Family Christmas Party

Saturday night we attended a Christmas party with Nate's extended family. It was just the usual stuff - lots of delicious food and a visit from Santa for the kids. Bridget loved the opportunity to run around and play with other kids and took a special liking to her 2nd cousin Caleb who's about 6 months older than she is. When she saw him, she went right up to him and was trying to hug and kiss him. She got a hug out of him the first time, and then we she tried to do it again a few minutes later, she gave him a big open mouth kiss right on his mouth! It was hysterical to watch, and luckily we got it on video. I don't know why she decided she needed to kiss him because she doesn't usually give kisses away so freely.

Being the friendly, outgoing girl that she is, she had no qualms about sitting on Santa's lap.

Daily Rituals

A couple of Bridget's daily activities include emptying the kitchen drawer containing all the dishtowels and bibs and the drawer with all of the plastic food containers. As soon as she sees me putting anything away, she quickly tries to get them back out. I can't wait until she understands the concept of cleaning up after herself...that day can't come quickly enough for me. It's daily rituals like this that make me wonder why I bought her toys for Christmas when it's the simple things that entertain her.

Bridget's 1 Year Stats

Today Nate and I took Bridget to the pediatrician for her 1-year checkup. Developmentally she's doing everything she's supposed to be doing, and she's still very healthy and growing well. She weighs 25 lbs. (98th percentile), is 31 inches tall (95th percentile) and her head is 19.25 inches (above 98th percentile). I keep thinking that one of these days her growth will slow down a little bit and she might actually be below the 90th percentile in something, but not yet. She runs around a lot, so maybe that will start to slow her weight down. Amazingly, she handled her 5 shots very well too. She screamed and shed a few tears, but only for about a minute. And her hemoglobin was tested to make sure her iron levels were good, and they were (thanks to parents who only feed her healthy food). As a treat afterward, we did take her to Coldstone to get her free birthday kiddie cup, but she was only interested in a few bites. She's been drinking whole milk for a few days now, and she doesn't seem to mind the taste at all, but she won't drink it cold. We have to warm it up just a little or she won't take more than a sip. Hopefully she'll stop being so picky soon.