Sunday was the perfect way to end the weekend. Brinnon had her first pool experience and loved it. She giggled almost the entire hour. We also found it was a great way to exhaust her (see following post). After the pool we went home and hung out on our deck. The sun was out and we took advantage of the great weather!Brinnon and Maya Jenn and B Cute butt!
Our little girl doesn't sleep in the car. I swear. You wouldn't believe it by looking at this picture, because she looks like a natural 'car sleeper'...doesn't she? Sunday we found the secret recipe to have her fall asleep. First step is throw a party (baby being the center of attention) with at least 40 people in a very crowded house...enough to over-stimulate your child. Cut out necessary naps. Bring her swimming for an hour during her nap time. Ignore her exhaustion. Feed her and put her in the car. Drive.
Brinnon's birthday party was a blast. The weather didn't cooperate for us to have it at the local park, so it ended up being a lot of people in a little house. None the less, we had a great time and a wonderful celebration for our sweet little one year old darling! Thank you everyone for coming to share in the 'birthday bash'!
I suppose we could reflect back on the past year of events and give you a highlight reel of all of the many firsts B has accomplished, the bumps and bruises, the laughs, the realizations... but we don't really have time we are parents of a 1 year old. Please see the appendix (our past blog posts) for the synopsis.
Yes we live in the now of a fully mobile little girl who if you are not watching is probably chewing, sticking her finger in, or falling off something you don't want her to. It's great, she can't quite talk except for a few words, dada being her favorite (hmmm interesting), but she can express if she is in distress and you will know. So will the young couple who were sitting next to you in the restaurant talking about how cute their child would be... until you ran out of cheerios. You may think these things are a negative but on the contrary it is wonderful to see her come into her own with opinions and personality. The louder her screams get the bigger her smiles get. Mom can get her to laugh so big when she attacks her, now B is starting to attack back. It's that evolution that is so fun to be around; how she can watch-learn-do. The gaps of time between these steps are getting closer and closer.
Speaking of steps, B just can't get enough of them... until she's at the top.
So our little girl is 1. Or is it 12 months? I've always been confused by this. In "babyworld" babies are 2-4-6-8-10 months, fair enough. Then they reach the age of a recognized calendar year, the unit of which history is most commonly denoted, the year (1). Then it's back 12-14-16-18 months. Is this holiday, dare we say her only character that separates her from nothing (zero), a whimsical, divisible, 12 in a flurry of months we have seen fly by?
I say NO! She is 1. Brinnon is the prime number, a whole.
Granted I understand the need to separate the great monolith from the rest of the herd to identify all of her many changes and first times. Also, so dad does not try to put those footy pajamas on her that are in the bottom of the drawer when the rest are dirty.
But, I am 385 months old. I have no idea what that means and I will forget that once I close the calculator. Months are there for guidance and scheduling and to know when the next year is coming due. They are not the monumentous scores put on our life to show triumph and conquests of months past. These are years and Brinnon has succeeded her first. And as we all know, that's a pretty big deal.
What a weekend! Grandma, Di Di, Auntie Chrysta and Cousin Maya came to visit Thursday and Friday. We went out to breakfast, had a bbq, played guitars, hiked and played at the park. There was never a spare moment! Brinnon was 'loved' up by Cousin Maya. What a fantastic cousin you are Miss Maya. Thank you for all of your help with B. Big news, today she independently pushed her walker toy around the house...for almost an hour. We removed the rug and let her have the entire floor for her new skill. Addicted! Today was gorgeous, we had to get outside and enjoy the weather. These are the days when we want to live no where but Duluth...the lake, the sun and the beautiful green trees and flowers! Ahhhhhhhh! What a weekend!
Avery and Brinnon...B/F/FBig Blue Eyes A Dandelion Tiger in the Grass Glamour Shot Where does the time go? Summer has come and Brinnon's first birthday is right around the corner. Enjoy these random pics of her for now. Kel promises to write a big entry for the birthday blog, so be prepared for a good one very soon!
Brinnon and Maya
Jenn and B 
Cute butt!
Jenn and B 
Cute butt!
Big Blue Eyes
