One Sweet Girl is ONE

Our little blessing who tried to come out ear first is now cracking us up one year later with her crinkly nose smile and silly laugh.  She loves all things silly.  I do all I can to soak up her extra cuddliness and sweet spirit as she leans over to hug her sisters and calls for “Da Da!”.  (She is more of a daddy’s girl than the other girls.)  So, today we celebrate what a blessing we have with Leighton. 

It is so fun to see her interacting with her sisters more and more each day.  She gives them hugs and kisses and sometimes leans in to hug them.  But, they also have to watch out, because Miss Temper is sure to tell them when she is all done with them.  She has no problem pushing them away with her pretty strong arm!  They dance together and giggle in the car, they chase each other and feed each other.  What fun these girls have together.

She is still not walking, but she could easily take off any time.  She will stand up without holding on to anything and is VERY proud of herself when she does this.  She just waits for everyone to cheer and clap.  With two big sister as your cheerleader, you can do ANYTHING!  She walks all along the furniture too.  She is ready – just take that step! 

Her vocabulary and animal sounds are growing.  She often repeats what you are saying with the right syllables and inflection, but not all of the sounds are there.  She is a true parrot.  Peek-a-boo, uh-oh, more (pretty close anyway), ni-ni (nighty night), eh-o (hello), monkey sounds, dog sounds and the elephant arm and squeal are some of her most used words and sounds. 

Just like her sisters, she loves to eat.  Hamburger seems to be her favorite meat, just like Jaylyn!  And although you can only see 4 teeth, her crabiness lately seems to indicate some others are coming soon.  She sucks her thumb just like Adley and since she doesn’t have much hair, she has to grab her ear with her other hand instead of twirling her hair like Adley.  :-)

Happy Birthday!  We love you Leighton!