Chloe is Thirteen Months Old!

Could it be possible that I am blogging on Chloe's actual thirteen month birthday? It must be a ruse of some sort!

Our little Buggy is thirteen months old today! This monthly birthday actually sort of snuck up on me. I attribute it to the fact that I just did her twelve month well-check and pictures last week. I'm feeling like there should be a few more weeks before we drag out the Aggie bear.

I'm determined to take these pictures until she is two like I did with Sawyer, but she sure does make it difficult. The last thing she wants to do is sit (or stand) still. She is perpetual motion, that girl!

She's doing something really cute right now where she pretends to tickle us. She gets a head start and starts scrunching her fingers as she walks toward us. She makes a sound that she thinks is "tickle, tickle," but it comes out more like, well, I'm not even quite sure how to type the sound that escapes her lips. It kind of reminds me of someone who just downed an entire bottle of Mucinex. Just trust me, it's darned cute!

I'm letting her try more foods now that she has celebrated her first birthday and that rash has left the building. She has tried mandarin oranges, corn, cantaloupe, watermelon, wheat, Gerber fruit snacks, turkey sandwich (she swiped Sawyer's at the zoo), Goldfish, animal crackers, grapes (cut in itty bitty pieces), macaroni and cheese, and frozen pancakes. She wasn't too crazy about the cantaloupe or the watermelon, but I think it was a texture thing. She absolutely loves the fruit snacks! I remember Sawyer devouring them too. I think they are so gross! The Welch's ones are so much better, but they're too sticky for her to have yet. She is also on a chicken kick. She loves it boiled, grilled, baked. I'd better stop...I sound like Bubba on Forrest Gump! She is also loving cheese, Gerber dehydrated apple, pears, sweet potatoes, avocado, and bananas. I still need to introduce chocolate, tomato, tropical fruits, berries, and honey. I'm sure there are other foods, but they're escaping me now. I know Lorne had some food allergies when he was young, so I have to keep a close eye on our kids.

While I'm on the topic of eating, all four of Chloe's one-year molars have surfaced. All that remains are her incisors and she will be all set until the two-year molars make their appearance. My next task is to get her to brush them and not just mangle the toothbrush bristles!

I mentioned in the twelve month post that I wanted to get a picture of Georgia. She still carries her around all day. I figure it will only be a matter of time before Georgia starts to look like George. I didn't take the time to peruse the archives, but I think this may also be George's Aggiefamily debut.

They both wanted to bring them into a store the other day. We were in the parking lot heading to the car when I realized George must have been finishing up some shopping. I'm going to try and make a rule that they may have them in the car, but they need to stay there. I'm scatterbrained enough these days. I don't need to have to try and keep up with my two stuffed children too!

Chloe is also loving her some Daddy. Everyone is Daddy right now. It can be pretty embarrassing: the Ozarka man, the UPS man, the bearded checker at Wal-Mart (okay, so I'm pretty sure that was really a woman, but I digress). "DADDY!" is really fun to scream at the top of her lungs, too, apparently.

Not too much else to report in the words category. She is just grunting louder and gesturing more emphatically. She is trying to do more signs, but she usually just sticks her thumb on the side of her head when she wants something and claps when she wants more. She also rubs her hands together and looks to the counter top when she wants a banana. She pants when she hears Rosie or hears the bark of a dog. It blows my mind how kids learn some things very quickly and others take more time. The most important thing to me is that we're communicating, even if it isn't in the conventional manner.

On to the pictures:

This was a group effort. Sawyer was standing behind me and jumping out and saying, "Peek-a-boo" like we were doing to them on Friday, so of course she zoned in on him!

This is a pretty good shot of the right side of her forehead where she tried to roll down the driveway yesterday.

While in the crib Chloe usually lays on the blanket part so that Georgia's head is next to hers.

Here they are in all of their splendor!