We just love our baby. She is full of new understanding and language development every day lately. She knows a few basic signs, "all done" and "more" and she has a super cute wave. She says, "nah nah" for night night and she has her mama and dada down. She claps, waves and initiates peek-a-boo by covering her sweet eyes with her hands. She loves the song, "Here's a Ball for Baby" and "Pat-a-Cake". At bedtime, I used to only read to her before her bedtime at night, but now she has coaxed me into a book before her naps too, and she actually laughs out loud when I reach for the books. It is fun, I sit down in the rocking chair and act like we are just going to rock, and she communicates with her awesome index finger pointing like crazy that she wants a book. I think she loves it when I understand what she wants. It makes her laugh.
She loves giving kisses. She is in that kissing stage where she comes at me with her mouth stretched wide open. My lips literally enter her open mouth and my face is left with a nice circle of saliva around my mouth. GROOOSSSSS. I can't get enough of them. More, more, more! She is becoming so much more social, she is super aware of her siblings and follows them everywhere. If she can tell that she is in trouble (not big trouble, but like if she pulls Ruby's hair and Ruby cries) she will pull out her lower lip and cry. If it's really sad for her she will then, with her body sitting, drop her head to the floor and cry. It is really girly and full of the drama I have come to grips with as a mom of three girls. She has a hard time napping when she can hear the girls having fun or if she just knows that she had to leave the scene of the fun to go be by herself. Ahhhhh...we just love her!The one thing we don't love is her growling cry. She cries with a growl, so it's not really a cry..it's a really, really, loud offensive sound that you just wish would end. The good news is, she only lets the cry loose when she wakes up. She stands there bellowing until you come to her rescue. Then, in an instant, she is happily in your arms pointing her way out the door and down the hall. Okay, so the party...
Here is the invite that I made real quick. I did not get the invites out with a full two weeks notice, and I didn't have time to really plan a theme or anything more fun, so I went with primary colors and got it emailed to family and a few friends.
Here is the cake I made. I found an organic cake mix at Fred Meyer and some frosting mix that was dairy and egg free or something like that. It is nothing fancy, and if I had been thinking better, I would have gone much gooier with it. It was tasty though! The "B" and "C" are for Betsey Carol.
Sammers and Betsey negotiating some cake exchanges. (Note: Sam may have eaten his entire cake and forgotten to share his cake with Bee...oh, but Bee was in melt down mode and had to go home for bed before he ate his cake anyway...babies!)
