Guess How Much I Love You

A five minute video of Liv "reading" (reciting) "Guess How Much I Love You" by Sam McBratney.



She whispers the last bit (as it is usually a goodnight story). "I love you all the way to the moon." "I love you all the way to the moon... and back."

Working Man

Jeff was on the news locally, here in CA, in his role as facility manager at the local Waste-To-Energy plant.

Dr Visit

Liv and I took Camila to visit Dr. Moilanen for her One Year Well Baby Exam. 

Consensus is she's a well baby.

She weighs 18 lb 9 oz (10th percentile) and measures 29.5 inches (50th percentile). Which our pediatrician, bless her heart, assures us is long & lean and a great shape for a toddler! 

She got a couple of vaccines and will get more at 15 months. No adverse reactions so far!

Adoration

 We had a visit from a BEE-YOU-TEE-FULL fairy princess Friday morning. 

Camila was entranced! 

 

Camila Luna's First Birthday

Happy Birthday, Little One!

Here's the updated post - with comments. 

Camila's birthday was Sunday, but it was icky weather and kind of an off day for all of us. We had cake and new toys and some of her favorite foods; then we celebrated again on Monday! With water play: "fishing" for toys and "painting" with scraps of construction paper. More cake! Who doesn't love birthday cake for breakfast? We also played at the park (Camila is climbing the stairs and going down the slide by herself!!) And then a "picnic" lunch on the patio! And trike riding on the driveway.

Another New Toy

 More new wheels!!

 here it is, our ebay golf cart, arriving on the delivery truck.

That night we all went for a ride to the playground in it! Over the weekend, Jeff took it out for a round of golf - and got a hundred comments! (It is rather distinctive. LOL)

The girls and I took it to the park again this week. Very fun!

One Year

Camila is a year old this weekend. 

Wow! What a difference a year makes!! 

First of all, a year ago I looked like this: round, round, round!

Then this: happy, happy, happy!

Camila has gone from this: barely moving...

to this: barely standing still...

Some highlights from her first year

in May at 4 months old, starting to play together.

Napping together in June. (I love this picture!)

In July she learned to sit up unsupported and got to enjoy things like playing in the sand box, swings, two-handed toys! woo-hoo!! And by the time we went to Cranberry Lake she was able to crawl and play in the sand, but still spent lots of time in the Bjorn and being carried. She was sporting a funny scrunch-face-snorty-grin that cracked us all up!

by September, & about 7 months she was scooting around, enjoying her new skills and bursting with personality, and hasn't stopped blossoming!

She's playful, cheerful, clever, affectionate and expressive. She is currently working hard on learning to talk. She has some sign language and that helps immensely, but she's trying very hard to make spoken words, too. A big learning process with lots of reward!

We wish you could be here to celebrate the completion of her first year, but I am grateful that you visit us here and have watched her grow!

ps/ some cute stuff from Liv at this age: here.