Year One in Pictures- part 2

Sorry for the delay between posts. I thought mom had done a better job organizing the pictures but she uses 2 cameras, changed phones in Dec, and has 2 laptops they are stored on. Once we actually find the pictures, they need to be uploaded from iPhoto to Picasa. Exhausting! But we are now caught up and have lofty goals not to let that happen again. So here goes the next six months. Enjoy

September

Still wanting to sleep in my rocker bed

They can't make me sleep here

Standing with help

The big day

October

Crawling on all surfaces

Scary!

Michael's 18th birthday

The White House

November

Cousins

More cousins

Hayley's 16th Birthday

Standing well

December

Ready to walk

Snow

Drew's 13th birthday

January

Walking full time- even in moon boots

Yum

Yum

February

Skiing

Dancing

Ready to jump

Eating out

Brandon's 12th birthday

Never outgrowing the blue thing

March

One Year Old!

...lots more birthday pics to come... in the next post

Year One in Pictures- Part 1

I did it. I made it through my first year with flying colors and have graduated on to year two. Here is the year in pictures

March

Mom and I on the post partum unit when I was born. Aside from fitting her normal clothes, she looks as rough as the moms who just delivered

Made it home

Dad with the scary scab face from the bike crash

My favorite spot

April

First Easter

May

First Crawfish boil and first documented smile

Decide I love gray blankie

First family photo at Utah petroglyphs

June

Portland, Ore

First time to the beach

July

First long RV trip to CA

AUGUST

First pro bike race

Not sure how large a post blogger allows so I will break this into 2 parts.

Cheers!

alexa

Bring Spring

I am ready for spring. There were a couple of days at the beginning of Feb. that the snow melted and it warmed up enough to go on stroller rides and be outside. Those days seem long gone. Its been snowing on and off all week and just plain cold. So I am happy to welcome March. Before this one ends (in one hour since mom never posted this), here is a pic from my first Valentines Day in the outfit given to me by my holiday fashion designer, Traci Qualls

I am no longer content running around the living room and kitchen. The stairs have been gated off because I got so fast. So I have resorted to following mommy around with my arms up in the air in the "uppy" position until she finally gives in and holds me. Lets face it, when you are only tall enough to look at feet and calves, things get a little boring. Above 3' is where all the action is. So, I have regressed back to the famous "blue thing". I forgot how great the first 6 months of my life were when I spent all waking hours in it. Here is how I spend my days again.

I mean, what's not to love. I get to be held with my paci and blankie and see what's going on 24/7 and mom has two hands free so she can't blame me for not being able to finish a task in a timely manner. Win-win as far as I can see.

You can see that my left hand looks great. No scars were left when the blisters pealed.  Thank goodness babies heal much better than adults. 

Not much else to report this week. I have given up crawling and  I am a full time walker. While it sounds like I am talking up a storm, I still have no words that resemble any modern day languages. Looks like I will start that phase of my life in year 2, which starts in 2 weeks. Everyone says its sad how fast the first year went by. I say bring on the next one. This is starting to get really fun!

Our SD card reader broke so I can only post phone pics for this post. Better ones next time.

Dancing with my giraffe. I look tall but keep in mind this dress is sz 3-6 mo.

Gray blankie tasting as good as ever

holding my blankie over my head and drinking a bottle= talent

Cheers!

alexa