Jolie's First Birthday | Some bunny Is Turning One!

Happy FIRST Birthday my sweet bunny! 

On her actual birthday (April 8th), I kept thinking about our first day at the hospital with our newborn baby girl. I was probably driving my husband crazy because I kept saying things like, 

"It's 8:40 a.m... she was probably drinking her first bottle." 

"It's 1:17... we probably just got done with lunch." 

Or "around this time.. family came to visit us and the baby." 

I remember that day so well (some moments are a blur because of pain medicine and exhaustion) and I wish I could re-live that day. The feelings I felt when I saw Jolie for the first time were/are unexplainable. I remember thinking thoughts like, 

"I'm going to responsible for her for the rest of my life.." 

"my life will never be the same. ever again." 

"I can't believe we made that sweet baby girl." 

"can I see her already? What, who.. does she look like?" 

I can't believe she's mine." 

When I was looking across the room at my minute old baby girl, all I kept thinking about was how surreal everything was. It sounds so cliche, but that moment REALLY did feel like a dream. 

Her first birthday was (who am I kidding.. it still is..) kind of hard for me and I  blame infertility. Robby and I tried for five years to have a baby and those years felt like FOREVER. Your husband goes out of town on a business trip: those few days that he's gone, feels like a month. You don't enjoy your job: the day seems to drag on and on. You try and want a baby sooo bad... those days, months, YEARS WILL feel like forever. Those five years dragged on for me. Those five years lasted what felt like, a life-time for me. 

So here I have what I've been praying for and the days (most days lol) fly by faster than I can blink. This year went by way too fast. I have come to the realization that her whole life will go by extremely fast because I enjoy her so much. She's my little best friend and I thank God, each and every day for her and the sweet spirit she brings into our home. 

Happy FIRST Birthday, Jolie! 

Your daddy and I love you so very much.

Thank you for bringing so much joy and happiness to our family. 

Who came: 

Family | Mommy, daddy, grandpa, grandma, uncle R.J., Great grandma, Uncle Frank, Angie, Terin and her boyfriend, Eric, Megan, Madison, Alina, Haylie and Cali. 

Theme: 

Some bunny is turning One! The theme was easy for me. My favorite animal is a rabbit. We have a pet rabbit. You love our pet rabbit. My baby shower invites had a bunny on it, you were a bunny for Halloween, so it was perfect for us bunny lovers. Next year, I'll stay clear of bunnies. Not making any promises though ;)

Favors: 

Adopt a Bunny! | Bunny stuffed animals

I also got bunny bags after Easter so your cousins had something to put their bunnies and candy in from the piñata. 

You loved: 

The ball pit, playing with your cousins, your swing that mommy and daddy got you, your tent, balloons, radd, your presents and eating cake. 

Presents: 

Mommy and daddy bought you an indoor swing, a tent, a small table from Ikea, little people (little mermaid & belle and friends), discovery house, a beautiful stuffed rabbit with your name engraved on the back, moccasins, brown fringe boots, a bunny purse and a zebra walker. 

Grandpa and Grandma got you an outdoor swing, a play school bus with extra people, a steering wheel that sings, magnets for the fridge and grandpa got you a United States mint silver proof set from the year you were born. 

Uncle Frank, Angie and the kids got you a summer outfit, two sunglasses, a few books (a really cool bible book with a handle), and a handmade blanket and matching pillow that Angie made. She's talented like that ;)

Alina got you minnie mouse dress pajamas (so cute!) and a butterfly summer outfit and your cousins, Haylie and Cali got you a couple outfits. 

Terin and her boyfriend got you a purple flower headband with a pretty white dress. It's actually the same dress I picked out for you for our mother-daughter pictures but it's a 2T so you have one for next Spring/Summer (we have the same taste in clothing *wink*). They also got you a gray shirt with a gold heart on the front with blue jean shorts to go with. 

Food:  

We ordered pizza, bought a couple gallons of lemonade from Chick-fil-A, made pasta salad, regular salad, potato salad, fruit salad, Angie made a veggie platter and deviled eggs and Terin and her bf brought a fruit platter. Mommy made your #1 sugar cookies (which I wasn't too impressed with *sad face*), we bought macarons, truffles and ordered your cake. The bottom tier was chocolate with chocolate ganache and the top tier was yellow cake with strawberry filling. We ended up making you spaghetti because pasta is YOUR FAVORITE!!!!  

Eleven Months

Size Diapers: Size Four. 

Size Clothes: 12-18 and 18-24 month leggings and some sweaters and tops.

Eyes: Blue with a light hazel/yellowish around her pupil. 

Hair: Brown. Looks like it's getting a little lighter though.

Sleeping: She usually goes to bed between 7:30-8 (sometimes later depending on the night *monkey covering face emoji*). She'll wake up a couple times through out the night. It's hard because we are living with my parents at the moment, so her crib is in our room (there's nowhere else to put it) so when she wakes up, she knows I'm laying just a couple feet away from her. It's been kind of exhausting. As for the morning, she usually wakes up around 7:30-8 a.m. and drinks her milk. We usually watch some videos and hang out in bed for about a half an hour so I could get enough energy to get up and ready for the day. I make her breakfast and she usually takes her first nap around 10:30 or so and a second nap a few hours after that.  

