One Year Old!!!

Well we have a one year old in our midst. I can't believe how fast this has all gone. Matilda is constantly amazing us as her little personality unfolds daily. She already has her little quirks and makes us laugh all the time.

The birthday party was a blast! Matilda had about 30 guests and loved every minute of it, especially the cake. Sadly Iron Mike had a detached retina, so he and Mema could not make it as he was having a procedure done during the party. Fingers crossed, he is on the mend. Omi and Auntie KiKi flew all the way from England for the festivities. It was so nice to have them here. They helped me so much getting everything prepared and I couldn't have done it without them. They are gone now and it is very quiet here again. We miss them a lot.

Matilda is now a turbo crawler...but no walking yet. She is cruising on everything and even stands for a few seconds on her own. She gets scared and sits down after a while. She gets scared that no one is holding onto her. She gets lots of cheers when she does do it so we can build her confidence.

She is eating like a champ. She eats pretty much everything I give her and because she has 8 chompers now, she is totally on table foods. (I think that I saw tooth #9 poking through today.) No pureed foods for our little Monkey anymore. I kind of miss making the baby food, but I now must move onto bigger and better things. It is a little more intimidating since I have never been a cook. Must step up to the challenge. Omi got us a great cookbook that I am excited to use.

We want to say congratulations to our friends in England, Mark and Nicci. They just welcomed Poppy Marie. She was almost born on Matilda's birthday, but didn't quite make it. So Matilda is 364 days older than she is. She is such a cutie and we can't wait to meet her!