Penelope Elsa is 1

(Catch-up Post)

Penelope Elsa (Penelle) is one year old! Man we love this girl.  She is happy, active and sooo smart.  She can out climb any of our other kids. I hope she does not climb out of her crib, but I am sure it is coming soon.  At her one year well check she was 28 inches tall and 19 lbs.  That puts her in the 12th percentile and I love that she is so little and big at the same time.

Penelope eats anything that a big girl eats, but she is also good at telling us NO if she doesn't want it.  She has 4 teeth on top and two on the bottom as well as almost all her 1st set of molars.  She loves to say "cheese" when you hold up your phone to take a picture. She also says "Dada" anytime she see Mike, hears him on the phone or in the house or sees a picture of him on the computer. This girl loves her daddy.

Penelope loves to dance!  Anytime she hears music, she will stop whatever she is doing to bust out some moves.  She hasn't started walking yet and does not seem that eager.  Crawling and climbing are working just fine for her and that is what she likes. When we try and get her to walk, she will hold her feet up off the ground so we can't set her down.  Cute little stinker. We love you like crazy!

Penelope Elsa we can't end this post without mentioning the screaming.  It is so ear piercingly loud that it literally hurts our ears.  You do it when you are happy or mad or sad or any emotion really.  I am hoping this not so cute sound will be replaced with more talking sooner rather then later.