Georgia is 1 year old!

*First off, disclaimer for so many pictures. The grandparents weren't able to be here for her birthday and had requested lots of pictures. Thus, there are lots of pictures below.

Georgia is LOVED, LOVED, LOVED by so many people. She had a great birthday. We went to the park and swung on the swings. She loves to swing. If I let her I think she would swing for an hour. I get done after 30 minutes or so. That evening we opened presents with her. I did wrap some of them, but she didn't really get the concept of opening them. Because I suspected this would be the case, I grouped many of her gifts together and put them in gift bags to speed up the process. I had planned a little party for her the day after her birthday, but she ended up having a fever and not feeling well, so unfortunately I had to cancel. We did still enjoy some yummy carrot cake.

The birthday girl waking up from her nap.

Nana came to visit in July and gave early birthday presents. This shopping cart was one of them. The other fun gift was a kitchen play set.

Georgia has become quite affectionate. She loves this angel bear, seen in the picture and her daisy duck Berni and Sarah gave to her.

Thanks Aunt Katie and Uncle Jeff, Uncle Thom and Issa for the neat storybook and Noah's Ark!

Georgia loves music and toys that are interactive. She always starts dancing whenever she hears music. This Winnie the Pooh train has all of that. Thanks Grandma and Papou!

Uh, Mommy...what do I do with this?

Sucess! The toy inside!

It was so cute! As soon as she got the baby, while it was still in the package, she immediately hugged the doll. She's also tried to give the baby her pacifier. It's amazing how early she's already understanding things like that.

Big Yiayia and Papou gave Georgia lots of fun things from Disneyland. This cup with Daisy and Minnie was one of them.

Georgia loves the bathtub and going to the pool. Mommy and Daddy gave her some new bath toys.

Daddy also got Georgia a special gift, an AF Falcons sweatshirt. We can't wait to cheer them on this football season. Go Falcons!

The morning after. So many fun new toys!

We've been working on blowing on food when it's hot, so I was hoping she might blow out the candle, but I ended up having to do it.

Sorry, no crazy frosting everywhere pictures. I hardly put any frosting on her cupcake. I didn't want to clean up the mess and I didn't want her getting sick from all of the sugar. As you can see from the photo, she did just pick the whole thing up and start chowing down.

Thanks again to everyone who sent her gifts!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Georgia! A year ago today you came into our lives. We love you SO much!

God, we are thankful for blessing us with the gift of Georgia.

What a crazy, life changing, amazing year it has been.

Here you are about a year ago.....

And here you are today!

Georgia Walking

This is so the grandparents can see their little one walking. :)

Georgia Loves to Eat

I realized we have lots of pictures of Georgia eating. Probably because she LOVES to eat and ever since she started to feed herself has gotten more and more entertaining (aka messy) while eating. She has a huge appetite. She often will eat as much as I do. People don't really believe us until they witness the devouring. For a few months she wasn't gaining weight or really growing much so I think these past few months she just been making up for the missing calories.

She eats just about anything. She doesn't like lettuce because she can't chew it or watermelon. Not sure on the watermelon. Crazy things she's eaten include cilantro, raw red onion, salsa.

Here we gave her a fork to use for the first time. She holds it in her left hand, while eating with her right one. She does a bit better when a food requires a spoon.

Tip for new moms: get a bumbo seat with tray. I didn't think early on I would use this much, but she sat in it to eat at home for the first 3 or so months of eating. We take it with us to people's houses for her to sit in to eat and still do that even now.

Eating out: she eats so much we order off of the kids menu for her

Her first time eating scrambled eggs and toast.

Georgia Seeing Double

We thought this was so funny!

Parade

Last night we went to the Pikes Peak Rodeo parade in downtown C-Springs. The rodeo hall of fame is here and so every summer there is a big weekend long rodeo. The parade was a fun time. There were lots of horses, cars, floats, bands, cheerleaders, etc. No candy was thrown or given out though. :( We're thinking it must not be allowed.

It's been really 'hot' here this week. I put hot in quotes because although it was in the 90s and will be all week, it feels nothing like the 90s in FL. We are loving the summer here!

More CO pics

In response to demands for more Colorado pics, here they are...

We ate at Fargo's Pizza off Platte Ave. It receives an A for eclectic decor and kid friendly atmosphere, but only a C+ for the actual pizza.
Unfortunately, our house's previous owners apparently stopped watering the grass as soon as we got under contract, so our yard was quite dead when we arrived. To resurrect this beast, I had to thatch the yard (rake out all the dead grass from underneath), fertilize, and re water. It is on its way to recovery...
Contrary to how it may appear in this photo, thatching a yard is NOT a fun, easy Saturday afternoon activity. It is long and grueling process; just the sort of thing that Josh Peterson likes to do!!