The Hansens: September 2008

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Jarekah Is One Year Old!

So Eric and I still cannot believe our baby is one year-old already. She has grown so fast and we have enjoyed every single minute of it. Yes...even the early morning feedings, burpings, dirty diapers...EVERYTHING! Jarekah is not our little baby anymore, even though she will always be our baby, she has grown into quite the toddler. She says more words now, like "Daddy", "Mama", "Baby", "Ball", "Go", and more.

We had Jarekah's birthday party on Saturday, September 6th. She was so fun to watch. As you will see in the pictures, she demolished her birthday cake. I made her a cake of her own, so she could have at it! She is so much fun and we love playing with her. She has started dancing to different music. She loves dancing around with us and it is really cute. We started putting her in the crib at night and letting her cry verses rocking her to sleep every night. That was a hard thing to do, but after only a few nights, she figured it out quickly that it was sleepy-time. That was over a month ago!

Jarekah has eight teeth now and has a molar coming in. She has been somewhat fussy the past two days, but that is to be expected. We found out on September 9th at her one year check-up that she measures 32 inches and is 27 pounds! That's our little ham! Her head measures 48 centimeters now. She is a big girl!Jarekah is very mobile now, but still refuses to crawl the "traditional" way. She scoots all around the floor. She is more interested in walking than crawling. She can stand all by herself and can take a step or two before she realizes we aren't holding her and she freaks out.

I know I should write more and I promise to give it the good ole' college try!