Kambria's 1st Birthday Party

We celebrated Kambria's 1st Birthday with mostly family on Saturday afternoon. My mom even flew in for it.  It was pretty low-key, but I was exhausted at the end of the day.  We had a princess themed party and it was super cute.  Kambria looked absolutely adorable!  And I think I pretty much only took pictures of her.  I just couldn't get enough of the beautiful birthday girl.  Happy 1st Birthday Kambria!  We love you!

The decorations.

The birthday cake.

Grandma Karen and the Birthday Girl.

Mommy and the Birthday Girl.

The whole fam.

Gorgeous girl!

Ready for cake!

The Princess!

The table.

All the kids at the party: Gemma, Braden, Kambria, Delson.

Daintily testing out the frosting.

Then diving into the cake.

Yummy!

Making a mess.

It's not a party unless cake ends up everywhere.

Look at that fluffy tutu.

Opening presents with the help of Big Brother.

Kambria's version of opening presents was chewing on the ribbon.

Walking with her dolly stroller.

The tutu from behind.

Fluffy bum!

Playing with her new pink phone from Uncle Dean and Aunt Sarah.

Posing.

Such a beautiful Birthday Girl!

Kambria - One Year Old

Kambria turned "1" on Saturday and I can hardly believe a year has gone by since she was born.  She is such a sweet girl, but I definitely miss her as a baby.  She is very close to walking and she LOVES to use her walking toys to get around the house.  She just giggles like crazy as she struts her stuff all around.  It is pretty funny.  We have some of it on video, but I still haven't figured out how to get those videos on the blog.  That is my next project to work on.

Kambria went to the doctor today and weighed in at 21 lbs 13 oz (60%-ile) and measured 31 inches (95%-ile).  She is a smiley and happy girl most of the time, and she even surprised us last week when she signed "Please" for the first time.  That made me very happy!  When we tell her "NO," she shakes her head back and forth and it is hard not to laugh.  She is catching on very quickly.  She loves to dance and when she does, she shimmies her shoulders back and forth and it is adorable.  I am ready for her to start walking now and I know she will be any minute.  I am sure I will regret wishing it so soon, but she is fun and not into everything like Delson was, so I don't worry about her walking as much.  Oh how I LOVE my little princess!

Kambria as a newborn.

 A year later...the cheesy smile with the binky.

Walking with the walker.  How cute is that outfit?  Gotta love the little jean skirt!

Another Day at the Park

Last Saturday we had the most beautiful and warm 50+ degree bluebird day.  It was very random because all the days before and since have been much colder, but Delson and I took advantage of the nice day and we went to the park to get out those wiggles.  I took quite a few pictures, but I would have taken more if the camera hadn't died.

All smiles at the park.

Running in the open field.

You can never have too much swing.

And this is a random picture of the way I found Delson asleep during one of his naps.  He has loved wrapping his head in his blanket since he was 9 months old.  Silly boy!

Las Vegas in January

Oh Las Vegas!  Alex, Dean and Del decided they were going to attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas the weekend before it came to town and Del asked the wives if we would like to go too.  Sarah and I agreed....and the trip was rather crazy.  Del ended up driving us down on his bus Thursday night and we drove back Sunday night.  It was a lot of driving for such a short stay and the kids woke up early on both drives and then Kambria ended up starting a stomach flu chain reaction on the drive home, which wasn't very fun, but other than that, it was nice to see my parents.  I really only took pictures when we went to 2 different parks, but that was the most fun for everyone anyways.  We also got to see Grandma Madge and Grandpa Dick, but I was lame and hardly took any pictures of them. I know I need to be better with my camera, but for now...enjoy these pics:

The kids LOVING the swings.

Delson loving the slide.  The above pictures were at the 1st park and the next set of pictures were at the 2nd park where Sarah, Braden, Gemma and Grandma Madge joined us.

The kids LOVING the swings again.  I just crack up over all the crazy faces that Kambria makes on the swings.  She has SUPER silly faces.

Delson and Braden playing together.

Grandma Madge and Gemma.

Grandpa Walt, Grandma Karen and Kambria.

Delson was obsessed with climbing the ladder.  It was his first time climbing all the way up it and he kept doing it over and over.

Kambria even had fun crawling.

Delson and Grandpa Walt playing "Monster."

Remember back when I posted this bottom picture of Delson with his tongue hanging out and I said it reminded me of Grandpa Walt?  Well, while we were in Vegas I got the picture I needed of Grandpa Walt sticking his tongue out.  They might do it slightly differently, but Delson definitely has some of his Grandpa Walt in him.  They just can't seem to focus on the task at hand without a little tongue action.  (You can click on the pictures to enlarge them.)