvia takes about 3-4 steps when she's standing -- all unprovoked! She's made great strides lately and will stand up from sitting on her chair and will walk towards you. She also has extremely good fine motor skills and can pick up the smallest object (and typically put it in her mouth). When she gets her hands on a remote control she pushes the buttons very carefully, unlike other kids who just stick it in their mouths.

She's a very good sleeper. She loves to have books read to her. She will point at the pages and usually say "bear or baby." Too cute. When you lay her in the crib, she will stay put, allow you to put a blanket over her, rub her forehead a bit. Most of the time she won't move. She twirls her hair and makes a very loud, uuuuhhhhhh sound to put herself to sleep (we've posted videos of this already). She almost always wakes up happy. She will give you the biggest hugs after naps.

She's a good sleeper, but is a bit dramatic when she is put down for the night - she cries for a few seconds at the top of her lungs and then calms down. She is very clingy and loves her Mommy.

Sylvia is a good eater, but a little picky. But, she is not consistently picky about not eating one particular food. She does love avocado, cheese, cottage cheese, bread, crackers, and corn. She now insists on hold her own spoon. It's a very messy eating adventure!

We love her more than words can express! We can't wait to see what excitement the next year holds!