1? Really?

So... some of my friends out there may remember about a year ago and how much a was complaining about still being pregnant at 37 weeks? (Kim, I know you remember) Well 362 days ago I would have had a hard time picturing myself with an almost 3 year old and a 1 year old. But here I am today, 3 days away from Charlotte's first birthday. How crazy is that?? It's like I am an adult or something. Anywho, I would just like to take a minute and give an update on my beautiful almost 1 year old:

- Dr. appt. isn't till Friday so I will have to give exact stats on the next post, but last I checked she was weighing in at about 18 lbs. Sounds kinda small, but you have not seen her thighs. Seriously.

- She popped her first tooth on Christmas Eve (she heard we have steak on Christmas Day and was trying to score some) and since then she has gotten two more snagglers.

- Apparently my kids don't crawl, so whatever, but she is getting pretty sturdy with her walking though. Mac doesn't think she will do it until 14 months, but I think her first steps will come within the month.

- To try and compensate for her lack of mobility, Charlotte has decided to talk her way out of things. She can say "Daddy", "Dog", "Woowoo" (woof) "Banana" (seriously), just today she said "Aub" (for her cousin and bestie Aubrey) and she pretty regularly yells "Mom". Yes, "Mom" gets yelled and usually only when I am changing her diaper. She also thinks she says all sorts of other words and expects me to instantly understand them because she pointed in their general direction and whispered something.

- Honestly one of the happiest kids I have ever met! She rarely shys away from people and usually has a big smile for them.

- We had kind of a rough month in there after she came home from PCMC but in the last few weeks she has gone back to her old self and my stress level has gone way down.

- She LOVES Claire. I honestly don't know why because sometimes too much love is a bad thing, which is usually what she gets. But every time she walks in the room her little feet go nuts (kick, kick, kick) and she smiles and laughs. Hopefully this bodes well for sisterly bonding later in life.

- As much as little boys instinctively know how to shoot a gun or pick up a stick and sword fight, little girls know how to be a mom. At 1, Charlotte already picks up dolls and gives them hugs and kisses. So cute, seriously.

Anyway, that is Charlotte in a nutshell. I am sure there is more, but those are just the things that jumped out at me tonight. Hopefully I will be posting pictures of her 1st birthday party in the next few days! Cake it up!!