Month 13

Leeana Eva,

Wow time hasn't slowed down at all!!! You've grown so much and seriously still are changing daily! Within the last few days you've become an incredible little walker. Only 3 days ago you wouldn't really initiate walking on your own, and now you hold onto the couch and then make your way across the living room to get to something else in the room. It's an incredible site to see everyday! You keep impressing me baby girl!

Yesterday we got to see your doctor and she gave us your growth updates... 30.5 inches tall (85th percentile) and 18lbs 11.5oz (26th percentile) and yet I would've assumed you would've weighed more with your BIG appetite! You're so tall and so beautiful, and becoming your own little person more and more everyday! You now have 3 teeth on top and 3 on the bottom... With a little gap on the top... Which turned out to be super cute on you! 

I love seeing how you react when your daddy gets home from work because you giggle and smile like crazy, and crawl over to him as fast as you can to then give him kisses... Exactly what he's always wanted! You really do know how to light up our lives and make us love you more than we thought we could love someone else. I absolutely love seeing how happy your daddy gets when he comes home because you fill him with such joy. What a precious gift you give him everyday!

Here are the ways you've grown in the last month and some new pics of your life....

First food: venison, split pea soup, peanut butter, lasagna, honey, cake, ice cream, Cheerios (Joes Os-Tjs of course)

-you make this hilarious "grumpy" face with ultimately makes me giggly

-you dance ALL the time when music comes on.. And it's so cute to see how you move your little body

-when you're holding your sippy cup wrong, you've figured out how to rotate it to drink from it properly 

-you're taking multiple steps at one time when you stand up to walk.. And truly are doing amazing with walking

-you're able to get your leg on the couch when you're standing on the ground... And somehow pull up on me end up on my lap on the couch 

-when you hear your own echo, you keep making noise to listen again  

-you've begun to pick up your shoes an out them next to your feet now, trying to put them on 

-you play all types of music for daddy and I daily with your new xylophone and tambourines

-you tap your hands on things an makes you look like such a thinker

-you're learning to wash your hands at the sink and loving it, as you enjoy putting your hands under the water for me

-you say "done" at the end of a meal or when you're finished nursing, and it's super sweet as you repeat it multiple times 

-you're great at blowing kisses and giving kisses when asked to in English or Spanish 

-you're down to 1 nap a day, and you're sleeping well during that nap too 

-you officially initiate walking on your own without daddy or I having to stand you up first!!! (This'll help as you really progress in walking)

Practicing your walking with daddy

Funky hair

Standing on your abuelito's hand

Fun at abuelito & mamitas house

Play date with Caleb

Besos for daddy

Pinky out while you drink your water

Hanging with your tio Chato and cousins