more birthday shots

here are some more pictures from the party taken by my friend cherie
my friend emerson and his mommy joely

frankly, i wasn't too keen on potato salad...

everyone was singing just for me!

this sugar stuff is pretty good, i can't believe they held out on me for so long

one entire year!

WOW!!! I am one! i was so lucky to have a fantastic party that included most of my extended family who traveled from near and far to help me celebrate this accomplishment. mommy put the pictures in reverse chronological order (silly mommy), but here is a quick snapshot of the whole weekend affair... notice there are no pictures of the cupcake fest and gifts, those will be coming soon as mommy and grammy had some camera issues and are anxiously awaiting pictures from more accomplished photographersplaying with pops

lunch at my party - i got to try potato salad and hamburgers, yum!

with nanny kacey

my friend aria with her mommy amanda and granny - i loved her cool kimono picnic outfit

my friend khristian, he was a hit with all the ladies

sharing a secret with mommy

we all had fun at my new arctic water table... and managed to get very messy

with both of my grandfathers

this is early on, before the real sand and water mess got started

my cousins and friend cara came from indiana

the night before, when i first spotted the cupcakes - who knew how much fun sugar would be?

sharing some coffee cake with granny

all my grandmothers - at one point we put together the "grandma band" and are thinking about taking it on the road soon so keep an eye out for us

when gigi first got in from oregon - it was so good to see her as it had been many months

mother's day

for our first mother's day as a family, we went out to dinner with grammy and grampa hermann and their friends the rosenthals. it was such good food, we forgot to take any other pictures. but here is one of the three of us, i am wearing a dress that was mommy's when she was my age.

spring!

we're getting a lot of rain here in nashville this spring so i haven't been outside as much as i want to be. and yet, i'm still having fun as usual, grammy and grampa's friends mira and dane were here for a visit as you can see, they endured the storms to come have dinner with us.
contemplating my inevitable future as a backgammon whiz

yum yum barbeque!

post marathon party bliss

grammy's really been improving my pat-a-cake skills

a day at the farmer's market with grampa

eleven months

here are a few shots from my eleven month birthday. it's getting harder for mommy to capture me sitting still as i am almost always on the go now. i am crawling and pulling up, trying to stand solo and contemplating a step or two. i think it's a little nervewracking for the adults in my world, but i love love love it!

busy busy busy!

my oh my, we have been so busy that mommy hasn't had time to post for weeks. so many exciting things, some of which you can check out below:

my first easter - grammy and grampa got here just in time to enjoy it with us

wearing the dress that daddy bought me in belgium before i was born

granny, pops and gram came to visit a few weeks ago... after much coaching from granny i started crawling the day after she left!

the koehlers came to town!

my cousins stacy, ashley and conrad came to visit last weekend, which was a blast! i soaked up having nonstop attention and playmates... we went to gaylord opryland because it was too rainy for the zoo and spent a lot of time eating and trying out all my toys. can't wait to see them again this summer! sometimes it's more fun to get in the wagon than to push it

i spotted something spectacular!

now that i'm sleeping all night long in my own crib, i am even more giggly in the morning

and here is a rather long video of breakfast... it's worth it because i have some very interesting eating habits which involve using the kitchen table as a sort of resting area between my tray and my mouth. enjoy!