One Year Stats

We went to see Dr Parmer last Wednesday for Caroline's one year check-up. I have been dreading it for forever for good reason.....she got her finger pricked and 5 shots! Poor baby. She ran a fever that night but is fine now. Caroline measured 32 and 1/2 inches tall (95%) and she weighed 22 pounds 4 ounces (70%).

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!

Caroline,

Today is your first birthday! I can barely believe it, you are supposed to be my little baby. This first year of your life has been the most special of my own. You bring so much joy to Dan and I and I really cannot remember life without you. You are a very special little girl and we love you so much. Happy birthday baby!!

CaRoLiNe'S cUpCaKe PaRtY!!

Caroline,

We celebrated your first birthday a few days early yesterday with a party at Mammy and Pappa's house. We had so much fun and it was obvious that you are SO loved by all of the family and friends that came. We decided to do a play on "sweet caroline" and do a cupcake theme. When all of your friends first came, we played outside for awhile and then everyone came inside and decorated a cupcake, even the babies! We also had a cake, ice cream, and a pinata. You were a little unsure of all of the attention and people that were surrounding you, so you did cry a little, but you cheered right on up and had fun with all of your friends. These were all of the people that were there: Mommy and Daddy, Your great-grandparents: Maggie, Mymamma and Pop, Granny and Grandaddy; Your grandparents: Mammy and Papa, MeMe and Pappy; your Aunts and UNcles: Ginny, John, Kate, Dave, Vic, Angie, and your honorary Aunt Taylor, Your first cousins: Mary Bibb, Virginia, and Hannah; your other cousins: Luke, Mary Frances, and Katie, Great Aunt Carol and all your friends (plus their parents) Lillianna and Ellenie Parsons, Sam and Anna Kate Stephenson, Maggie Garnett, Sydney Lewis, Emma Hensley McMasters, Wade Heidecker, Sarah Laine Kuhlman, and Abby Collins. You are such a sweet and blessed little girl to have such great family and friends. I love you so much!

The Set-UpYour Cake

The Birthday Girl! ...loving the slideCaroline with her 3 great-grandmothers.The Three Muskateers!Aunt Tay Tay is sooooo funny!Abby and Sam cruising around the backyard.

Caroline and cousin Hannah.The Birthday girl and Anna Kate.Cupcake time!

Lillianna and her masterpiece!Emma Hensley, Sam and Sarah Laine are working hard.Bibby helped Caroline blow out her candles.

Caroline poking at her "smash" cake. She did not get into it as much as I thought she would. She kept poking it with one finger and giggling.Then, I gave Virginia some of Caroline's smash cake and she did get into it!!

Maggie and Sydney, looking too cute in their matching outfits, decided that they liked Dan's lap.Pinata Fun......Opening presents.

Fall Fun and Festivities!

Whew! We have had whirlwind month of October filled with lots of fun. We recently went to a Halloween block party with a bunch of our friends. It was so cute to see all of the kids dressed up and, of course, Caroline had to be the Cat in the Hat (this is what Dan was dressed as the night that we met). She had a lot of fun but she did not like being in the group picture too much...

Caroline and Snow White Virginia.

The Cat in the Hat, Snow White, and Wallace the monkey (please notice Caroline's face, she was mad that Wallace was pulling on her hat!)Caroline and Emma Hensley

Caroline's great-grandmother made her costume..she is so talented!
A close-up of Caroline and Maggie during the group picture..she was a little overwhelmedThe original cat and the new cat.Me and my angel!

We also spent time this month at Tate Farm's Cotton Pickin Pumpkin patch with Mammy and Caroline's cousins, Mary Frances and Katie. It was really cold but all of the kids seemed to really enjoy it. Caroline especially loved crawling around in the corn crib. I definitely had a sad/somewhat scary couple of minutes when I sat Caroline in a corn car that was part of a kiddie train pulled by a tractor. I just wanted to put her in it to take her picture because all it had was a lap belt and she is still a BABY but the man insisted that he drive her in a small little circle just to see if she liked it. Well, he drove her in the circle and then he took off with her! It was so surreal to see her be driven away and be all by herself in that little car. When the driver finally came back around Mom and I knew she would be crying but she was waving her arms and laughing! He drove her around and around and she loved it! I was sad that my baby can do something like that but kind of excited for her at the same time.Caroline and her cousins.With Mammy in the cotton jump.Loving the corn crib! AND.......DUm DUm DUM.....The Train Ride!!

Everyday Occurences....

One of my favorite times of everyday is right before bedtime when just the three of us play and hang out together.

Bouncy House in the House!

I asked my uncle if he had a small moon bounce that I could borrow for Caroline's first birthday party in November. He did and actually said that we could just have it. I was excited and figured it would be something we could pull out and use anytime because I remembered it being tiny. Well, not so much! We decided to test it out in our living room and it was much bigger that I had recalled. I called my official testers over now it is all ready for Caroline's big day.

The Not So Small Bouncy House...

Super Tester #1 Mary Bibb

Tester Twin #2 Lillianna

Tiny Tester EllenieSo cool!Caroline sat back and supervised.

The Countdown Has Begun....

Wow! Caroline is officially 11 months old now. It is so hard to believe that we will be celebrating her first birthday in less than a month. Where did my little baby go??? I cannot believe how much she has changed and is changing every day. Her personality is coming out big time and I have to say that she definitely has a lot of her Daddy in her! She is such a ham, very mischevious and silly. She loves, loves to eat and is cruising on the furniture. She is also starting to try to talk some and can clearly say "book, ball, ma ma, dada, pop, bye bye, and dat (that). She is still the queen of pointing and is very bossy and determined with that tiny finger. Just a few cute pics...
FUNNY FACE!!