April

Before we get to the toddler antics of May (night terrors! tomato tantrums!), here's a recap of April in pics. Clara had her 15-month well-visit in April and was 22 pounds (40ish percentile) and 31 inches (60ish percentile). She was no longer anemic, thanks to a near-daily dose of kidney/black beans.  Her language has exploded in the last few weeks, but was still slow-going in April, though she did add "owl." She also had 2 of the 3 hardcore tantrums she's had to date in April, one over having to wear shoes, and one over being forced (by mama) to vacate the driveway of a house where some friendly dogs live that she likes to harass (indefinitely, if you'll let her).  Overall, though, she was still a fun, sweet girl in April :)   Caution: a toooon of pics ahead:

playing in her tent

Easter at my mom's house

my little gardener, playing in the dirt. LOVE this pic of her!

annoying Gracie in the tent

playing "turbo baby" (racing dada down the hill)

she takes the Easter basket everywhere

too cool to ride / at the zoo

checking out the flamingos (her fave)

she saw the flamingos from this far off and went running

trying to climb into the duck exhibit

final goodbye to our old friend

this dirt party went on for awhile :)

at a birthday party at Pump-it-Up

My family has a crazy Easter egg decorating contest every year. (You can read about past entries at my old gardening blog.)   Here's my flamingo from this year:

in honor of old friends lost this year

the other Easter tradition: bunny cake!

Scott's Tiger Woods

Tiger's accessories (mad wife and golf clubs/bag)

reading with Nana



reading to Gracie about her cousins



Have a great week!

G.

PS- I added a couple of videos from March to my last post, so check them out if you're still reading (ha)/so inclined

PPS - Otis' grave-marker came from this shop. We love it.

1 year stats + pics + party!

Clara had a wonderful birthday party on Saturday. Here's the invite. The rest of the photos, videos, and a vendor list are on the "photobooth" page above.  (They aren't watermarked, so if you borrow, please give credit.)

She received some lovely gifts, like:

a cool wooden xylophone from Seamus

a giant, awesome cat board book from Christy

Today she had her 1 year check-up.  21 pounds (~50th percentile) and 29.5" (~62nd percentile).  Dr. Barron said she's meeting her milestones and to just keep doing what we're doing. They are amazed at how healthy she's been. (We've only been in for one sick visit, long ago, and that turned out to just be unexplained infant fussiness.)

She got 2 shots and a terrible finger prick. She stopped crying by the time we got to the car, and slept most of the rest of the day. She did perk up to play in the yard for awhile, though, with the bean bag toss from her party:

We have gotten so many nice compliments on the party and Clara - my heart is bursting with pride. We feel like the luckiest parents alive :)

G.

Stats

Clara had her 4-month check-up and shots today. She's in the 71st percentile for weight and the 86th for height - where did my teeny 6 pound baby go?

For details on these soft blocks I made for her, see this post on my (soon to be defunct) gardening blog.

She got three cool band-aids on her legs, then came home to play like nothing had happened. Our sweet girl!

-G