13 months

When does it become ridiculous to count your child's age by months?! Regardless of any ridiculousness, Brooklynn is now 13 months and 1 week old. She continues to amaze us every day with her intelligence, quirkiness, humor, and her cuddliness. I have to say that I am loving her increasing willingness to give loves to me and Eric. I get so many hugs and kisses throughout my day now, it's awesome! She absolutely loves spending time outside...good thing we have a backyard to play in! She is really good at playing by herself, which is great for me. I can work on dinner or clean up the kitchen while she plays in the backyard (another reason why I love having a backyard). She has increased her climbing skills and is now able to climb on things that she hasn't been able to do alone before. She can now climb on the couch and she pretty much climbs all the toys at the park. She loves to get her own diaper and wipes when she has a dirty diaper or it's time to put on pajamas and will run to her room. She has been such a good eater lately, which is a welcome change of pace. A lot of times when I ask if she wants breakfast or lunch she will run to the kitchen and smack her hands on the fridge. All in all she is just amazing!

She LOVES grapes these days, and is actually into most fruits right now.

She absolutely loves her balls...and loves sitting and
bouncing on them, even if it is her tiny one.

More often than not she has to have both
of her balls at the same time!

Good thing Bryson didn't want his bananas....
Brooklynn stole them all!

Enjoying a cherry! This silly girl eats the cherry whole, pit included
and doesn't want anything to do with the cherry if I take the pit out!

Is it just me, or does she look like 2 years older in this picture?!?!