Mary is almost 14 months old and she is constantly changing and growing up so fast!

I weighed her with me on the scale and she is 20 pounds.

She can sign for milk! So exciting to finally see her grasp on to what we are teaching her. She loves to be read to, play kid apps on my phone, she is such a little smarty pants and knows how to use my smart phone haha!

She loves to play with toys that she can stack on top of each other or put  in/out of a bucket. I used an old large wipes case and cute most of the rubber part off (where the wipes are pulled out of) and thanks to my mom and sister they saved a ton of lids from juices, milk, other drinks that I can put in side and she will just sit forever pulling them out and putting them back in through the hole. Why do we buy our kids toys?! So funny how entertained they can get by the smallest things.

She is very much a mama's girl. Every morning we'll bring her in to our bed and play with her and she always cries when I get up and leave the room or even just to stand up.

She's not a picky eater and will try everything but just like us some days she isn't in the mood for certain foods which makes it hard some days because I have no clue what she wants and she'll just spit out her jam sandwich or throw her green beans on to the floor. lil stinker.

Is such a good listener and will walk back to us when she has wondered off, is very vocal and quite the little chatter box. She will jabber than be silent waiting for some one to finish talking than jabber again like she is have a regular conversation with that person.

Hates:
being told no and still some times cries, being put in her car seat at time and will do a back bend basically so she isn't strapped in.

Loves:
healthy green drinks! naturally loves candy and chocolate ect. She is in love with music and dancing and knows how to turn on my iHome.
Baby Einstein, Sesame Street, anything with music she loves it.
She'll bob her head up and down to the beat and shake her hips talk about our little entertainer.

Her hemangioma is slowly but surely going down wahoo! her hair is becoming to look like a mullet but it sure enough is getting a bit longer! maybe in another 6+ months I can do some little piggy tails haha. And she is our brown eyed blonde haired girl, so stinking cute.

the little moments

Some times as a mom you go through out your days trying to stay on a routine, trying to catch up on your home, have a hot meal for your husband to have when he gets home from a long day, to take care of yourself. And at times you forget to take in the small moments of what it is to be a mom. Yesterday as Mary would wine each time I would get up from the floor beside her trying to fold clothes, pick up her room or try to sneak in the kitchen to load the dish washer I finally gave in and just sat next to her watching her play. She would bring me a book and sit on my lap wanting to turn the pages herself. She wasn't paying attention to the mess around us, my hair that was in desperation of needing a style, and face with no make up on. All she wanted was her mom holding her reading stories and playing together.

I need to remember to not complain when she is being a mama's girl and wont let me out of sight, that these moments wont last forever. The laundry can wait till later, she isn't embarrassed by my lack of hair and make up being done (yet). To take in every cuddle and and I just melt when those chubby little hands reach up for me to pick her up.

So blessed and grateful to call this sweet girl my daughter, I must have done some thing right in my life to deserve to be her mom.

With walking comes being on a whole new level of curiosity and new findings

Caught in the action! Her favorite is to get in to the pantry and pull out the cake decorating sprinkles and shake them. She also will grab out the dish towels and 'wash' my pans she pulls out under the sink haha!

I have just been awful about taking pictures... With all of the hype and excitement having a toddler for the holidays I have just been enjoying the moments and not remembering to capture them.
Thanksgiving day we spent with Ryans family at his grandparents home and than had our own Thanksgiving the following day with my family. Which of course I didn't take pictures at either place. Fail.

We spent Christmas Eve at my parents home, she was spoiled with clothes, pj's, and toys.
Ryan and I were spoiled with money, ps3 players and Just Dance, Food Processor, the new Batman and ALL of the Harry Potter dvd's! We had a bomb Christmas.

So here are the few pictures of our walking girl opening her Christmas gifts. That's right she is a full on walker now! So flippin cute watching her be able to walk and explore on a new level.

Her smiles kill us, she has such a cheeser smile I love it. She so far has two teeth on the bottom and top showing with a tooth coming on it's way from both top and bottom a long with a couple of molars!
Teething time is so fun..  
I can't wait till she is done teething!