And She's Off!!!

Just when I began to wonder when Cammy would be walking on her own, she finally took off and did it!!  We officially have a walker as of September 28, 2012!!  What a nice little present for her furry sister Keela's 2nd birthday :)

It seemed like it was forever that Cammy would cruise along the furniture, walk holding onto our hands and take a few steps between Jason and I.  She seemed so cautious that it was almost like she was just so content with how she got around with assistance.  She made us the proudest parents when she finally let go and walked across the room!

Look out world we have one proud little TODDLER ready to see the world by FOOT!!!

 

The Big Birthday Party!

On September 1st, we celebrated Cammy's birthday with some of our close friends, some family from here and out of town, and some of our neighbors. After about two months of planning and crafting, it was nice to see it all come together and be enjoyed by everyone. Thank you Pinterest for the many ideas we used for Cammy's party :)

Welcome to Cammy's First Birthday!

The 12 month picture banner

The food table

The smash cake and cupcakes thanks to my friend Johanna

We lucked out and had great weather (thank goodness for late August babies because we can typically count on good weather for parties outdoors). We had lots of food, bocce ball, croquet and a bean bag toss set up for people to play, and wagon rides for the little ones in Cammy's new wagon.

The party in the backyard

The birthday girl with her grandpa and G-ma Lumsden (and Piper too!)

The birthday girl with her Gramps and Grams

Wagon rides with Cammy's friend Ella (3.5 years)

Cammy with her Stroller Stride buddy Matthew (13 months)

Cammy and her cousin (of some sort) Felicity (9 months)

Cammy and her friend Pressley (6 months)

Cammy with some of her favorite Washington babysitters :)

The smash cake was far from a "smash" cake. Just as we expected, Cammy was very dainty about her cake and barely made a dent in it. In fact, we had to slice a little piece out so she could see inside and get interested. That still didn't work that well and I think one of us ended up spoon feeding her some of the cake. That's my girl...nice and clean!!!

Waiting ever so patiently for her cake

The cake has arrived!!

Our baby is ONE!!

Clapping for her first taste of cake

And this is as messy as she got!

Towards the end of the party we decided to open some presents, despite having a pooped out little birthday girl.  I think at this point Cammy was far less interested in anything that involved sitting and just wanted to be on the move.  Welcome to having a toddler, right?!

"Do we have to open presents?"

Opening some presents together...didn't last too long!

Despite all the hard work that went into prepping for this party, it was so worth it in the end.  We couldn't have pulled it off without the help of our friends and family though...they were beyond amazing!!!  Thank you to everyone that came to celebrate our precious little girl!!!

The birthday girl in her finest :)

Our Baby is ONE!!

On August 29th, our baby girl turned ONE!!!

 The Birthday Girl!
 

 It still hasn't really sunk in that we have a one year old in the house!  It was a little emotional the few days before her birthday remembering where we were at that time one year ago.  We were just moving into our new house, we had both sets of parents staying with us in our new house, dealing with all the unpacking on one of the hottest days of the year and I was sitting around watching everyone with my big swollen feet (it might sound nice, but I really wanted to be a part of the organizing).

It's incredible to think of all the things Cambrynn has learned in just one year too!!  She is very close to walking, but hasn't quite gained the confidence to go off on her own.  She cruises along furniture very fast and occassionally will break free and stand for a short period of time.  She is talking ALL the time now, which provides for some really fun conversations.  She has become quite a picky eater, but if you give her a cheese stick it makes everything better!  She still only has 4 teeth, but what do we know...she won't open her mouth for us so for all we know she could have a ton of teeth in the back :)  And she has made really good friends with the dogs now that she knows how to drop food from her highchair and feed them.

We had a great time celebrating on her actual birthday.  Both sets of her grandparents flew in, along with one of Jason's grandmas.  We took them with us to Color Me Mine and made a plate with Cammy's handprints.  She did not like her hands getting painted at all, so we put on quite the show for anyone else in that place who was trying to paint in peace.

Opening some presents

 

The unhappy birthday girl getting her hands painted

(Are we mean parents for making our kid cry on her birthday?)

 

The finished product ready to get fired

 

The whole group who came out to celebrate with us

 

After making the handprint plate we headed over to our favorite kid friendly restaurant, Red Robin, and had a fun dinner with all the family.  Cammy got sung to and even got a few spoonfuls of her first ice cream sundae.  She seemed to really enjoy that!

Happy Birthday sweet girl!!!

 

Listening to them sing to her

 

That's one yummy sundae!!!

It was truly a special day for all of us and even more special that her grandparents and one of her great grandmas could be here to celebrate with us!!  Here's to another exciting year of learning and growing!!