green bean

so we were on the way to a memorial service for
Chris' grandmother.
we picked bean up from daycare
she'd had a lovely morning of playing with friends
and eating avocado.
we quickly changed her into her pretty dress,
because we didn't want it to get dirty before impressing everyone.

we arrived at our destination
and i went to retrieve bean from her carseat
only to find that bean had made some
guacamole during the trip
she was covered from neck to feet
bright green vomit
luckily the dress had a flower pattern
and her sweater was green
before the incident.
we zipped it up and no one was the wiser...
unless they got close enough to smell her
ugh!

oh...
we went to the doctor for our 12-month check.
bean continues to be in the 5oth percentile for height
the 90th percentile for weight
and the 95th for head circumference...
it's a good thing she's got that dense body to hold up that huge noggin!

no words needed

Happy Beanday

so...Bean is officially ONE

i don't know where this year went.

all day today i thought about what i was doing a year ago at the same time...

especially at

5:23 pm when we met bean on the outside.

what a strange trip it has been.

she's taught us so much.

she amazes us everyday.

one day walking

the next day climbing stairs

i thought i could just run and grab something from the bedroom

she made it across the kitchen and halfway up the stairs before i got back.

she has almost tripled her body weight and she is truly dense.

like a medicine ball

heavy

she plays marco polo

if someone is out of the room she yells out to them repeatedl

until they respond

her hair is long enough to require "styling

which amounts to a barrette

but styling none-the-less

her bangs are getting long, but i am not ready to commit to a shape

i can't even figure out what to do with my own hair

how can i possibly do her's justice

she has been eating tons of new foods

she loves avocado, cheese and tofu
except when she doesnt.

she doesnt like to be nailed down.

she takes a bath every night

recently she's enjoyed trying to drink as much bath water as possible.
whether she sucks it out of washcloths and bath toys
or sticks out her tongue to catch anything that

is poured over her head

she loves her toys, but tends to love turning random household

objects into toys better
boxes, rolls of tape...
today she thought her friend at daycare walking on paper was

worthy of bellylaughs.

crinkly sounds are FUNNY

and we've been afraid to say it out loud for fear that it might end

but...
bean appears to be sleeping through the night
we dont
it's hard to break a habit that's been ongoing for 360ish days.
so...we wake up repeatedly and still have large bags under our eyes
but bean is refreshed after her 12 or so hours.

it's a good thing we like her so much

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAN!!!!

walk this way

we went from counting
one
two three
four
oops
one two
oops
one two
squat
three four
rest
five
six seven eight
oops
to not being able to count because the steps are coming
fast and furious
and her crawling is now at lightening speed.
she is officially a walker now.

AND today i noticed a new tooth coming in.
i'd been watching the top row for those darn middle teeth
watching and waiting
feeling and looking
studying and prodding
and i neglected to notice that the bottom tooth
to the right of her middle teeth
is in fact poking through
that's our non-traditional girl
cant teeth in the normal order
in the normal time-frame
can't have her head circumference in the normal chart


oh and the phone is all better.
as a matter of fact it fixed itself.
apparently baby drool dries. go figure.