Adopted Mommy

Well, Katarina will be 3 years old in less than 6 months and fortunately we never went through the whole climbing out of the crib period with her. She slept in her crib this whole time. The other day, however, she did NOT want to nap. She was overtired and was just plain crabby. When Katarina was placed in her crib, she was upset and started trying to climb out. We could see this from the video baby monitor we still have in her room. Jeff and Dina both kept watch on the monitor and eventually she fell asleep without actually getting out of her crib. But, we decided it was time we take down her convertible crib and turn it into a toddler daybed this morning. She was so excited to get her "big girl" bed and she actually did quite well today at nap time. Mommy, of course, used this photo op for her scrapbook page!

Sunday was David's "official" birthday, so as a small family of four we celebrated again with the cupcakes I saved from the birthday party. This time David was much more into his cupcake! He didn't necessarily eat it, but he didn't mind running his fingers through the mess and clapping crumbs everywhere! Dina calls the pictures above his "devilish grin" because he knows Mommy gets to clean up the mess! He had his one year check up earlier this morning. He received three shots (and he is cranky today and won't nap well). He weighs 21 pounds and is 30 inches tall! They keep telling me at the doctor's office he is going to be a big boy when he's older. He seems to be doing well and pretty soon he'll start walking. David seems to do things at his own rate. It's very funny because now that he's on whole milk, he refuses to drink it cold since he's used to formula at room temperature. We were recommended to start it out a

Wow, how time flies! Our little man is officially one year old! We had his party at Woodward Park yesterday. What a day to have an outside party! The wind made everything blow away and the decorations wouldn't stay at all! It was so cold, too! We all wore sweatshirts! David had the CUTEST preppy little outfit for his All Star theme party to wear, but that was covered up by his hooded sweatshirt. Mommy was disappointed, but we'll get some pictures of him in the outfit soon! To our suprise, also, David wasn't too sure about the cupcake he was supposed to devour. Maybe he was just so exhausted by all the excitement, but it was a mess to clean up! He just wouldn't eat any of it, even though frosting was EVERYWHERE on his jacket and seat! Four cupcakes were saved for tonight since today is his "real" birthday. It's still hard to believe we're a family of 4!