Bayou Wildlife Park

Fun at the Pool!

Grandpa Walworth, Mike, and Lizzy in the pool

Lizzy's Birthday

Today is Lizzy's actual 1st birthday she was born May 25, 2009. Lizzy's grandparents are in town and we had lunch at Lupe Tortilla then went to the children's museum then back home for cake and gifts. Lizzy had a good time. Happy birthday baby!

Eating the birthday cake!

Lizzy's 1st Birthday Party!

The party turned out very well and Lizzy had a great time!

Getting ready for her 1st birthday party tomorrow!

Lizzy today

Playing in the fountains!

What we're up to...

This is another busy week for us with Mike working the shuttle mission at night both of us are away nights and Lizzy is home with grandma. Lizzy's great aunt is in town also helping care for her at night. We are grateful for the help because working nights can be difficult. Lizzy is getting her 2nd set of top teeth coming in and she has had a runny nose but overall she is doing well. She was waking up early for a while but she is back to normal now and letting us get some sleep.

We are also busy with planning Lizzy's birthday party this Saturday. Everything is pretty much ready to go we just have some last minute shopping, picking up the cake and food then just setting up and time to party.

On another note, last year I was almost 9 pregnant and awaiting the arrival of my baby. I was getting everything ready for baby to come home and now I am getting ready for my baby's 1st birthday party. Time really does fly....flipping through Lizzy's scrapbook and seeing her as a newborn, and her tiny tiny footprints I just want to go back and cuddle her as a newborn but today at 11 months is also so nice. She's so interactive and playful it's just a reminder that we have to make every moment count because it will fly by.

PS. Thank you aunt Vivian and anyone else who posted comments. I just read them all and it was very fun and uplifting to go back to older posts and read those comments. Thank you!

Pool Time

We took Lizzy to the pool today and as usual she loved it!

Lizzy's 1st Birthday Portraits

Active baby girl

Wow Lizzy has become so active she is practically running everywhere! We went for sno cones and she was running all over the place there. I let her taste my sno cone and she loved it, she wanted more and more but we don't want to give Lizzy too much sugar. Lizzy and momma both love sno cones.

Lunch time!

Grilled cheese and water to drink for lunch today in her big girl booster seat. I turned around and the grilled cheese was gone...either Lizzy ate it real fast or Bella had the grilled cheese.

Little Climber

We have a little climber. Lizzy has started to climb on things...here she is on some paper towels she also likes to climb on other things too.

Mother's Day

My first mother's day and birthday were good although Lizzy and I are sick with a cold. For my birthday we went to Dave and Buster's and for Mother's day the whole family went to Bucca di Beppo. I'm proud to be Lizzy's momma.

Strawberry Picking

Uncle Christian and I took Lizzy strawberry picking today and it was lots of fun. Lizzy has a good time walking around and picking the occasional strawberry. It's nice that she can walk now and enjoy things like this now.

Food

Lizzy and I went out to lunch with her godmother Stephanie. Lizzy had a grilled cheese, she is such a big girl now! We offer Lizzy fruit, bagels and bread, cheese, sandwiches and whatever we are having for dinner to nibble on. Now that Lizzy is turning 1 it is recommended that she not have a bottle anymore and just eat what we eat and whole milk. Our goal is to have this happen. Lizzy loves pb&j, grilled cheese, any kind of cheese, bagels, garlic bread, and bananas. She doesn't like veggies as much but she will eat them pureed. We tried giving her yogurt and she did not like that. She is ready to eat like mommy and daddy she will actually use a fork and she loves drinking from cups and straws. The hardest part is cleaning up when she is done.

Walking at the Park

Foam hat

Walk in the Park

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon so we headed to the park. Lizzy has been feeling a little under the weather but she loves going to the park and it did the trick. She had fun walking around, swinging in the swing, and going for a wagon ride.