Bluebonnets!

Took our sweetie back to the talented Jennifer Battjer for her yearly bluebonnet pictures. Too cute!

Check her out on Facebook, she's fantastic!

Leighton Update!

Just a quick update with Leighton's 1 year check up!

She is 24 pounds

30 1/2 inches

Ahead (YAY!) on all milestones!!

Doc was very pleased!

We are now on cow's milk 80% of the time (her tummy is taking some time to adjust) and baby food is only for treats and traveling emergencies. She still gets a serving of rice cereal a day, though.

So, what are these milestones?

First step - 10 months

Steps (walking) - 10 1/2 months

Full-on running - 11 months

Words: Momma, Dada, Noah, Kenzie, Love you, thank you, uh-oh, hello and she will randomly say things that sound like words, but since shes's not doing them regularly I'm not sure.

And here she is at 1!

Photos by http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/

Her 1 year pictures were done in January, so she's a little taller with a little more hair now;-) But they were so fun to take and way fun to look at!

Leighton's Second First Birthday Party

We of course had a party at our home. This theme was "brunch in bed".  I decorated the dining room table like a bed (thank you for the idea Tara from Jimmy Choos and Tennis Shoes) and served brunch foods buffet-style. We invited everyone to come in their pj's, which was so right up my alley (and Leighton's, too).

We had the same tent and crawl tunnel for the kids to play in, but a bigger ball pit to accomadate a larger number of "little" kids.

It was the first time in the history of ever that we have had all 3 of our nieces under one roof. It was divine!

all the cousins:)

Leighton's pink and blue soda

sweet treats table

Photo timeline

the "bed" prebrunch

too much party time

Do I HAVE to blow out this candle??

Oh, my, this cake is good!

Leighton's First First Birthday Party

Yes, we had 2 parties.

Don't even get me started! I have a lot of family in Louisiana, plus our friends and a few relatives in the Houston area, plus Bill's immediate family is in the Dallas area. So, we had 2 parties. It just isn't fair to expect everyone to travel, and my house can only accomodate so many.

This one was a very girly, Princess theme. I "repurposed" (I hate that word) decorations I'd bought for a friend's baby shower and had also previously used for one of Mackenzie's parties. Then I added some paper decorations and such. Daddy and Uncle Josh grilled burgers while Paw Paw and Maw Maw hosted the adults in the shop and the kids playing outside. Gifts and cake were inside before everyone said goodbye! It was a lot of fun!

I'm going to do the second party in a separate post. It won't be so picture-heavy, as I'm losing my patience with the internet connection;-)