Crawling Baby

 Now that Waverly is a year old, she is quickly gaining skills.

Pretty soon, she will be doing couch zoomies...for now we will enjoy the quick crawl 

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Danielle

Talking to the Baby

 Waverly still loves what I call "talking to the baby".  It is really just her looking in a mirror.  

She has grown from having to be held to see a mirror to holding onto the mirror to stand up.

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Danielle

Happy 1st Birthday

 It has finally arrived.  Waverly has turned 1!

In this video, we are having a small part of her birthday, the smash cake.  

It is amazing how quickly the past year has gone.  Soon she will be walking and talking and it is just that much more exciting.  

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Danielle

Opening Early Birthday Presents

 It's only a few days off from Waverly's first birthday.  We planned a separate day to celebrate so today we are opening birthday presents sent from Nana Karen (my mom, Waverly's great-grandmother).  

It is always amusing to see children open gifts.  For me, it is how the simpliest thing, like an empty box, a child will have more fun with than the present that was in the box.

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Danielle

Cup Drinking Practice

 So Waverly is nearing that one year mark.  It is almost time for her to be off formula and on whole milk.  That means its time for her to go from bottle to sippy cup or regular cup.  The nutritionist at the Waverly's last WIC appointment gave us a cup for her to practice with.

We put a little water into it first and Waverly seemed confused when the water came out, but she picked up on it quickly.  I added a small amount of milk to the cup for her to try then.  We will work with the cup and Waverly so that she will know what to do with a cup pretty quickly (hopefully).

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Danielle

Trying Cooked Carrots

 Skye, despite having a baby young, is a very good mother.  Lately, she has taken to steaming and cooking fresh vegetables for the baby to try.  Thankfully too, Waverly doesn't seem to be the picky eater her mom was growing up.  

Skye had peeled and cut up fresh carrots.  Then boiled them until they are soft.  She lets the cool down to room temperature before she gives them to Waverly so she doesn't burn her tongue.  So far, she has made butternut squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, asparagus, broccoli, and cauliflower.  For carrots she boils them in either water or chicken broth, while she usually steams the other veggies in my instant pot.  

I can't begin to explain how proud of her I am.  Skye is cooking veggies that she never ate growing up, because I never ate them growing up.  She is expanding her food options and making sure that Waverly eats healthy foods.  That doesn't mean Waverly will never eat junk food, like the Riesen I gave her in a previous video, but we all try to eat a well rounded meal whenever possible.

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Danielle

Spice Jar Organization

One of the many things that frustrate me with the apartment being half packed for renovations is not being able to find half of my things including spices.

So I found these shelves on Amazon that are magnetic (I have them stuck to my fridge, but they also have screws to be used wall mounted as well).  You can find them here.  My OCD wouldn't let me get away with the miss mash of jars I had, plus I had multiples of some.  So I ordered, also from Amazon, a set of 66 glass jars.  You can find them here.

I absolutely love them.  I did have one issue though, some of the jars broke during transit.  Thankfully it was only a few and I have no doubt I will order more as needed.

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Danielle

Chocolate Teeth

 I was getting ready to eat a Riesen candy and Waverly tried to snatch it out of my hand.  So I broke a piece of the outside chocolate off and gave it to her to try.  She loved it and wanted more.

For anyone not familiar with the candy, Riesen is a delicious dark chocolate candy on the outside and rich chewy chocolate caramel on the inside for a double chocolate indulgence. All you need is one good Riesen.

She wanted more and more, but I didn't want to sugar her up too much.  I took these after realizing it looked like she had no bottom teeth. 

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Danielle