The Meidam Family: Happy 1st Birthday Alayna!

Happy First Birthday Alayna Mae! I can't believe today has really been one whole year since Miss Alayna came into this world! Above she was a mere 5lbs 15oz and 18 inches long. Under an epidural that had yet to really kick in, Alayna quickly arrived at 9:13am. It was amazing!

Now today, she weighs in at 19lbs even and 28.5 inches long. She is 25th percentile for weight and 20th percentile for height. She is still an amazing girl!

"Hey - are you sure you got that weight right? Let's not error too much on the high side...I know I still have those rolls on my thighs" :) We love those rolls!

UGH! Why did she have to embarrass me? Yes - of course I cried during my shot. You would too!

Playing with the blocks that I got for my birthday!

What is Alayna up to these days?

- just moving into 12/ 12-18 mo clothes

- still wearing size 3 diapers

- we have 1/2 a can of formula to finish before switching over to complete whole milk. She does like it though - we've given it to her.

- favorite foods: Mac n cheese, black beans, mandarin oranges, cheese

- sleeps with 2 nuks - 1 in mouth, 1 in hand (yes some nights she wakes up crying b/c she can not find the second nuk that she wants to hold)

- 95% of the time sleeps with her head nestled in the top right corner of her crib

- loves her ANIMAL book - Puppy is her favorite

- can play peek-a-boo (holds her hands over eyes and pulls them down - smiling :)

- can do "so big" (for quite a while now) - but now can also "stretch"

- likes "Happy and You Know It" and claps along

- loves to flush the toilet

- loves bathtime - now cries when it is time to get out

- knock on wood - she is finally back to sleeping allllll night. Bedtime b/w 7 & 8 and has been sleeping until 7ish

We had some of Alayna's favorites for dinner - Mac 'n Cheese and grilled cheese. Then we headed to Flabbergast (an inflatable slide and bounce place). It was soooo much fun :)