Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Birthday Excitement Part 3

Here is the third installment of birthday wonder...

Like all good vehicle owners, she started by checking under the hood... or in the trunk...depending on how she sits on it

We learned at Christmas time that she really loves swinging, so now we have a swing for her. It's super high right now, but we'll get some chain and lower it next time we go to town.


Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Birthday Excitement Part 2

I tried to get everything in one post, but it's just too big. Here are some pics and video of her cake and ice cream and her very own ball pit!

This is her getting ready for the first present of the day...

The video is over 2 minutes long

Yeah, she thinks it's pretty awesome!

Oh yeah, the cake and dairy free ice cream were just that good!


Monday, April 16, 2012

Birthday Excitement Part 1

Well, the girl will turn one this week so we had a family party on Sunday. She doesn't quite get the concept of a birthday yet, but she sure thought it was fun!

Pretty excited to go down to the ranch

This swing was much more exciting when she had an audience of 13, especially the cousins who surrounded the floor in front of her. (Mom and Dad were holding the ropes swinging her)

She got some clothes for this summer...

...Her very own Little People set...

...and this awesome ball! I don't know what the attraction is, but she can keep herself busy with this for a long time.

We had a fun time, she shared the spot light with her adopted "Pop" who has a birthday on Wednesday. She was in desperate need of a nap during all of this, but she rallied and handled herself pretty well for a one year old who didn't get a nap all day.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Oh the Giggles We Get!

Someone was feeling exceptionally silly today...

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter pictures

Mary worked hard yesterday to make this new dress for our girl to wear to church on Easter.
Dad is quite impressed with his wife's sewing skills..
Isn't she adorable. She loves sitting in the rocking chair Papa made her for Christmas. ...
.... And when you take away the rocking chair things get ugly. She's under the impression that anything you take away can't be as good as the thing you try to give her. ...
... Unless that something makes a lot of noise.
Our little girl is quite taken with her other Easter present, a singing bunny. We actually bought it for Christmas, but she had enough toys that played songs that got stuck in Mommy and Daddy's heads. It's much more appropriate for Easter anyway.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Easter Egg Hunt

We had an Easter egg hunt on Saturday. While the girl is a bit young for the egg hunt, she loves the plastic eggs. I got a new studio flash for my birthday last month, so we decided to take a few pics of the girl since she was looking so cute.

Mary, Lela and Papa went in on the present for me and I think these are the first pictures I've posted taken with the new setup. We're still practicing, but the light with the softbox is so nice and even. Now I have no excuse for not keeping the grandparents supplied with images of their cute granddaughter. Here she is showing off her newest front teeth.
Nowadays she
categorizes everything by things that will fit in her mouth, and things that won't. Unfortunately we took the egg away before she made a conclusive classification.
She likes to ham it up in front of the camera. Momma stepped in to give a little direction.This was my favorite picture.