Year One photos

I can't beleive I forgot to post these! I took Elizabeth for her one year photos on June 23. She was great until she saw the camera and then her smile ran away. We did get two of her smiling but it was tough going. The orange dress I made for her. The bath towel and duckies are from Grandma & Grandpa T and the piano was an idea I had. Yes, I also had the feather boa and pearls. Elizabeth is such a little diva! She loved sitting at that piano. And, not to brag, but the photographer had me sign a form so she could use Elizabeth's pictures for publicity. My little girl is a model!

Almost August

We've been having a great summer!  Here is a quick recap of the last month.

Elizabeth as 19 lbs 8 ozs and 25 inches at her one year check up on July 3.  She handled her shots well but was really glad to get out of the doctors office!  Only July 4, Grandma & Grandpa Wilson and Great Grandpa Finley can up to visit.  Great Grandpa brought her a doll in a swing.  Elizabeth enjoys watching it swing. 
The week of July 14-22 we went on vacation with Kurt, Erica & Autumn.  We went to Erica's family cabin in Michigan.  It was a 13 hour drive.  We broke it up into a two day trip both there and back, but it was a long haul.  Elizabeth was a great traveler.  The last day on the way back she cried every time we put her in her car seat, but at that point Marc and I were doing the same thing!  On the way out we stopped at the North most point in MI.  The water in Lake MI is so wonderful and clear.  That was on Sunday into our trip.  Elizabeth and Autumn had a great time in the water and on the sandbar.  Both girls need a complete change when we got back to the car.  It is a good thing she enjoyed the water then, because once we got to the cabin and down to the beach, Elizabeth wanted nothing to do with the water or sand.  Someone had given us a blow up floatie for Elizabeth and even though Marc made himself dizzy blowing it up, Elizabeth would not sit in it!  We still went down to the water almost every day and tried to get Elizabeth in the water, but she and I spent a lot of time on the dock.  We filled her bucket with water and sand and she had a great time playing with it on the dock.  Silly little girl!  We did a little dune climbing and some shopping and lots of eating and had a great time.  It was also fun for the adults to stay up late (I think it was 10:30 one night!) and play games.  We used to do that quite often before the kids.  Now at least one of us is playing with the kids or feeding the kids or going home to get them in bed.  Plus Erica and I found a fabulous new drink!  It is Chocolate Cake Vokda and Coke!  It goes down very, very easily as we found out the first night we tried it!
Our garden survived our trip. I've made one batch of refridgeratoer pickles. Elizabeth LOVES cucumbers. We think it is helpful with her teething. She has eight teeth total now with two molars just cut through on the top. She cut them on vacation. We decided to get her an amber necklace because we were desperate for something to make teething easier for her and it works! Baltic amber is known to boost the immune system, reduce inflammation, accelerate healing, and reduce throat, ear and stomach infections and respiratory disease as well as simply maintain healthy living. I was skeptical too, but it did work, Thank God!
Marty got to go on a two week vacation to my parents' place. He just got back on Saturday. He had lost some weight, but clearly remembers where to find food after Elizabeth drops it. The chipmunk and squirels that had started living in our yard were not happy when Marty got back! Ha ha.

Smiley in her bouncer on July 5, 2012

Next weekend is a family reunion in Osakis we are attending. It has been a while since we've been up to my parents' so it will be fun.

Elizabeth & Great Grandpa on July 4, 2012



with Grandpa Wilson playing with her dolly swing



Playing with a straw at the Cherry Hut in MI



Helping Mommy crochet

Playing with Autumn

Playing on the dock with Mommy

Playing in her bucket of water



Oreo on the ride home

Elizabeth loved being able to look out the
windows at the cabin and watch the
birds and squirels at the feeders

Playground

The weekend after Elizabeth's party SuAnne flew home to Portland.  Stan & Alison (and Daisy & Ginger) came down to visit.  Alison brought a really good rhubarb upside down cake and we had a fire in our fire pit and enjoyed s'mores.  Elizabeth didn't think much of the marshmallows, but she did like the crackers.  I had some of the peanutbutter frosting left from Elizabeth's cake so we added that to the s'mores.  I would highly recommend it. 

My Awesome Auntie SuAnne

Auntie SuAnne will like this picture better.

