"My head is also filled with questions about you - will you have lots of hair like me? Who will you look like? Are you going to shock us with your weight? Will you be as tall as we think you are?"
To answer those: you have SO much hair and it's the envy of everyone in our playgroup! You are my mini-me but you have your papa's eyes, only dark like mine. Those big brown eyes with "fake" eyelashes are going to be the death of me. You shocked us with your weight alright - you were TINY when you were born, at only 6lb 11oz and you were average height. Today, you are a healthy girl in the 50-65th percentile for weight and 70-80th percentile for height.
Your personality though - never in a million years would I have guessed I would have the ornery, silly, goofy girl who is also social, loving and a bit of a scaredy-cat. Now that I think about it though, that's the perfect mix of your papa and myself. I can see you have a stubborn streak at least as wide as mine or your father's, and you continue to teach is patience as you do things at your own pace. You will NOT be rushed or persuaded to do something that isn't 100% your idea.
You are such a social creature, and I love to see that. You have the strangest mix of being a complete mamas girl, who freaks out if I leave the room, and also lighting up around other people. You love attention, from friends or strangers, and you especially love other kids. Now that you crawl, you have reverted back to your obsession with the pets at our house and Oma & Grandpa's house, chasing them around and saying "dog" continuously. Your curiosity and love of communicating has been so much fun to watch - you love identifying things and learning new signs like light or ceiling fan.
You hate missing out on things so you've only recently become a better sleeper. The first 8 months of life you preferred your company to be sleep deprived and you let us know that. Repeatedly. Long days and longer nights have finally given way to a better routine, but you are still really flexible as long as we don't skip/push naps and bedtime too many days in a row. Thank you, my dear, for FINALLY allowing us to sleep through the night!
You love food and love nursing - you enjoy both ALL day long. You prefer snacking and comfort nurse often. It's hard to keep you focused long enough for a full meal or a full nursing session. How can you be the same baby that was the most painful nurser EVER for those first few weeks!? I'm so happy I stuck with it because now it's hard to imagine giving it up. That won't be happening anytime soon, that's for sure!
I can't even imagine how much you are going to change each year from here on. You have already become such a little person instead of a blobby baby! I miss that blobby baby a lot, but I also love each new stage that has come our way! Let's hope toddlerhood is at least a little kind to us ;)
We love you baby! I can't imagine life without you now, and can't remember what it was before you!
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