Our littlest love turned one over a month ago, and in typical fourth kid fashion, I’m only now sitting down to write her one year post. We could not be more obsessed with our baby – she is every Petrovic family member’s favorite. On the flip side, I am hers, but Isla is a very close second. Her most said word is definitely, “I-ya!” whenever she sees Isla. She goes through phases of words – first was Dada, then Mama, then she threw in ba-by for awhile, but it’s mainly just Isla’s name now!
You know the phrase “so-and-so has never met a stranger?” – well, Poppy is 180 degrees from that, ha. She loves her family dearly, but is very suspicious of all others. She still loves to be out and about to explore the world, most especially going on walks. She is in love with her ‘walk-abouts’ with Papa (my dad) – he has been doing this little walk with her since she was a baby, and she is entranced with him!
Her favorite foods are blueberries, bananas, yogurt melts, salmon, chicken, lentils, cauliflower pizza, broccoli… and as shown below, cupcakes! She wants to do everything that her sisters do, so I feel like she had been watching them eat cookies and cupcakes lustfully for so long. When we gave it to her, it was the cake smash I’d been waiting 6.5 years for!
Poppy slept through the night for the first time last week – at 13 months. Until then, she was all about the nightly check-ins from mom. She still nurses in the morning, once during the day and at night. It is something I’m going to be very sad to give up!
Poppy has worn shoes maybe 6 times in her whole life! She is still crawling – walking with a little baby walker/stroller – so there hasn’t been much need! Thanks to Isla, she has gone down a few slides in her sissy’s lap, and been pushed on the baby swing (which she loved). We took her in the hot tub last weekend, and she was all grins the whole time.
To get Poppy to laugh, you need to have her sisters do silly dances, to say, “PICOLETTO!” (a Luca movie reference), or make animal noises or silly blowing sounds. When she smiles big or laughs, her eyes all but disappear and I love it. She has two tiny teeth coming in at the top (two at the bottom which have been there for a few months), and I love that I can now see them in her gummy smile.
Through and through, Poppy – we love you! I also love these photos my dear friend Jen Dillender took of her. We had just moved in the week before they were taken, and I’m so glad we could be *home* for her first birthday session!
