Twelve Month Well Child Visit

At 12 months, Liv is 20.72 lbs (44%) and 30.31 inches long (86%). Her head circumference is 18.3 inches (86%). Since her last visit she has grown about 3 inches and gained just over a 1/2 lb. We call her our lean, mean string bean since she is really leaning out and her baby chub is nearly all gone :(.

Happy Easter!!

Below is a picture of Liv's expression when we tell her to run around and pick up randomly placed, brightly colored eggs but not rocks... she was a little confused.

  We had a lot of fun at Grandma's house for Easter dinner and an Easter egg hunt.

Happy Birthday Liv!

We had a fun-filled weekend for Liv's Birthday.... so much fun that it's taken us all a few days to recuperate. Her actual Birthday was last Friday, April 15. We had her party on Saturday and went to the zoo on Sunday. Here are some pics of her party and a video of her eating her cake.

We had green eggs and ham for lunch. I thought a fishbowl would be a cute and inexpensive idea for a centerpiece. Apparently 9 pm on Friday night at Wal Mart is a popular time to buy fish... waited in line for an hour, but it was worth it. Liv noticed the fish the next morning at breakfast and loved them!  

A huge THANK YOU to my friend, Angie, who gave me the idea for the party and was so gracious to email me her templates for invites and games. Where would we all be without the inspiration of others?

Thanks a million, Angie!

Here is Liv's cake and the cupcakes for our guests.

      

Here are some shots of the decor. Brett was such a huge help... I can't thank him enough. He ran errands, cleaned the house, helped with the decorations, watched Liv and, most importantly, put up with my craziness. Love, love, love him! He's the BEST!

We had a few games but we didn't get pictures of the fishing booth and we didn't get a chance to play
'Pin the Bow tie on the Cat'

We had guests sign a Dr Suess Birthday book

Grandpa Joel made Liv a wonderful rocking chair and Liv hasn't figured out how to sit in the chair by herself so she stands on it and then yells to us to help her out. Here she is standing on it to get a better look at the gift table...

Liv opening her gifts

Thanks to all the friends and family for all of the wonderful birthday wishes! We sure missed our family out of state and those that couldn't make the party. I am so grateful that Liv has so many people in her life that love and care about her.

Happy Birthday, Liv. We love you so much.

Thank you for the best year of our lives!

Fun at the Pool

Our family has passes to Herriman's fabulous new rec center which is next to the new library. The center has a big, fun, indoor pool. This Summer, we are setting a lofty goal to go swimming or to the zoo every Sunday.

I couldn't get a great picture of Grandma Teri and Liv so here's the best shot...

Grandma was so great to snap picture after picture of us having fun.

The pool is always busy and often fills to capacity but Liv's favorite part is to watch all the kids.

Here is Liv multi-tasking: swimming and waving at all the people. She was sad to have to get out of the pool.

She'll be running soon enough....