more!

Big Brother is staying up at Nana's, and Daddy's been working late, so it's been a lot of downtime with just me and Eden. my heart regularly feels wrecked with such an intense love for this little girl. i'm soaking it in. sharing hugs, kisses, and giggles. oh, i love that girl.

yesterday, we watched a little bit of Baby Signing Time, and you know what? she learned her first sign: more. basically, you tap your fingertips together over and over. she does it almost every time i ask her to, and she occasionally stops what she's doing just to practice, i think. she did it for her food and for applesauce tonight. her little hands signing "more" is just too perfect.

tonight, i got her ready for bed, and after a short while of nursing (oh the closeness was so wonderful), she stopped, turned, and slid off my lap. she looked at my face and signed "all done." she made her way to her crib, held on to the bars, lifted her foot up like she was trying to climb in, and then she looked at me, and lifted her foot up again and halfway fussed.

definitely communicating clearly. she's pretty much amazing.

one year

it's going by too fast. my little edie, you're growing up too fast.

we got all kinds of shots this last week, and she had a really hard time this time. her weight is not plummeting anymore, so that's good.

• Height 29 inches (45 percentile)
• Weight 21 pounds 4 ounces (53 percentile)
• Head circumference 18 inches (69 percentile)

i've been weaning since a couple of weeks before her 1st birthday. we're down to two nursing sessions (morning and night-ish), and two pumping/nursing sessions during the day. the day pumps only total 6 ounces, and the rest we're making up with whole milk. when we first started, she got really bad flare ups of dry, leather patches on her back and ankles. it's progressively getting better, so she's either getting used to milk, Lactaid is helping, or the Maum Goods Remedy Body Butter is really working. :) maybe all three.

she's really cruising well, sometimes with just one hand or just the wall to stabilize her.

she offers me food from her meal with such intentionality.

she got her 7th and 8th tooth last week. it might explain the early morning wakenings. who knows.

she hugs her little baby doll when she goes to bed.

she gets so happy when she sees me, daddy, or moses. especially moses. :)

she dances.

she kissed my lips for the first time today. oh, i love her. so much, i love her. she is a delight!