Elynn turned ONE!

Elynn 3 weeks

Elynn 3 weeks

Elynn is ONE

Saturday my sweet Elynn turned ONE! I can't believe it. I want to say this has been such a FAST year! I mean, I am pretty sure I just brought her home from the hospital! But, sadly, that is not the truth. She is ONE and loving it!
This sweet, sweet girl is PURE JOY! She is ALWAYS happy, smiling, clapping, dancing and just loving on you! She loves to do and be wherever her brother and sister are. She has recently discovered that we have a pretty awesome backyard and LOVES to go outside! She will go to the back door, which is glass, and press her face to the window and start banging on it! It is way to cute. Ezra and Emersyn love when she is outside too. The weather has been perfect so we having been living in our backyard. She loves to swing, walk with her push toys, ride in her little tykes car, go down the slide of the playhouse and watch Ezra and Emersyn run and play.
Some other things she is doing now:
-she stands by herself all the time. When she does this she claps for herself and gets really excited.
-she has taken some steps, but then gets really excited and starts clapping for herself (again) and falls down
-she can say, "mama", "dada", "uh-oh", "ma" (for more), "dat do"(thank you), "nana"(banana)
-she has two bottom teeth and is FINALLY getting her top two teeth (which is a good thing it took a while because I am still nursing!)
-she blows kisses
-she waves
-she loves to dance
-she plays peek-a-boo while covering her little eyes with her hands. CUTEST thing, she will peek at you from between her fingers to make sure you are still playing. OH SO CUTE. She gets the biggest smile!
-she also plays "where's Elynn?" she will cover her face with whatever she has in her hand and you say, "where is Elynn?"
-she is my snuggle bug! She loves to snuggle and be held. And I hold her A LOT! I just can't get enough. She will hold her arms out to me and smile, and I just have to pick her up. She will immediately put her head on my shoulder. Makes me melt every time!

Took Elynn to the doctor today for her well visit. It was a good thing because Elynn was at the start of a sinus infection and her ear looked a little red like it was about to be infected. So, we were able to start her on meds before it got ugly!
Anyway, she weighed in at 19.8 pounds (25th %) and was 29 inches tall (50th %). I was shocked that she wasn't 20 pounds and that she is in the 25th percentile for weight. Who knew!

We are so very blessed with this healthy, joyful, smiley girl. She is a blessing to our family. I could not imagine our family without her. I thank God everyday for the three little, but big, blessings in my life! I am so thankful HE called me to be their mommy!