Happy “1st” Birthday Leisa!

We have somehow managed to survive her first Birthday. I don’t know how but we did; and amazingly enough without shedding a tear. I am still trying to figure out who had more fun at the party, the adults or the kids. Since she loves Finding Nemo, we decided to go with that as her party theme. We bought her a pool that we filled up with balls and made a ball pit out of. It turned out to be a hit. I know she loved it! We had to fight her to get her out of it. Not to mention her Uncle Frank. He was dying to get in it all day until he couldn’t take it anymore and he snuck in while we were all eating. It was a sight you had to see. Like I said I think it was more fun for the adults. The same goes for all her presents she got. I think everyone had waaay to much fun shopping for her too. She got more clothes than I know what to do with. Good thing we are moving and will have a bigger closet to store it all. She is going to be the best dressed kid in town. After presents we moved onto the cake. That was a treat. Her Aunt Sharon made her a Fish Bowl cake to go with her Finding Nemo party theme. It was so adorable. She also made little cupcakes for the kids and that is what we gave Leisa to smash in her face. It took a little coaxing at first but once she got the hang of it she looked like a pro. It was messy. And the mess did not stop there. She was pooping blue for two days afterwards from the icing. As long as she had fun that is all that matters. All in all, it turned out great and we are so happy. It was great to see everybody and I appreciate all the help!

I wont keep you too much longer, but I wanted to fill you all in on her latest achievements. She went to the doctor yesterday and found out she is 21 lbs. 12 oz. and 29 ¼ inches tall. She is getting to be such a big girl. She has actually lost a little weight since the last time she was there but the doctor said that is due to her walking. Yes I said walking! She is walking all over the place. She is so prissy though walking all carefully as not to fall and break a nail (I still say she gets that from her daddy…hehe). Motor mouth is her new nickname. She talks up a storm. Not too sure what she is saying most of the time but it must be something good with all she has to say. We can understand, Mama, Dada, Night Night, and Bye Bye. The rest is yet to be discovered. I have also been working really hard with her to learn how to give kisses. For a while there she refused, but I fixed that. Now she is a sweet baby and loves to give kisses. It is so cute, her and her little friend Piper give each other kisses. Let’s just see how long we can keep the boys away. Last but not least she finally got her first tooth just in time for her birthday. Yeah!!! Now she is working on a few more at the same time, so she has not been a happy camper lately. Sleep has become a thing of the past.