Happy Spring!

Happy first day of spring! Who wants a baby update to celebrate?
How cute is this adorable little munchkin!! She’s just days away from being 14 months old!

Braelynn is currently obsessed with being a big girl. She wants to do everything that we are doing – whether it’s the food we’re eating, having her plate sitting on her tray, eating with a fork, doing it herself, walking up the stairs (notice I said walking, not crawling), coming down the stairs by herself, playing with our phones, pushing buttons on the tv – it’s crazy how big she is and how fast she’s growing! She understands so much more than we give her credit for sometimes and it’s amazing!

She’s walking like a pro, is a marvelous eater, and still naps twice a day. Her sleeping at night has improved a billion times over the last few weeks – she has her bath at 7pm and by 7:30pm she’s in her bed and she sleeps the whole night through until about 5am! It’s WONDERFUL. I’ve never been so thankful to sleep through the whole night! She loves Baby Einstein and would watch it on repeat all day every day if we let her! She loves to read and will sit and look at her books for long periods of time. We did have a tiny mishap last week though: she tore one of her lift-the-flap books. I know that sounds normal and whatever, but I’m a book-a-holic so, we simply do not rip books. It was a mistake, she was reading along, lifting the flaps, and it just tore right out. So, now I have to figure out how to teach her to be more gentle. Whenever she’s super happy or excited or surprised, she does this mouth-wide-open-big-eyes look – it’s hysterical! She jabbers on nonsense all day long, but doesn’t speak too many coherent words yet. She does know some sign language though: she knows “more” “please” and “all done” – so that’s fun. She loves any toy that she can control – as in: if it has buttons and lights up, plays music, or makes noise, she’s all about that! Auntie Ruby continues to be her very favorite person, she loves her more than anyone!

Braelynn is infatuated with being outside! It is easily her favorite place to be! Ever since the weather turned warmer a few weeks ago, we’ve spent so much time outside! Braelynn loves to go on walks – either riding in her pink car or in the stroller, she loves to explore around our yard, swing, slide, blow bubbles, she loves to sit on a blanket to read books & have snacks – it is simply too much fun! Unfortunately, she doesn’t understand why we can’t go outside all the time yet. Rainy days are rough and these last few cold days have been rough, but we’ve made it through. We are definitely ready for the warmer weather they’re predicting this week!

In honor of the first day of spring yesterday, I took my “big” camera outside last week when it was warmer (there’s snow on the ground today!) and snapped some photos of Braelynn outside with Abby. If you want to see more baby updates, follow my Snapchat! My user is: karabbey.

This photo deserves a good caption – any takers?