TR had her first taste of Oreos and loved them just as much as her mom! Yes it was a mess but too cute!

This is her trying to play peek-a-boo. She tries so hard but only covers maybe one eye 50% of the time! It’s quite cute. She is still our little tornado. Luke was taking care of her while I was in the hospital with Peanut and was filling me in on what he was doing at home. He explained it pretty well when he was complaining that while he was in the kitchen cleaning the fridge she was destroying the living room. Then while he was in the living room picking up her destruction she was in the kitchen pulling all the towels, spatulas, spoons, etc. out of the cupboards/drawers. And around and round it goes! That’s the story of our lives! But she’s just too cute and fun to complain about! :) Her smile and jibber jabber continues to melt my heart! She’s also started scaring me half to death by climbing on everything and anything she can get on/in. So nows she’s turning into our little monkey too! And I’m continuing to realize how low-key of a child Peanut was when it comes to all that!

Couple of weeks ago Peanut and I got to go spend a night and day with this super smiley, super cute, little girl. She just keeps getting bigger and cuter by the minute! It was a lot of fun to go hang out with my sistas! And very much needed I might add! Love them so much and am so grateful to have them in my life!

Had to do one more of her cause she’s just too cute not to share!

Update on the Pea… She hasn’t had any more super worrisome bloody poops! We’ve had two scares but they, thankfully, didn’t amount to anything. At her doctor appt 2 weeks ago the doctor said that if she were to have another air pocket then they’d have to keep her in the hospital NPO (nothing my mouth) for a week! So ever since then I’ve been praying extra extra hard that it wouldn’t come to that cause I’m just not sure I could handle it right now. I feel like I’m not as strong as I used to be when it comes to spending time with Peanut at the hospital. I still continue to try and live by our last blogs title ‘Count Your Many Blessings’ because sometimes that’s the only thing that keeps me going! And I cease to be amazed by how much our Heavenly Father has really blessed us with (and continues to do so!) and I’m so grateful for the gospel and it’s teachings that give my heart the peace and comfort it needs. I of course can only write this now that I’m past my ‘I just can’t do this anymore!’ phase! ;)

We decided to have a small celebration just us here at home then we’ll have a bigger celebration with everyone down south next week. I can’t get over how cute and fun this little tornado is! And since she’s not a baby anymore and we can’t refer to her as Baby A, her new name on here will be T.R. for Tornado Rex. This is her latest nickname because she’s seriously into everything! She makes messes and destroys things faster than you can say NO! I don’t remember Peanut ever being this bad and I have a feeling that things can only get worse from here! But we love her so we’ll take the tornados too!

A few things about her at One Year…

-She’s already a picky eater just like her mom and sister, however, she does like tomatoes which none of the rest of us like. And she LOVES fruit! I’m so glad too because Peanut hardly likes any fruit.

-She already has a huge bad habit which I think will be one of my resolutions in the new year to break…she has to go to bed with a bottle (I’m ashamed to admit that it has become her ‘comfort object.’) It’s a tuff one though cause I’m glad she’s not addicted to the binky like her sister was.

-Her favorite things to do include: banging on the window (blinds if she can reach them), removing all the books from the bookshelves, putting the bath toys (or whatever she has with her) in the toliet, clearing the cupboard of sippy cups (which have recently been moved to a higher location, emptying the dish towel and bib drawers, waking Peanut up if she’s awake and Pea isn’t, tearing pages out of books and magazines, playing with her sister (when she’ll let her) and last the best of all…giving loves!

-She’s the hardest little stinker to get to laugh! A few things that are usually no fails are tickling (grabbing) her sides when changing her diaper and playing peek-a-boo and hide and seek. She also has the cutest little evil laugh – it’s may absolute favorite!

-She loves bath time!

-She loves when Daddy comes home! She’ll run to meet him at the door and then follow him where ever he goes. Peanut’s latest thing to do when daddy gets home is to hide from him under the desk in our kitchen and now TR does it too.