A Happy Birthday Party

One year ago a little Wren was born. Today we had a party to celebrate!

We had some chocolate cupcakes...

Some tissue paper decorations...

And sang happy birthday with a candle...

A whole year old!

She really liked the icing with coconut and delicately picked it apart.

After we had some food, Wrennie played with her guests...

Her best pal, Isla, was ready to party...

And Oliver came to play with Elmo...

A new rocking chair!

She is playing Peek-a-Boo, or otherwise known as "Where's Wren-Wren?" in our house.

There she is!

After only a couple of hours, the Wrenster was exhausted and needed a nap. Thank you so much to our family and friends for coming! We had such a fun time and Wren (and us) say thank you for the gifts :) It was a really fun party!

After dinner and a bath, Wren decided to try out some of her new stuff. This evening she just wanted to relax and watch some Sesame Street in the comfort of her new chair, thanks to Uncle Kyle and Uncle Jordan.

Oh, and cuddles with Elmo of course...

Hard to believe this day happened a whole year ago...

Birthday Girl turns 1!

Wrennie turned 1 today! What a big girl...

We gave her presents in the morning before Dad had to go to work.

For her birthday we gave her a baby shopping cart...

and inside her shopping cart in the blue bag, her Nokomis t-shirt!

On Sunday we party!

Book explosion

Heeyyy...those are Dad's socks..

Where are you going Wren- Wren?

Oh my.

Work Week

The weekend came so fast! I just finished my first week back at work, and it was great. It's sort of like starting a new job but already knowing what and how to do everything. And can I just say that if we could all afford to work part time, I think life would be perfect. 

Wren did great with my mom, Andrea and Kenton's mom too. Well, she did give Andrea a hard time for nap times, but other than that, it went really well for the first week back!

Hmm, someone got stuck in the toy drawer.

If there is a way in, she will have to figure the way back out..

Ta da!

Play time

My doctor told me that Wren is the size of a 1.5 year old weighing 25lbs and 32 inches in height. Wow!

We have been taking it easy the past week, and I start work tomorrow. A new routine to adjust to, and family to work into the whole plan. My mom, Andrea and Kenton's mom will be helping us with the days I am at work. 

Nice diaper bum, hey?

We have been having bed time battles with Wren the past few days. It goes like this:
Read stories and give her a bottle. Her eyes are heavy and closing.
Pick her up to put in her crib.
She arches her back and cries and refuses to lay down.
Stands up, jumps, cries, throws her soother.

Um...what just happened???

It's like a switch went off in her head. She doesn't even want her bum patted. And that is fine...we couldn't pat her bum to sleep forever anyways. So what do we do, you ask. Well, it hasn't been fun. If I leave the room, she will throw up in her crib as she gets herself more and more upset, so Kenton and I take turns just sitting in her room with her. She still screams, cries, jumps, throws her soother, and all that stuff. She is mad that we aren't picking her up and letting her play until she is completely exhausted and can't keep her eyes open anymore- which is a bad plan for her because she will stay up way too late.

Bedtime now takes an hour of screaming until she wears herself out completely.
Why do people make the cry-it-out method seem so easy?
And I let her cry for her naps, which usually is fine for her, but night time is a totally different thing. Sigh!!

It's the 3rd night now of this, and she was already getting worked up while we read stories together, and then before I could take her out of the room (to calm her down and show her she didn't have to go to bed yet) she threw up all over me.
I am going to need a support group soon.

Oh, here she is brushing her hair. So cute!

Doesn't she look so much older?

The cutest toes ever. Why are baby feet so irresistible?

She is trying to stand on her own so much now. She has taken a step or so at one time. She gets closer to walking every day.

And here is a picture of her from today. She actually stands up long enough for me to take a photo now!

She is saying, "Hi! It's me Wrennie!"

She either missed her ear on this call, or is brushing her hair again... :)