Its so hard to believe that Allyson is almost a year old already! She is still on the move constantly and is getting more adventuresome by the day. She has perfected the art of pulling herself up and can do it on just about anything but has yet to get on her feet without holding on to something. This week she has started to experiment with letting go of things she is hanging onto and seeing how long she can stand alone before she sits down. Its sort of funny to watch because she is so careful and she lets herself down to her knees or butt very gently even when she isn't holding on to anything.
Her favorite activities still include emptying things and taking items off/out of things. She spends a lot of time each day removing any items from the table, her book shelves and toy baskets. Some of her other new tricks include clapping, waving, motor noises/raspberries, blowing kisses and hitting her hands on things to make noise. She claps all the time, anytime she hears "good job" or "yay Ally" her hands go along with a big smile. Waving is new as of last week but she doesn't quite use it in the right context yet. She knows the word kiss and will smack her lips like a kissing noise and its so cute. Some days she is stingy with the kisses but other days she does it constantly. This week she also started to hit things like the sides of her head, her legs, chairs, table top and me of course just to see if it will make noise. Ally is very vocal and makes a ton of sounds. She refers to Karl as da or daddy but he isn't the only one so Im not sure if we can count that as her first official word or not. She is getting pretty good at carrying on a conversation even if we can't understand her.
Ally is eating more table food and has recently taken to feeding herself chicken, turkey and bananas in addition to the breads and crunchy stuff she has always liked. She is hit and miss on the pureed baby food items but she definitely likes to have bites of everyone else's food. The funny thing is that she is a fantastic eater out in public and really only puts up a fight to eat when she is in her highchair at home. We are experimenting more with a sippy cup but she hasn't quite figured out that she has to suck to get the liquid out. She tips it correctly using the handles but she only bites on the spout. We do have one cup that doesn't have the spill-proof spout so she likes that one best but she makes a huge mess so I prefer she learns how to use the other ones. She also knows the correct motion to use a regular cup but she gets surprised every time liquid comes at her so she tends to get a huge mouthful and pull back. We are looking forward to the one year mark so we don't have to mix formula anymore but we need to get this cup thing down sooner rather than later.
This week we wrapped up Ally's first 8 week session of swimming lessons and she seemed to enjoy it. We go to the pool about once a week in addition to the Y class and she just loves the water and to watch other kids at the pool. Milestones coming soon will be Ally's top two teeth, more words, standing alone, cruising and walking. Not sure in what order they will come but her top right tooth has broken through a little and she is starting to walk more with help. She hasn't shown much interest in cruising around furniture and things but yesterday she walked all the way across the living room behind her walking toy with no help from me. Scary! I didn't do a very good job taking photos this month (surprise) but here are some to enjoy.
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