margo's birthday party

On Saturday, March 4th we got to celebrate Margo's birthday with all of the people we love! Since our house would burst if we tried to cram all of our favorite people in it, we decided to have her party at the Cleveland Heath party room- basically, just a large room that we filled up with food and people.

Every good party has a theme and Margo's was no exception, her theme: donuts! The menu was pretty simple, we ordered donuts from Little Taste of Heaven, had fruit out the wazoo, muffins, yogurt, coffee and juice. Since the birthday girl didn't have strong opinions about her party, we mostly just chatted and enjoyed being with friends and family. After a while, she we opened presents and then she ate her cupcake.

We are so thankful for everyone that has walked with us for the past year. I cannot imagine this year without the support, encouragement and love our family and friends have freely and so graciously given us. It really does take a village and we have the best village imaginable.

margo's birthday

A birthday tradition growing up was to wake up to birthday gifts under your bed and await your spankings before you could open them up. My mom doesn't know how or when the tradition started, but she did it when she was little, so we wanted to carry it on with Margo too. 

When she woke up (because I'm not brave enough to go into her room while she's asleep) we snuck her gifts under her bed and then sang her happy birthday and watched her open her gifts! She had a little help but was much more efficient than she was at Christmas. 

The rest of the day was mostly normal with the exception that she got to taste frozen custard at lunch and then grandma Sue came over for dinner and some more present opening. It's crazy that our little babe is now one year old and is growing and learning so much! We cannot wait to see what this year has in store!

margo: 52 weeks

It's hard to find a song with your name in it if you're not a Barbara Ann, Mandy, Jane or Sue. So we had to be creative for Margo. We change the lyrics of "My Girl" by the Temptations by switching "my girl" to Margo and viola! it's her song!! 

margo: twelve months

Happy Birthday to our sweet, chatty, playful, steadfast, silly baby girl!! I cannot believe it's been an entire year since she was born. It blows my mind! Our sweet girl weighed in at 20 pounds, but we go to the doctor tomorrow so I'll update with the official stats then.

In the last month Margo has started chatting so much more. She says "dada" (dad), "ba-ba-ba"(all the time and when we listen to the Beach Boys Barbara Ann), "moo" (Moose), "oof-oof" (woof), "hi", "uh-oh", "what", "wow" and I'm sure more, but guess what she REFUSES to say?!? MAMA how hard is that? I'm definitely not upset...😫

She is a cruising and crawling machine! She doesn't seem interested in walking independently yet, but she is enjoying chasing Moose, opening cabinets and drawers and following us everywhere we go. This month we dropped her bedtime feeding and started her on whole (cow) milk. Her daily routine is virtually the same: wake up at 7am, nurse, breakfast, play and then nap time from 9-11am. Wake up at around 11am, lunch at 12, nap from 1-3pm and then play until dinner at 5pm and straight to bed at 7pm.

This year has been such a whirlwind and I don't think I can even begin to articulate how much having her has changed me. I love our sweet girl so much and I am so thankful for her every single day. She has shown me an incredible picture of God's grace and unconditional love and I feel so overwhelmingly thankful for that. I cannot wait to watch her grow up and get to see her personality come out more and more!

 

lately she has been waking up form her naps chatting and ready to play

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and really happy!

sadly our girl got sick this month and had Influenza A and a double ear infection

watching the world go by

a girl walking her dog on an unseasonably warm February day