The Life of a 1 Year Old!

Snotty nosed and never fully dressed!

Well my 1 year old that is!  I still can't get over saying that, and the fact that my baby is ONE. However, I am not going to lie I am loving this age, finally my baby is happy and content with life which makes things a lot less stressful!

Yesterday we got Miss B's 1 year immunizations (ok that is not fun, does it get worse the older they get??? because she looked at me like why are you letting this happen). I was excited to go in so I could see how much she has grown. So here are here stats.

19.6lbs

28 inches

The doctor said she is petite but measures great because she is even, 40th percentile in both height and weight.
Here are some things B is up to lately

-Running around everywhere she goes, she thinks there is no reason to walk when you can run. I need to get video because her belly leads, so cute!

-Climbing on furniture and using the highest point as a sitting perch, like some sort of bird!

My little birdie perched on top!

-Opening every cupboard and drawer, I was hoping she wouldn't figure this one because it is a pain to keep her out of them!

-Sleeping throught the night... YEAH!!

-Refusing to take her regular naps, I am hoping this is a readjusting period from being on vacation because she needs them, well I need her to need them!

-Pretending like she is talking on the phone, apparently I talk too much because she knows just what to do!

-Saying words like, Ma ma, da da, ball, thank you, ba ba, dog, bye, hello. She will basically copy any word and sound you say but these are the words that have stuck around the longest.

-Holding full on conversations with herself and strangers. This girl thinks she is always saying something really important and makes sure it is LOUD!!!

-She loves to play peekaboo with everything and anything.

Playing peekaboo with diaper genie, sanitary??? Questionable

-She still loves her bunny and carries it around the house with her.

-One of her favorite tricks right now is when you say night night she will stop wherever she is and lay her head down and pop it right back up for you to say wake up!! She loves it so much!

-She is not the best eater but her favorite foods are spaghetti, eggs, yogurt, cheese, and obviously cupcakes did you not see her birthday pics!

I am sure I am forgetting so many things that she is doing but for now I just wanted to record some things before I forget!

Look WHOOO's ONE!

 Best Buddies

 Birthday Girl

 Opening Presents

 Give that to me please!

 Trying ot eat the candle

 Diggin in! She had no reservations about getting her hands on that thing and digging right in!

 

 I think we are done now!

 Clean Up Time

She was obviously thirsty after all that frosting!

Tonight I took my party animal upstairs to put her to bed...as I cuddled her in my arms she looked into my eyes and jibber jabbered away (if you have heard her you know what i am talking about). Although it is just jibber jabber this little girl knows what she is saying and she had a lot to say...so I just sat there and listened. She was exhausted from her big birthday festivities but didn't want to shut her eyes so I just held her and listened. I held her longer than normal and soaked in all I could!!

Tomorrow my baby girl turns ONE! I am sure every parents says this but Hank and I cannot get enough of this little girl! A year ago she decided she was boss by coming a week overdue and today she is still the boss. She has given us a run for our money with her rambunctious personality, but we wouldn't have it any other way!

As I held her in my arms tonight I thought about what a great year it has been, I get sad about how much I have already forgotten about my baby girl but I am also excited for the many years ahead that we can make more memories. I hope there are many more birthday eves in years to come where I hold her and she chats my ear off, maybe then I will actually know what she is saying!

Be Patient with me!

I know I know I need to do a blog post but I have zero motivation, it could be the fact that I took little to no pictures during the holiday break....
I will eventually get around to posting them, but to wrap it up Christmas was great, seeing family was fantastic, Blakely was crazy and fun as usual. She began running instead of walking trying to keep up with her older cousins, which has resulted in a lot bruises on her head!!!! leaving was hard as usual, but we are home and alive.
I really got thrown back into real life this week getting home at 2 a.m. on Tuesday then teaching 2 classes a day for the next four days followed with work and church meetings every night till 9:30p.m. No wonder I have no motivation to blog???

Don't worry folks, you are going to get a great post here soon because my Baby girl is turning 1....what??? I know it is happening and we are going to party hard to celebrate, and with our new beautiful camera we got for Christmas there are bound to be some great pics!!!!

Santa Photo 2010

I pretty much knew this would be a crying photo but I think that it turned out even better than expected...I mean if you are going to have a crier, why not go with the full out SCREAM!!!

Merry Christmas 2010

Now I am regretting that I didn't send this out as our Christmas Card, it is classic!

SPEECHLESS

Speechless, that is what I was when Esther sent me over these photos she took of Blakely last weekend!!! I am in love with everything about them and especially this little girl! She is the light of our lives and I can't imagine life without her. She is spunky and stubborn and keeps me on my toes. At 11 months old (how did that happen) she is so much fun. She really started walking this week and it is fun to see her get right back up even when she falls down. We are so excited to head home for the holidays, I know she is going to have a blast trying to keep up with all her cousins!

P.S. Esther is amazing check out her blog here

if you do you can see Blakely and the love of her life sharing a moment, it is to die for!

Christmas Miracle

I got an early Christmas Present this year...I waited awhile to announce this becasue I didn't want to jinx myself but it is true, a miracle has occured and my little one is sleeping through the night!!! Oh the blessed day has come and I am loving my life. After several failed attempts at sleep training and a very sick baby it has happened and seems to be here to stick. We even have a real nap schedule. So for all those out there who have felt my pain dreams do come true!

SHE IS A WILD ONE BUT SHE HAS TO SLEEP SOMETIME!!!

Bad Luck...or trying to tell us something?

I just want to start this post by saying that I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!!! And I can't stop laughing right now.....
About 30 minutes ago I was going through my pictures getting ready to do a post about going and getting our Christmas tree. It is a tradition that I love and I have been holding on to my love for going to get a real tree over surrenduring to the fake... For those of you who have been following my blog for a while you probably haven't forgotten about our mishap with the Christmas tree but if you are new to H and E than take a look at this and this before you continue on!
Anyhoo so there I am sitting there looking at my cute pictures we took the other night thinking that I am grateful that I am not the pregnant one this year (Simone is much cuter pregnant than me) when I hear a crash. I had just put Miss B down so before I could even think what was that? I could only think I hope that didn't wake her up. As I turned the corner to see that our tree had tipped over....YES THAT IS THE TRUTH, I could not stop laughing. I honestly have no idea why or how it tipped, it was the perfect little tree and had no lean to it, and we even had the EXPENSIVE stand. I had to call Hank to come home from a church meeting to help me get the tree back up and get the water damage but the whole time we just could not stop lauging.
Maybe we are not meant to have a real tree but I will keep pushing forward!!! In the meantime will someone come redecorate my tree because it was too much work the first time???

BEFORE



AFTER

Before the drama I would have posted all these cute pictures and talked about how much fun we had for the second year in the row picking out a tree with the Dahls, saying we better pick a good one this year not like the LEMON that tipped over last year. So here we are!

 Creepy Santa?? Yes mam!

Can you hardly wait until next year's Christmas Tree post???