12 Month Check Up

Yesterday, Hope had her 12 month check up and shots. While in the waiting room, she played with two other girls and shared her toys so nicely which made me so proud.
Then as we were walking down the hallway to the exam room, she realized where she was and got upset. I think she knew she might get poked and prodded and she was right.
She weighs 21 pounds and is right at the 50th percentile for weight. She is 29 1/2 inches long and is right at the 75th percentile in height. She has 5 teeth, two on bottom and three on top. Dr. said she doesn't have any food limitations, just to introduce new foods or potentially allergenic foods one at a time to see if there is any reaction. We have been waiting to introduce her to shrimp, tomatoes and peanut butter for this reason. As part of the 12 month check up, the Dr. asks questions about her development such as when did she start walking, does she say any words and if so, what words. She took her first steps at 9 months and was completely walking by 10 months. She says Mama, Dada, Quack-Quack, Arf-Arf, Bye-Bye, Moo and the other night while on the phone with Grammy, I think she repeated "love-you", but it was hard to tell. Then I told her she also knows sign language and probably knows about 10-15 words. I started to say some of the words she knows in sign language and as I said each word, Hope did each sign. I must have run thru about 7 or 8 words and as if on cue, she did the sign for each and every one. Dr. was impressed and I was beaming!! She has only done this one other time for Uncle Mikey and Aunt Silvia. It is amazing at one year, what she knows!! Then last night as I was getting the milk out of the refrigerator, she did the sign for milk without any prompting. We have been trying to teach her this sign for about a week now, so it is exciting when she knows a new word. The weather is starting to show signs that spring is around the corner and we are all excited. Hope loves to be outside and weather permitting, we try to do as much outside as we can. She is at such a fun age and every day is a new adventure. We are continually amazed at our little doodle bug and even after a year we are still in awe she is really ours!!