Woo hoo for springtime

Yup, the sun is so bright, I gotta wear shades!

We are fast approaching Sara's 1st Birthday on May 31st. Hard to believe that a year ago this week we woke up every day wondering if this was the day?

In the several weeks since our last post, we have been pretty busy... okay, pretty normal. I have been trying to wrap up a bunch of papers, Danette has been running all over the place for her work, and Sara has been crawling, teething, climbing stairs and wanting to walk as much as possible.

Fortunately the weather has been good enough to get a bunch of walks in, usually at least once a day (sometimes even when it is raining! - the latter seems to soothe even the crankiest of teething babies in our house). She has grown so much we have even had to get some new hats! Last Friday she weighed in at 24 lbs 11 oz.



Sara has been busy always pulling up, climbing stairs (more of a favorite now), asking to have her favorite book(s) read. And sometimes combining activities...(See below).



She broke a new tooth through about a week ago... so now she has just the two front ones on the bottom. But she is also working on a top front one now... a source of great crankiness... to the point that we use the word "tantrum" more often now.... can't wait to see what a year brings on that front.

Anyway, her eating habits are all over the place... the last few weeks (and the last one especially) her eating has really dropped off... due most likely to the teething, though she was a bit sick last week too. It has rebounded a little, but her interests have changed dramatically... she basically wants almost nothing soft (except a little pasta now and then)... so no yogurt, fruit, oatmeal... she refuses a lot more foods now, but will often try certain new ones... especially meats seem to appeal to her.

Her sleeping was goofy for a while, waking up at 4 am for days straight, but fortunately the last few nights have been better. She loves to be outside still, she even started playing with some garden rocks this evening after a walk.

We are getting ready for her birthday around here (even finished some old painting jobs), Grandma and Grandpa D. will get here this weekend. Sunday will be a party... Monday we will probably go to her first parade. We are planning to take her actual birthday off and go to the Cleveland Zoo for the first time, which should be good family fun!