Turner Family Chronicles: First Birthday Party

What a day! Amelia's first big day - her Birthday party! It was so much fun and our little monkey had a blast. For a kid's one year birthday there's not a whole lot of options. And honestly if Amelia didn't have so many friends her age, I would have kept it to a family barbeque. But, since she is such a social butterfly, we felt it appropriate to invite all the kids to a party at Gymboree. There was music, play time, pizza and cupcakes! It went off without a hitch - minus a few small casualties.

So our little girl is turning one! I can't even believe that it's been a year. She's grown up so much and she's doing all kinds of fun stuff now. She repeats things we do, she's walking with the aid of furnture, she's standing on her own for short bursts and she eats big people food (when she wants to). We're still battling with her lack of appetite, but she's growing and doing well so I'm going to relax a little. And, a huge milestone that I missed, she took two steps in our living room this morning! Martin was with her and I was taking a nap!!! Can you believe it? Martin says it wasn't really on purpose, but still - I missed it! She's getting super brave and I think she'll do it again soon. Then she'll be walking and I'll regret wanting her to walk. But for now, I can't wait to see it!