Sunday, August 9, 2009
Happy Birthday Gretta!!
So, it is definitely time for an update. Gretta will be 1 tomorrow, Monday, Aug. 10th. It is hard to believe that it has already been a year, but it is even harder to remember what life was like without her. Well, to be honest I do remember a little bit about those care free days and 8 hours of sleep each night. Can’t imagine now not getting to see her smiling face in the morning, hearing her laugh as her Dad tickles her or the way she squeals every time she sees a dog. Who needs sleep!
So, Gretta has had many first here in the last week. We celebrated her 1st Birthday Party last Sunday with all our friends and family. We had a cupcake celebration. It was good to have everybody together.
Then we went camping this past week which was a lot of fun. The three of us slept in a tent was fine until about 6 a.m. on Monday morning when it started raining and lightning. So, we had to move in to the camper, except we didn’t take all our stuff which end up wet. So, for the next two night we were all in Elijah’s Mom & Dad’s camper until our bedding dried out. But then it was smooth sailing and we had gorgeous weather. For the most part I think Gretta enjoyed her camping experience. It was hard for her to understand that she could get down and crawl everywhere like home. But once the tent was dried out we spent some time in there playing and crawling about.
We spent Friday at Gretta’s first State Fair experience. She loved the animals and her first Dairy Bar Chocolate milkshake. She can now say cow pretty good. So, we can add that to her list of first words. It was perfect weather. Uncle Caleb went with us which made the day even more fun.
And then tomorrow of course is the big birthday. We don’t have a lot planned Elijah will be working like a regular Monday of course. So, I plan to just play with Gretta most of the day and then we are going to fix one of her favorites for Dinner, Macaroni and Cheese and then we will have a cake for the three of us. Gretta didn’t tear in to her cake at her official birthday party, so I plan on giving her her on piece and see how that goes and hopefully get some good pictures.
This has been a fun and challenging year. I have learned a lot about being a parent and a lot about myself. I found as I have become a parent that I quickly found out what my priorities are and what I can live without. And for sure there is definitely one thing I cannot live without and that is Gretta. Elijah and I have been so blessed to have such a good baby. Pray that the Toddler Years go just as smooth.
So, Gretta has had many first here in the last week. We celebrated her 1st Birthday Party last Sunday with all our friends and family. We had a cupcake celebration. It was good to have everybody together.
Then we went camping this past week which was a lot of fun. The three of us slept in a tent was fine until about 6 a.m. on Monday morning when it started raining and lightning. So, we had to move in to the camper, except we didn’t take all our stuff which end up wet. So, for the next two night we were all in Elijah’s Mom & Dad’s camper until our bedding dried out. But then it was smooth sailing and we had gorgeous weather. For the most part I think Gretta enjoyed her camping experience. It was hard for her to understand that she could get down and crawl everywhere like home. But once the tent was dried out we spent some time in there playing and crawling about.
We spent Friday at Gretta’s first State Fair experience. She loved the animals and her first Dairy Bar Chocolate milkshake. She can now say cow pretty good. So, we can add that to her list of first words. It was perfect weather. Uncle Caleb went with us which made the day even more fun.
And then tomorrow of course is the big birthday. We don’t have a lot planned Elijah will be working like a regular Monday of course. So, I plan to just play with Gretta most of the day and then we are going to fix one of her favorites for Dinner, Macaroni and Cheese and then we will have a cake for the three of us. Gretta didn’t tear in to her cake at her official birthday party, so I plan on giving her her on piece and see how that goes and hopefully get some good pictures.
This has been a fun and challenging year. I have learned a lot about being a parent and a lot about myself. I found as I have become a parent that I quickly found out what my priorities are and what I can live without. And for sure there is definitely one thing I cannot live without and that is Gretta. Elijah and I have been so blessed to have such a good baby. Pray that the Toddler Years go just as smooth.
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