sleepover party

juniper had her first overnight last night at grandma and grandpa woods house. they came out to us and picked her up and took her to their place on the train. zach and i picked out a tree, decorated it, went out to dinner and saw a movie. it was definitely a bit weird not having her in the house. but kind of nice too. she did ok, she woke up a lot but willie was able to rock her back to sleep. here's to many more sleepovers at the grandparents!

halloween

last year juniper was a pumpkin for her first ever halloween.

this year juniper was a blue m&m. for no other reason other than i needed a costume, had no inspiration, and found this at a thrift store for $5. we had a costume party at play group and this is her with her friends maple and lucia.

she walks!

just a few days before turning 15 months - she's off any running. not a little baby anymore!!

hawaii

second vacation of her life - hawaii! we went to hawaii for zach's parents 40th anniversary. it was quite the journey with 10 flights total roundtrip. she slept for all 5 flights out to hawaii and was fairly pleasant for the 5 flights back. each way we stopped over in phoenix for a night to break up the trip and visit with aaron, jenn, emma and milo. we also got to see my dad for a bit.

the trip was fun but traveling with a one year old is exhausting!!! and not really like a vacation. although it was nice to have grandparents to help out!!

pictures of the trip can be found here.

juniper turns 1!!!

i can not believe it's been a year since juniper came into this world. what a crazy wonderful year. i couldn't have wished for a happier, cuter baby. to celebrate we had a small party with family and friends. we had primo hoagies and my mom made a lemon chiffon cake with strawberry pudding filling. pictures of the day can be found here.

photo courtesy of bridget pizzo

yay!!

it started with her figuring out she could bang her toys together. and today she started to clap her hands. if we say "yay juniper!!" and clap our hands, she do it back to us.

play date

today we had an official play date. sarah and harry had us over as well as lindsey and maple, kate and adelle, and prather and imogen. it was kind of wild to sit at the table to have lunch and see the babies all playing together on the floor by themselves. makes me realize how fast they are all growing. unfortunately all i have is a crappy camera phone photo.

she sits

she began sitting on her own just the other day!! we've been practicing...

first trip to ER

i was headed to a yoga class saturday morning when zach called me and told me to come home right away. he had slipped on the stairs with juniper and she hit her head. i was luckily only about 6 blocks away so i ran home as fast a i could. as i was running i realized i had to pee so bad but couldn't stop or even try to hold my bladder. so i ended up peeing my pants running down 4th street to get home to my screaming baby. at least i was wearing black pants....anyway i got home and zach and juniper were very upset. zach was wearing socks and lost his footing on the bottom few stairs, fell backwards and juniper fell out of his arms to the floor. i tried to nurse her to calm her down but after an hour she was still crying out in pain. we couldn't find any other bumps or bruises other than the one on her head but she was definitely still hurting. we called the pediatrician and she suggested we go to the emergency room. we went to CHoP and during all the evaluations we pinpointed the source of her pain was her right leg. we were admitted to a room and waited for about 5 hours until a doctor ordered x-rays. turns out her right femur was fractured above the knee. she got a long leg cast put on (pink) and as soon as her leg was set she was back to smiley herself. we have an appointment on friday to find out how long she has to wear the cast. luckily she isn't crawling or walking so it doesn't seem to be much of a hinderance.

it was a terrifying day but everyone is healing up just fine. healing physically and mentally. and it could have been worse. it could always be worse. but i'm not thinking about that.

first sickness

well, it was bound to happen sometime. she got brochiolitis and an ear infection. had to be on a nebulizer for her breathing and take amoxicillin for the ear infection. that was awful. she HATED the amoxicillin. had to hold her nose till she opened her mouth enough to shove the medicine down her throat (along with various other tricks) while zach held her arms down. for 10 days.

first christmas

spent christmas eve with the gormans. christmas day was spent at home just our little family. got lots of presents from family and friends. although more interested in the wrapping paper and tissue paper.

first thanksgiving

visited the McCarney family then dinner at grandma's house with the gorman/flynns.

first taste of solid foods - mashed potatoes. actually seemed to be interested.

also wore shoes for the first time. harness boots actually. pretty stylin'!!