little brynny turned 1 last thursday and had her first taste of cupcakes. YUM. she celebrated by having some of her friends over (xander and emilio) for a pizza party and cupcakes. then we went out to a japanese dinner with daddy where bryn ate a TON of salmon, rice and edamame (and her first taste of ice cream).
then that weekend, both bailey and bryn celebrated with their friends at kidville. it was mayhem with SO many kids but fun was had by all (and most importantly, we had a brief window of time where none of us were sick. knock wood.) the aftermath was pretty frightening for me. so many presents. EGADs. donations here we come. but how to teach humility and stop this trajectory of entightlement? something always in the back of my mind with no clear answers. breathe.
ok, not to diverge... back to TURNING ONE!
yesterday, bryn had her 1 year doctor visit. she was said to be quote, looking GREAT, end quote. she's 50-75 percentile for height and 10-20 percentile for weight (meaning she's not as "gordy" as gaby claims she is). what was SUPER CRAZY was that she didn't cry AT ALL during her vaccinations or blood draw (yes that was vaccinations plural). apparently little brynny is SUPER TOUGH.
next up bailey's real birthday. PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!
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addendum to my entitlement fears. a ha. just let 'em fail.
gaby took this video of bryn cruising by from the kitchen. it is one of my all time favs.
coming off of almost 2 straight months of colds, we weren't sure how the girls would fare on the flight. clearly, they were ready to see family and play. they did great! we brought along bailey's nebulizer for her nasty cough, but she only really needed it for the first couple of days. poor bryn, though, developed an allergic reaction to her amoxicillin the day before christmas. on the 24th, she woke up looking like freddy kruger. luckily, she wasn't too disturbed/itchy.
the holidays were spent at church with grandma merry and pawpaw where bailey got to participate in 2 christmas pageants. grandma carol cooked alot of yummy chinese food. bailey got to ride her first pony (named goldilocks) courtesy of grandma merry's friend warren. AND a big snowfall meant snowmen, sledding and snow angels.
for the tail end of the week, matt, bailey, bryn and i attempted our first family vacation (just the 4 of us) in chicago. not going to lie... it wasn't necessarily relaxing. but it was still a lot of fun. we spent some time with cousins rich, joe and steve and their super sweet families. we visited with tina, jon, bella and avery. AND spent a day at the field museum checking out animals and dinosaurs.
bryn was a true party girl, making friends with EVERY single table at EVERY restaurant we went to.
:-)
and now back to it. bring it 2013!
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