Sunday Snap Shots

Whew! It was a busy week for us :) We celebrated two birthdays this week, had a wonderful party on Saturday, and a play date Sunday.

Justin and I took off on Friday to go together with Rose for her 1 year well visit (thankfully all her visits this first year were just well visits, hopefully this continues). Well Rose is proportional, she is in the 6, 7, and 8th percentiles for head circumference, weight, and height. Justin and I both have small/short people in our families, so maybe Rose won't be playing basketball ;) Anyway she is growing and healthy, so that is what matters.

Friday was also Justin's birthday! I did take him out for a nice lunch, but other then that the day was spent getting ready for Rose's big party. I think we will try to celebrate her birthday one weekend and his the next, but I really didn't want to celebrate her first birthday until she was actually 1. I do feel kind of bad that he had to spend most of his birthday cleaning...

So Saturday was Rose's PARTY! We packed about 20 family and friends into our home to celebrate. Usually Justin and I are wondering why we need so much space for 3 people, but Saturday everyone just fit :) We had a really great time and appreciate all the beautiful gifts Rose was given, but mostly that we could share this exciting time with people we love and that love Rose!

Here are some pictures (thanks to Jeff, Matt, and Andrea for taking the pics):
 
I got this banner and her crown from Etsy (I love that site)

I also got clips with each month from April-April to show Rose's growth during her first year

Here are some of her favorite outfits from the onsie she wore home to her Easter dress, there is also the food I put out for the party, it looks like I am sampling some...)

I had potted flowers with our 1 year family pictures as thank-you gifts

Rose with her great-grandparents

Rose with her grandparents

Brahm and Lena

Rose with her cake

(You can see in the background that there is a second cake. I managed to surprise Justin with his very own birthday cake that said 'Happy Birthday Daddy' in bright pink to match Rose's cake)

More pictures:

 

Sunday Rose and I were able to spend more time with Rachel and Ethan when they came over to play. Rachel and I spent a lot of time talking cloth diapers, I am really excited that another mom wants to try cloth diapering. We were so busy talking diapers, that I forgot to take pictures.

So now that we are exhausted and really tired, it's time for Monday :(

Birthday in Pictures

THE END!

Sunday Snap Shots

We didn't really do anything exciting this weekend...just mostly hung out at home getting projects done in preparation for Rose's party this coming weekend :)

I realize that Rose has accomplished some new milestones that I have written about! Mostly our little flower is a motor baby and so she is always trying to 'do' more and new things with her little self.
Rose is now:
-standing up without any support
-walking unassisted and even stepping up over our threshold
-climbing up a whole flight of stairs (she tries to fly down them, we are encouraging the sit and scoot method)
-clapping her hands and banging toys
-blowing kisses (I have to take grandma's word for this, because Rose won't do it for me)

 (please don't look at the REALLY dirty socks)

Rose is also becoming more vocal (we are still waiting on a consonant vowel sound...). She seems to have found her voice and enjoys yelling and she is on a blowing raspberries kick again too :)

Rose continues to be a terrific eater and now that she is {just about} one, there are a bunch more foods we can try. We have also transitioned Rose from breast milk to cow milk, so no more pumping for mommy!!! Initially we tried some Hemp milk and some cow milk, but Rose knows the difference and right now will only drink the cow milk. We will probably try the hemp milk again later.

She's making sure that daddy got all the yogurt out of the container!

Sleeping is also terrific!! Rose takes a morning and afternoon nap for 1-2 1/2 hours and sleeps from about 7pm until 6:30am. She had gone through a period of protesting last week, but we knew she was not sick or in pain, so we stuck to our routine, and she is back to going down without a peep :)

So Tuesday is the big day. I am taking the day off to spend with Rose and I will post lots of pictures of the fun things we do :)

Sunday Snap Shots

On Saturday Rose had a play date with Ethan which was supervised by the mommies :) So I totally acknowledge that at this age it is more about the adults getting to spend some time together, but Ethan was really great with Rose and Rose is always interested in new anything, so it was fun for all!

We had a picnic lunch and played at a local playground. We also went for a walk and Ethan took a turn pushing Rose (it was super cute and I didn't get a pic). Ethan just turned two earlier this month, it is really exciting to see what Rose will be doing in a year! Hopefully these two can have lots more play dates now that the weather is getting warmer.

Rose spent the rest of the weekend with her parents, causing mayhem throughout the home :) Less then 10 days until this little flower turns the BIG 1!

Family Photos

In preparation for Rose turning 1, we took some new family pictures on Monday night at the Reading Museum. It was a bit windy, but Rose did really well and the pictures are amazing! HUGE thanks to Melania Marta :)

Check them out: http://www.melaniamphotography.com/blog/

Sunday Shap Shots

This weekend Rose enjoyed a long weekend with her parents, as mommy had off Friday and daddy only working until lunch time.

So Rose spent Friday morning in her PJ's playing with mommy until daddy got home.

We decided to give Rose her Easter basket Friday so we could all enjoy her toys for the whole weekend.

So, Rose's Easter basked was OVER stuffed with lots of fun stuff we enjoyed (more on that in a moment). But the second picture is of Rose's Easter basket. This was the first basket that I ever made all the way back in 1991! My mom was really in to making baskets and has made hundreds, I made about 20, but this was my first one and I kept it safe all these years. I didn't know I would be using it for my child one day, but I think it's just perfect and hopefully something she will treasure.

Ok, so back to what was in her Easter basket...we got her a toy, book, bubbles, a bouncy ball, paints, and a tunnel! Rose needed a little encouragement, but she made it all the way.

We had a wonderful weekend together and spent Easter with all of our family and Rose got more Easter presents (but we were bad parents and didn't take pictures.) We also forgot the camera when we went to the park today and took Rose down the slides for the first time :(

Anyway, we did remember to take lots of pictures of Rose in her Easter outfit :)

We didn't go to any egg hunts (I did get some plastic eggs and kind of scattered them around the living room for her to play with and she liked that) or dying of eggs this year, so we are looking forward to enjoying those fun Easter time activities together next year.

These next few weeks are going to be very busy as we are so close to Rose reaching ONE. We reminisced today about how we spent Easter last year...and wow, have things changed in a year. It is so exciting to see how much Rose has grown and developed this year and we are excited to celebrate everything Rose :)

Sunday Snap Shots

So this Sunday Rose was a super little helper with folding (or rather unfolding) the laundry...

Rose also enjoyed a nice bubble bath, but I'm not posting pics of Rose in the tub, I really don't think she would appreciate that ;)

On another note...last year Good Friday was my due date (April 22) and I did start having some contractions... then on Easter (April 24) our little flower arrived! While Rose's birthday will not fall on Easter again until she is in her 90's!!, every Easter, to me, will now have an even deeper meaning about how life is so beautiful.