1 year old!

It still seems unbelievable that I have a 1 year old. In reality, there is nothing different from January 25th to now except that number, but that number is a big deal. She had her 12-month check-up on her birthday and she continues on that 25th percentile curve in height (27.5 inches) and weight (19.3). Her noggin is still in the 75th percentile (46 cm). She was none to happy about her doctor poking and prodding her so by the time the nurse came for the shots, she was over it. Luckily, the nurse did all 4 shots in rapid fire, but Aubrey was pitiful. It was just as hard to watch her get these shots as her 2 month shots. We finally got her calmed down just in time to take her to the lab for blood work. To get her blood, they pricked her finger and squeezed 2 vials out of her finger. She was screaming and thrashing around so much the phlebotomist had to get another staff member to help her. Aubrey's screaming was great for making the blood flow fast but not so great for getting it to stop. She screamed for a good 3-4 minutes after they were done and no paci would help calm her down. She ended up getting blood on her onsie (which for future reference, I don't recommend putting your child in a white onsie to go to the doctor) and was just generally pissed off at us for an hour or so. She came home and took a nap and woke up back to her old happy self. While she slept, we put her birthday present together (all 38 screws by hand, thank you very much) and after her lunch she played like a champ. Unfortunately, we had to go to a visitation for my great uncle later that night, but we did eat some yummy Japanese food on the way there. After reading all of this, it doesn't sound like she had the greatest birthday and I am really glad she won't remember it. Hopefully, we can make up for it next year.

Milestones
***Attempting to drink cow's milk--still not going well, but we are making slow progress
***Dropped down to 3 bottles, working on weaning off
***Started eating real meals at day care
***Will now feed us some of her food if we open our mouth for her
***Started transitioning to the toddler room at day care
***She now says uh-oh, mama, and dada and makes a whole lot of other sounds
***She is pretty consistently signing the words eat and sleepy (even though I am not sure she is signing sleep on purpose)
***When she wants your attention, she will pull on on your leg and use her free hand to smack your leg until you acknowledge her
***Started actually petting the dogs instead of just grabbing their hair
***First New Year's Eve (which she slept through)
***She can now walk quite a few steps when holding someone's hand

***Still wears mostly 6-12 month and a few 12 month size clothes
Eating her birthday cupcake

Playing with her birthday present