Vivian’s One Year old! (plus)

I am so shocked at how quickly this year went by!  I have heard over and over again how fast time goes when people have a second child, but this was crazy!

Vivian started walking right before her  first birthday.  It’s been a little frustrating having her fall so often and seeing bruises on her.  I guess it wouldn’t be so bad if half of our house wasn’t tile.  We try to spend the majority of our time in the carpeted areas but she seems to fall the most when we’re above the tile (of course).

I have been so amused watching Vivian’s personality shine through this month.  She’s become a climber and a girl who’s got some mischief in her.  Her favorite things to get into are my bedside drawer and the cupboards downstairs.  She also loves getting into small spaces and hiding.  She’s a very busy girl that is into anything and everything that she can get her hands on.  Her most favorite thing though is baths!

  Loving the basket! I have been a little frustrated with her this month as she has expressed her annoyance with anyone else cuddling with me besides her.  She will race across the room and start trying to push her brother off my lap if he and I are reading a book together.  She screams and tries to push Jared away if he tries to kiss me when I’m holding her…it’s kind of funny, but kind of annoying at the same time.  We’re trying to teach her that we all love each other, but she doesn’t seem to like it.  She is happy to cuddle Christian or Jared as long as I’m not cuddling one of them so it’s not that she doesn’t like them, she just wants mommy all to herself, I guess.Vivian, taking off with Christian’s horse!  He’s really enjoying her new ability to walk…now he has someone to play with.

Vivian has proven to LOVE dolls these last couple of months.  Most days she roams about the house with a baby doll in each hand, hugging one of them and kissing them at random intervals.  It’s so darling, it warms my heart.

Words have not been a top priority for this girl.  She does say, “Hi”, “Hey”, “Momma” and “Dadda” and she will sign “all done” “or milk” once in a while when I’m not reading her thoughts well enough.

She does have a major temper though and if she get’s mad enough (in other words cries for longer than two minutes because I’m not right by her) she will throw up.  It is very frustrating.  We have tried to sleep train her, but the clean-up is so ridiculous that we’re still soothing her to sleep by rocking and holding.  I’m hoping that she will simmer down soon with the throwing up.

Vivian had 3 and 1/4 teeth on her first birthday. Two on the bottom and one giant one on the top with the other top tooth peeking barely through….she looked kind of like a jack-o-lantern.  A cute one, but a jack-o-lantern non-the-less.

 Vivian enjoying her spaghetti squash!

This little girl is a great eater!  She especially loves anything the rest of the family is having.  It’s been really fun watching her eat pretty much anything!  Her most favorite foods are cheese, chocolate and bananas, so I have to be careful what she eats them with.

Here’s a picture of what happened when Christian let Vivian check out his Christmas candy….cute but not too fun to clean!

This little girl is such a joy in our lives.  She is defiantly stubborn and feisty, but she is also sweet and loving with a cute sense of humor.  I am so thankful that she’s my little girl.  She keeps me hopping (and off the computer) but she is such a delight to have in our home.

  (Almost) ready for church!