Giana at 13 months

Wow—this month has really flown by! Giana is 13 months today and it seems that the past month has been a whirlwind. At 13 months, Giana is still not entirely walking on her own, and now it has become a game to have her walk between us and watch her give up trying and just fall down and crawl away as fast as she can! She is sleeping much more soundly, usually waking up around 6, with an occasional 3 am wakeup call (where I sleepily leave her be until she falls back to sleep, usually within 15 minutes) as well as the occasional 7 am wakeup call on the weekends. (it is those times, however that Talia seems to wake up around 5:30 am—I just can’t catch a break!) She has an amazing mouth of 11 teeth, and 3 of her molars have just come up. She is talking a lot more and especially seems to be saying ends of words more clearly. Some of her new words include: “Nick”, “Sarah”, (2 of Annie, our sitter and friend’s kids), “hi yo”, OK, Ja-na (for Giana), and “nana” for banana. She has learned to shake her head no and swat items away. She also knows some animal sounds: “mmmm” for cow, “oof “for dog, and “mow” for cat. She knows where her eyes, nose, ears and head are. What a smarty pants! She loves music, and is starting to finish the ends of songs, like the Hokey Pokey—that’s what it’s all a—and she’ll finish with “BOUT!” She loves to dance and bobs up and down. It is so cute! She is loving food too—and is trying everything. She loves chicken and hamburger. She has also loved quesadillas, applesauce, olives and of course pasta. She now drinks only from a sippy or straw cup (no more bottles) and the transition has been fairly easy. Hooray!