eloise: one year update

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1. nursing - nursing during the day happens 3-4 times. at night, she sleeps through about half the time, and sometimes nurses once.
2. eating - bananas have finally made it into the mix, but only if she is given a whole piece and can take bites herself! other than that, avocados are still a no go, but everything else is a-ok.
3. growth - she definitely feels like she's getting bigger, and losing some of her babyness :(
4. development - eloise crawls now almost exclusively on hands and knees! yeah! and loves to pull up on everything she can! she has also recently begun cruising around furniture and loves walking while having her hands held. she's still pretty wobbly so no independent steps anytime soon, but it'll come! she has also figured out how to climb up stairs. getting down is another matter!
5. sleeping - we are still at two daytime naps. at night, she sleeps all night about half the time.
6. overall demeanor - eloise continues to be a true joy and generally very chill and happy. mornings are usually the hardest as the boys and i are used to taking our time getting ready and getting downstairs for breakfast. she ends up being pretty fussy and likes to scream if i don't get food to her chair fast enough!
7. favorite things - pink zebra lovie still tops the charts! eloise also loves opening and closing doors, pulling out the cabinet drawer and all the CD's inside, coloring in the water wow books, and standing up and cruising around anything she can.