Caroline's little personality is blossoming and in the last couple months she is learning and changing so much! She understands everything we say and will generally respond with very emphatic head nods or violent shakes to indicate 'no'. She is the HAPPIEST when she sees someone she's been missing, her arms and legs start flapping and the biggest smile takes over her face when Andy and I walk in the door in the afternoons. She loves music, especially the Trolls soundtrack and the Mickey Mouse clubhouse and will flap her arms to those like crazy. She also attempts to sing which is so sweet - her specialities are the song Little mermaid sings when she's losing her voice as well as Let it go.
She is saying lots more words - mama, up, please, thank you, harper, 'hot dog', dad (sometimes - he also gets called mama from time to time), hi, bye, night-night, love you. She hasn't quite figured out Emma Kate and that often sounds like mama too. She love to drink milk and I finally got the bottle away about a month ago. She just loved her morning milk in a bottle so much! The girl knows what she likes and is committed to that. When we were first weaning her just to cows milk she would only take it warm, in a bottle. She would drink water or juice from a sippy but just threw it when there was milk in it. Then I started spiking it with chocolate milk which she would guzzle down but still no plain milk in a sippy. Finally during a 3 day weekend we just went cold turkey and of course she decided cold milk in a sippy is better than no milk at all!
While we always call her our 'sweet Caroliney' she certainly is a feisty one with a bit of a temper. Watch out if you take a toy from her. She will either try to hit, bite or flop over wailing. I'm nervous the hitting/biting is going to get her in trouble this fall in Mother's Day out. A big part of me doesn't blame her... she's got big sisters who are always in her personal space and since she can't tell them to move a little nibble does the trick... but since it's not socially acceptable to bite other kids we're working on it daily.
She is still not walking but I think she's capable and just holding out on me. I bought her some squeaker shoes around the time she turned one because it seemed like she had no interest in standing or any desire at all. She's gotten the hang of that tho, is cruising everywhere, pulling up all the time. She CAN stand on her own but generally refuses to and then flashes this little mischievous smile. Interestingly, when we babysit our niece Ava, (who is like 9 months old and has been standing up on her own for like 2 months), Caroline is more interested in standing. I'm not sure if that's an early competitive streak or what.
She's not really the most adventurous - when we go to swim she clings for dear life and is generally content just to scoot around the side of the pool. She has ruined so many outfits with her scooting but it is seriously funny to watch. She is so FAST and when she uses two hands to scoot she definitely resembles some type of monkey.
She LOVES other babies - always hugging and kissing them... and for whatever reason likes to poke them in the forehead?? She is forever trying to hug on Ava when we're around them. She certainly is still a mama/dada's girl and really is not very happy if a stranger is trying to hold her. She has moments where she's cool with Uncle Cam or Aunt Carrie but those can be few and far between.
She now has 4 teeth up top and 2 on the bottom. She loves brushing them and begs for a toothbrush anytime she sees one. She eats everyone and really prefers having food more whole rather than cut up into tiny pieces. Sometimes she will refuse to eat unless we give her a fork if we are all using forks... high maintenance right?? I think her favorite foods change daily. Recently she's been into bananas, graham crackers. She loves ketchup and will try to scoop it up with her hands if she's quick enough.
She likes to sit in her high chair and color - she only uses a yellow marker and generally ends up with it in her hair, on her mouth, legs, etc. She is still very attached to her bunny and bunny shows the wear and tear from all her loving. One of her favorite games is where we tell her to lay her head down and go night night which she will do until we yell 'wake up' and she springs up with the biggest laugh.
We had a blast on our trip to Disney back in May. Caroline was not a big fan of characters as predicted but she was certainly entertained by all the rides. She also liked the beach and was content just to play in the sand.
We love this sweet little girl to the moon!!
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