Sunday morning we took the dogs for a walk and went to a local park with a playground.  Elizabeth got to swing for the first time, but she didn't think it was that great.  Apparently Ginger didn't think so either when Stan tried to swing with her.  Elizabeth did enjoy playing in the stones on the ground.  It was a nice walk and Elizabeth got a full bath following the walk.  But, not before SuAnne & Alison got pictures with her in her cute shirt.

My Awesome Auntie Alison

And, just a garden update, we have been enjoying snow pod peas and lettuce from the garden and LOTS of raspberries. Elizabeth doesn't think much of any of them, but Marc & I are enyoying them.
Marc is out of town for a couple nights so Elizabeth and I are just concentrating on staying cool.


Stan and Ginger swinging

Elizabeth & Daddy swinging

Playing

Frownie face but having fun

Playing with the rocks with Daddy

June 20, 2012



Miss Elizabeth, 1 year old

Check out those teeth

Trying the hot sauce

 
To celebrate Elizabeth's offical birthday and our 14th anniversary we decided to go to Don Pablo's for dinner.  Elizabeth had a great time.  She loved that she could make all the noise she wanted and there were lots of other babies there.  She also enjoyed the chicken, rice, cheese & beef we fed her from our plates.  She is a good little eater when she wants to be.


Big eyes

Mommy playing with photo effects

My "Dirt Makes Me Cuter" John Deere shirt from Grandma & Grandpa T

1 year old!

She's 1!  I can't beleive it.  It was fun remembering back a year ago and what was happening.  Well maybe not remembering everything, but Marc and I talked about what was happening at certain times and the people with us.  I don't remember labor being for two days, but it was.  Thank goodness I don't remember!

Giraffe cake I made

On June 16 we celebrated Elizabeth's birthday with family and a few friends.  The weather worked out perfectly.  It rained in the morning, was sunny for Elizabeth's party and got weird in the evening.  An added bonus is our neice Kadyn got to stay over night Saturday night and left with my parents Sunday morning.  It was a lot of fun to get the extra time with her.  As for the party, Elizabeth did have fun, but was stoic for the cake and tired by the time she opened presents, but she was such a good girl.  We couldn't be happier.  Thank you to everyone who came to her party and celebrated with us!

water fight for the older kids (including Marc)

Watching the water fight with Grandma W

Waiting for cake

With her Triebenbach cousins

Opening her gift from Aunt SuAnne

"Daddy, let me read it!"

I should add...

I should add that on Monday the 11th Elizabeth was 19 lbs.  Her year check up is in a few weeks so I'll have all of the stats to share then!

Trip to the ER

Since I can now write about this without getting teary-eyed, but we took Elizabeth to the ER last Monday night.  All weekend she was running a fever from teething and clingy and sleepy and the Dr said to keep her comfortable and only worry if her temp got above 103 and/or she started vomiting.  Monday both Marc and I stayed home from work.  Marc stayed to take care of Elizabeth and I stayed because I had a cold and running a slight fever.  During the day Elizabeth was eating less and less and then around 8 pm her fever spiked and she started vomiting.  So, off to the ER we went.  We first went to Urgent Care and waited there for a hour only to be told we needed to go to the ER so we went there and they got us in within 20 mins.  I guess Elizabeth having a fever of 105.6 made them move a little faster.  They ran the horde of test and took chest xrays, but came back with nothing scary or too definite.  They decided she had a double ear infection, strep throat, a cold and four molars coming in.  Never let it be said our daughter is an under achiever.  They gave Elizabeth IV fluids.  Unfortunately to put in the IV they had to stick her four times.  Her poor little arms, hands and foot (where they finally got it) all have bruises on them.  But after the IV fluids got in she started feeling better and perked up.  We were all so ready to be home.  We got there about 2 am.  Marc went off to get her prescription filled and I got her in bed.  Of course it took both Marc and me a while to fall asleep with all the adrenalin we still had going.  I got up at 6 to go to work and Marc stayed home with Elizabeth again.  By Wednesday she was back at day care, tired, but full of mischief and Marc and I are still recovering.  Hopefully that will be the worst and most terrifying thing we have to do as parents.  It certainly wore us all out right before Elizabeth's 1st birthday party, which went great, but more on that, with pictures later.