It's Been A While!

I haven't posted in quite a while! It's been absolutely crazy at work. And, of course Ariella has been keeping me super busy. I can't believe she's 1 already!

Some more recent things with Ariella:
1. Her mode of transportation is scooting while sitting.
2. Just last night and this morning she has really started sitting up on her own from laying down! She had kind of been able to do it previously, but she did it when we laid her down in her crib, and then she was sitting up again when I got her this morning! Exciting stuff. I'll bet she'll be pulling up, crawling, and cruising very soon.
3. She does "Arms Up" on command.
4. She does "Clap" on command maybe 50% of the time.
5. She does "Wave" on command maybe 10% of the time.
6. We had another Parents as Teachers visit, and the lady said that Ariella has excellent fine motor skills.
7. Her favorite words are "eat" and "ate".
8. At her 12 month doctor's appointment she was 20 lbs 3oz (25-50th percentile), 30 inches (75th percentile), and head circumference 50th percentile. My little baby has leaned out! The doctor was very pleased with her growth.

Breastfeeding:
We're still breast-feeding! We made it through a nursing stike and getting sick, which killed my supply about a month ago - but she's back to being a champ of a nurser. I've been drinking Mother's Milk tea for about a month now. I bought a lot from Amazon. I can't wait until it's gone. I'm getting so sick of that tea (but don't want to waste it by not drinking it)! I'm still pumping at work twice. My freezer supply is down to 60oz (from 156oz). I should make it to the end of the month before it runs out. Then, I'm going to start her on organic goat's milk to add to the pumped breast milk. At the same time, I'm going to cut down to pumping only once at work! Hooray!