Rowan is 13 Months!

Ever since Rowan's birthday, time has flown by, and our little one has changed so much. To our amazement, Rowan went from standing on her own to full on walking in about a months time. She started to stand on her own the day before her birthday and then started walking on March 13th. She is such the explorer and is still a little unsteady. She just recently learned in the last couple of days how to stand up on her own. She tries to walk faster than she knows how and inevitably falls down a lot. She has little bruises and scrapes on her shins from falling, but I guess that is just part of being a kid.

She is still unsure about the independence thing. She knows what she wants to be doing (walking, grabbing for something, she wants up or down) but she still likes mama to be close by so that she can be picked up at a moments notice. Its nice in the beginning of walking because she cant move fast, so we can cruise along the sidewalk, and I dont have to worry about her running into the street. She mostly learned how to walk outside on the sidewalk because there is nothing to hold on to like in the house.

She has learned how to blow kisses, claps, waves, she loves to point at everything, and can even show you different parts of her body (nose, mouth, eyes, ears, and her favorite belly button). She also understands what "shhhhh" means and will say "shhhh" and put her finger over her mouth while she is doing it. I think that she is starting to actually understand what I am saying when I talk to her. She still says "hot" all the time, but loves to say "mama" "dada" "nana" "ouch" and whatnot. She also tries to say "shoes" the sh is the cutest thing that she says too. She is also mimicking a lot too, so we have had to be careful about what we say around her because she will randomly say what you say, and then forget it and wont say it again.

Rowan loves to eat. In fact, I think she likes food a little too much. She gets so excited to eat and will let you know if she doesnt like something. Her favorite thing to do is to throw food over her high chair and watch you pick it up. Instead of saying no, I just started to ignore it and I think that is helping. She finally started liking milk and will gulp it down if you give it. We started brushing her teeth with an Elmo toothbrush and baby toothpaste, it is the cutest thing, she loves to get her teeth brushed.

We are having so much fun with her as always!