12 Month Photo Shoot

Some of my favorites of Lettie's 12 month photo shoot! She did great and I couldn't believe how her personality was captured in a 30 minute session. As you can see we ended it very sleepy and ready for a nap! Love this baby girl of mine!

Wild One

I love a good theme and Lettie's First Birthday Party didn't disappoint! We did a "Wild One" theme and it turned out great!

Teepee, feather headdresses & all! 🎉

Mama & the Birthday Girl! 

These two little girls just kill me! 

Lettie (12 mo) & Oakleigh (9 mo)

Always needs more toys! 

Love this picture, Lettie was definitely curious of the candle!

Then she realized she was getting to dig into this BIG cake! 

Lettie, You melt my heart on a daily basis & I ask everyday how I got so lucky to be your Mama. You're the sweetest little girl & I cannot wait to watch you grow but could you stay little for just a bit longer? Thanks for making this whole mommy thing the best gift that I have ever been given! Oh & the fact that you're the best sleeper, helps out a ton! I love you baby girl.

Love, Mama 

12 Months New

Oh What a Year...

Lettie's First Smile. 1 month

Lettie's First Crawl. 8 months

Lettie's First Word. Dada

Lettie's First Tooth. 7 months

Favorite Food. Blueberries

Favorite Song. Hot Dog!

Favorite Show. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Nicknames. Pumplin, Lettie Girl, Stink

Lettie is crawling and pulling herself up on everything and this past week I have caught her standing on her own! (I don't think it will be long until she is walking.) She has 4 teeth coming in on top, making a total of 6, she is in 12-18 mo clothes & wearing size 3 diapers. We also reached our breastfeeding goal and we made it a whole year! And the biggest news.... she finally said MAMA! ❤️

Lettie's Measurements

Length: 30 in = 76th percentile (grew 2 inches)

Weight: 21 lb 15 oz = 78th percentile (gained 1 lb 6 oz)

Head Circumference: 18 in = 71st percentile (grew .5 in)

*Dr. Boe says she is "very proportional" ha 

Baby's First Christmas

I had to laugh when I was putting up my Christmas tree this year and getting out all of the ornaments... I pulled out not one but two ornaments that said "Baby's First Christmas 2015." Well Lettie had a different plan and didn't come til right after Christmas 2015 making this her very first Christmas! She of course had no care in the world what the presents actually were she just enjoyed the tissue and wrapping paper that they all came in but nonetheless this was a very fun Christmas! 

Celebrated with Isaac's family a couple days before!

We had been trying to take Lettie to go see Santa but with Isaac's schedule and life we weren't able to until Christmas Eve. So we went to Uptown Normal to Santa's Station right when it opened thinking no one will be there, it's Christmas Eve. Well #momfail apparently this is what people do on the eve and after waiting in line for an hour we finally got to see SANTA! #nocries #winning

Christmas morning we had some family time at home opening a few presents, I will have to say the stocking was a hit! She loved pulling out all the goodies in side! 

So serious!

Note: the EOS ball she has in her hand... always important!

Then we were off to my parents! Oh how the holidays have changed, all the kids running around is so much fun!

More presents!!!

Not the best picture, but I'll take it! Love my little family! :) 

11 Months New

Lettie is SOOOOOO Big! She is also 11 months old and wanted to show off her one and only party trick! Lettie is keeping us on our toes and getting into everything and anything she isn't suppose to! Lets just say she is lucky she is so cute! Lettie is in 12 months clothes, size 3 diapers, eating table food and has started drinking whole milk! We are still breastfeeding but she has started to wean herself and now only nurses or gets breastmilk about once a day! #biggirlstatus 

Gobble til You Wobble

We had a great thanksgiving this year! We started it off at my parents and then went to Isaac's parents that night! The picture above is from my parents (as we all know I am awful at remembering to take pictures) but to even my surprise I was the one who took this picture! It was pretty comical trying to get the camera angled just right so that everyone fit and then me jumping in the picture at the last second but all in all I think it turned out pretty good! Two of my moms brothers and my Grandma Loretta were even able to come down and spend the day with us! Lettie is the only one missing from the picture but she was being a good girl and napping, so there is always next year! I even got to sit, uninterrupted, with a glass of wine and talk to Brooke for about an hour, it was heaven! ❤️ #itsthesmallthings 

Lettie's First Halloween

My little lady bug! I won't lie my creative side loved every minute of this Halloween from deciding what Lettie would be to making her costume! I had a fear that Halloween would come and she wouldn't even keep the hat or tutu I made on but to my surprise she didn't mind at all! 

We went over to Aunt Alisha's & Uncle Matt's house to get all of the cousins together and it was so much fun! As you can see from the many pictures it was complete chaos at times but overall every one had a great time! 

  

Brotherly love! 💙

The girls... love watching them grow up together 💗