A Party Fit For Our Little Lady

Delilah 1 year

Well, here we are. It has been an entire year since my sweet little princess was born. It doesn't even seem possible! I know, I know...I say this every month, but I'm serious this time!! I went through the entire year pointing out all of baby D's firsts. And I guess it didn't REALLY hit me until Valentine's Day. February 14th, 2011, Delilah's very first Valentine's day. You know, the day before her very first birthday! Now, I do realize that there will be more firsts in her lifetime, but during the first year, EVERYTHING is a first. ::Sniff:: At this point with Jameson, we had already started talking about trying for another baby, but we're just not to that point yet. Not much longer though - what am I going to do when I'm done having babies?? :-) Anyway, I seem to have gotten off track of the purpose of this post...

My sweet little one year old is less and less like a baby and more like a toddler every day. She is walking!! Consistently. She is an expert stair climber. She thinks everything is funny and lets all of us know by her hilarious "ha ha" (pronounced just like that!). She likes playing with her big brother...when he's being nice to her, that is. :-) She is still a mama's girl, but it's getting better. She is an excellent eater, in fact, on most days she out-eats Jameson!! She is a sweet little cuddly girl who will snuggle up for a hug or lean in for a kiss (even if it's open-mouthed!).

This morning Russell, Jameson and I (We let the princess sleep in on her birthday) got up at 6:30am to see little Miss Delilah in her TV debut:

Then we visited Girls Inc (you know, since I took the day off! Haha!) to show the kids off. Then it was lunch at Gandolfo's and dinner with Nana Sandy and Papa Bruce at Fuddruckers. Delilah was treated to a HUGE brownie sundae...which she kindly shared with the rest of us! All-in-all it was a very good day!

Happy Birthday, Delilah!

I have enjoyed learning all about you this past year and I look forward to many, MANY more!!

Whirlwind weekend!

I was so spoiled last weekend with all of the snow. You see, I'm as bad as the school kids when it comes to snow days because generally when OPS closes, so does Girls Inc. So, I'm stalking KETV.com every night when they start announcing closings. Last weekend, we got 3 snow days, making it a 5 day weekend for me! :-) So, this weekend felt extra short.

This weekend included a night with the neighbors, a superbowl party and a day trip to Kansas City. But, the most exciting event was my niece's birthday party. She had it in Shawnee Mission, Kansas at a place called Little Monkey Bizness. The kids had so much fun!! It’s this really cool place that has different types of playthings for kids. They have inflatables, towers, slides, cars, costumes…the list goes on. Someone should really open one of these in the Omaha area!! :-)

Jameson was off and running as soon as we got there. He loved to climb up and down everything and following his cousins around. It took him awhile to master it, but his favorite activity was to climb the tallest tower. And he did pretty well as long as the bigger kids weren’t rushing past him (although, they would give him a boost from time-to-time).

He would occasionally call for help because he still sometimes gets scared on slides, but once he figured out he could go feet-first, he was good to go!

Delilah was so happy to be climbing on everything (her new favorite pastime!). She found a slide her size and was in so excited!! :-)

She would climb on her own to the top and then stand there and try to shake the thing until someone would help her slide down.

Once our time in the play area was up, we went into the party room. The kids got to color some monkey masks and eat ice cream and cake. My kids BOTH finished their cake (Yes, Delilah ate an entire piece of cake!!). Good practice for the coming weeks, I guess.

Jameson & cousin Hannah

Happy Birthday, Alaina!