Birthday pictures!

I know I'm a month late in posting Birthday pictures of Adah but I finally got the time to go through all her pictures and get the blog to work right in uploading them! Here are just a few pictures from her party and the week before! It was such a great week and we had so many family and friends here to help us celebrate all week!

The best we could get of a 12 mth bear picture! And yes she is holding a foam bath number 8....she loves that number and it makes her happy!

Opening one of her presents from my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Joe.....she LOVED these little frog rain boots! I can't believe how grown up she looks in these pictures!

"ooooooh!"

Adah got to open up a couple of presents on her actual birthday.....one of them was a picnic table/sand box from Nana and Gpa! She LOVES it! We try to go out everyday and play in it so that she is use to the sand and won't freak out when I take her to the beach.....not that I will get in the water with her(that is why we take Auntie Rachel and Brennan with us so that Rachel can take her in the water and I can chill in the sand with B!)! Here are a few cute pics from her first time playing in it!

Pointing at Gpa from her table!

Hanging out in the sand!

Playing with Gpa and very excited about something!

Here are the pictures from the actual party! It was basically awesome...just sayin! A special thanks to my wonderful friends for helping me decorate....my parents and hubby for dealing with me....and my Aunt Kathy for all the cooking!

Table w/ some of the food on it and the tissue paper ball decorations!

The drink station! Labeled and ready for the lemonade and cherry limeade!

The bar area with a hanging banner of Adah's bear pics from newborn to 11mths...the 12 mth was framed and sitting in the center of the bar...also there were baskets of candy, presents, a photo to sign and lollipop favors!

Adah's yummy cupcakes that Rachel and I made the bows for!

The wild party crew minus Brennan(he slept through the entire party)!

(Back: Val, Momma Muck, Da-Da, Eric and Kyle

Middle: Nana, Kaki, Gpa, Rachel, Christie, Gigi, and Great Pa-Pa

Front: Aunt Doo, Ma-Ma, Birthday girl Adah, Becca and Morgan!)

And the Cake eating begins!!!!

The life of a Queen!

Adah and I had a fun day outdoors today! This morning Christie, Rachel and Brennan came over and we all went to the pool....Brennan enjoyed it so much and was so relaxed that he fell asleep( you can see pics on Rachel's blog!) Adah on the other hand did not like the float but would rather you hold her and be her personal floating lounge chair!

After lunch and an afternoon nap Adah, Josh and I headed over to the splash pad with our friend Diane and her two kids! It was our first time at the splash pad....Adah seemed to enjoy it but I think she will like it more when she can walk. She also managed to get sunscreen in her eye so that didn't make for a happy girl! We took a few pics there but haven't uploaded them yet.

Professional 1 year photos!

This past Saturday we had Adah's 1 year photo shoot with Becky Anderson! I have several friends from CT that have used her as their photographer and I just knew that as soon as I moved back she was going to be our photographer for our precious Adah! She isn't completely done with them yet but has posted a few sneak peaks on her blog http://www.beckyandersonphotog

raphy.com ! There are all pretty cute...although I wish she was more of her smiley self in some of them! If you go to her blog Adah's are the first ones posted right now and then right below Adah's is another family but if you go one below them that is Adah's messy hands and face when eating a cupcake!

Enjoy! I'm going to try and pick out and post some birthday pictures tonight too on here!

ONE YEAR!

I'm about a week and a half late but better late than never! Well...as most of you know my sweet little Adah Mae turned 1 on May 12th! I feel so "like everyone else" saying that it is hard to believe and that one year went by so fast....but it is so true! She is getting to be such a big girl! We had lots of family in town and had the best first birthday party a little girl could ever want....like she will EVER remember but it made me happy! Ha! I have been so busy lately with planning her party...getting her well....and family being in town....and now Adah and I are headed to Houston tomorrow for my college roommate reunion weekend! I promise to post her 12th month bear picture along with pictures and details of the big birthday party! Right now I will just stick to what she has been up to lately developmentally:

She had her 1 year well baby check up on her birthday(I know we are mean parents)....she weighed in at 22lbs and was 29inches long!

What are up up do today:

-points to anything she wants or that is hers and then to herself
-favorite number is 8
-favorite letters are I and B
-loves bananas, string cheese and ANYTHING we are eating
-started to walk with her hands on the ground instead of crawl
-size 3 diapers
-size 6-12 and 12-18 clothes
-can wear a bow in her hair w/o a headband....but no longer likes them...makes momma sad
-loves to entertain with her MANY facial expressions
-had an ATTITUDE and knows how to throw a tempertantrum with the best of them
-if you ask her what a cow says she will moo and then smile
-can stand on her own w/o holding on
-if asked what a coyote says she will howl
-if you ask her where someone is that isn't around she will raise her hands in the "i don't know" position
-has 8 teeth
-had her first fever of 104+ and trip to the ER and rash

My little sweet potatah you have grown and changed so much in the past year! This has by far been the best and most tiring year of my life and I wouldn't change it for anything in the world! You are my everything! You make me happy to get up at 6am just to see your beautiful smile! I love how happy you get everytime you see your daddy and how much fun you have playing with dada! You never meet a stranger and you make everyone you meet smile with your silly faces and contagious smile! You are beyond perfect! I can not wait to see how much you change and grow in the years to come! I thank God for you everyday! Ma-ma loves you soooo much!