Eating: We just started giving her whole milk because we ran out of formula about a week ago and didn't want to buy more. She's liking it but not loving it. She eats eggs and ketchup, fruit (grapes have been a favorite this month), yum yums, raisins, Annie's bunny snacks, apple sauce, pb&j's and her favorite... PASTA!!!! Any kind of a pasta. She's not the best eater right now though... which scares me. As long as she's drinking right?

Milestones/Funny Moments: 

• She's getting better at walking around furniture
• She's a pro at climbing the stairs (someone is always behind her)
• She's taking MORE steps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!
• Her first temperature 3/15/16
• She got a really bad rash all over her body from either the amoxicillin or the virus cold she had.
• She plays games with us. She'll pretend to feed me but then trick me out and stick the food in her mouth. 
• She says "more" in sign language but claps her hands instead of the regular sign hahahaha..  
• She throws her food on the floor a lot and will move her index finger at me like "no, no, no." 
• She just started doing this but she throws her hands up and closes her eyes when we put her in the car seat. She only does it in the Jeep. 
• She always sticks one leg out when we are in a shopping cart or she'll throw one leg up when she's in her stroller. Some people look at me like, "don't you know your daughters leg is hanging over?" She'll put it back up if you try to change it. 
• She's really into drinking bath water ahahaha..

Words: 
She said "uh oh!" when she dropped a piece of bread. 
She can say "quack quack" if we ask her what a duck says and she says "ooh ooh ahh ahh" if we ask her what a monkey says. 
Mama
Dada
R.J. 
Hi! (and waves)
I swear she said "Magee" twice!

Nicknames: We call her by her name. 

Her/Our Loves:
Big people food
Nana (I think she loves her more than anyone lol
Eggs and Ketchup
Grapes
Pasta
Juice 
Her Blankey
Remotes (anything that isn't her toy)
Baths
Being Outside
Her pink mini cooper car
Sweets
Radd (our pet bunny. She gets so excited when she touches him)
Looking at animals or fishes


Hates: 

Being left alone
Getting her teeth brushed
Getting dressed only if I take awhile. It takes me a little bit to choose an outfit due to Colorado's bi-polar weather.
She doesn't like men too much. Only a few.

Ten Months

Size Diapers: Size Four. 

Size Clothes: She wears some 6-12 month shirts and fits into 12-18 and even some 18-24 month leggings and tops.

Eyes: Still blue with a light hazel/yellowish around her pupil. 

Hair: Brown. Looks like it's getting a little lighter though.

Sleeping: Same as last month | She's sleeping throughout the night. Yay! She'll go to bed anywhere between 7-9 p.m. and wake up around 7:00-8:30ish a.m. When she wakes up I make her a bottle, she plays for 30 minutes or so and is ready for her morning nap. She usually has around 3-4 naps a day. 

Eating: She's been drinking 7oz (Gerber Soothe) and has breakfast after about 30 minutes-1 hour after the bottle. I know they say babies aren't suppose to have eggs whites until a year but my dad fed her some eggs, she had no allergic reaction and  now eggs are her favorite. She loves them with a couple drops of ketchup and a sprinkle of shredded cheese on top. She is my child! ;) She also loves toast for breakfast and fruit. Her favorite is mandarin oranges.. any oranges actually.

Milestones: 

• She pretends to talk on the phone
• Tries to brush her hair and my hair
• Throws her hands up when we say "touch down."
• Says "ow!" when she falls on her bum (she kind of stopped this one)
• Loves to wave to people
• Claps when we say "Go Broncos!"
• Puts one finger up when we ask her how old she's gonna be in April
• Danced for the first time to "Hey Mickey"
• Getting two teeth on top. Four up top and two on the bottom. The far left (my left) tooth is coming down now.
• She got cut on her right middle finger :( She's so strong. She was also really tired but just wanted mommy and daddy snuggles. It broke our hearts!!!!
• SHE TOOK A COUPLE STEPS on February 28th and 29th 2016
• Her first cold on March 2nd :( She's still sick and it breaks our hearts every time we hear her cough. 
• She was trying to drink the bath water (it had an oatmeal soothing treatment for her eczema) and I said "no, no" while shaking my index finger and she put her index finger up and started copying me. Hilarious! I'm going to be THAT mom. The mom that can't help but laugh when your child does the cutest things at the wrong time, like when you're trying to discipline. 
• Her eczema has been the worst this month. We've been trying the aveeno oatmeal soothing treatment and aveeno lotion (Eczema therapy moisturizing cream) and it's seems to be working better than anything. 

Words: 
She said "ow" in the beginning of ten months
Mama
Dada
R.J. 
She understands when I say are you thirsty, hungry, want your blankey or binky or when I say "do you want to watch your cartoons." She also understands when I say "do you want to see the bunny" or when I say his name (Radd). She watches Little Baby Bum still on YouTube and also watches Dave and Ava.

Nicknames: We call her by her name. I also make crazy voices (my family thinks I should be the voice of cartoons sometimes) but I also say "your the cutest baby in the whole entire universe." I'm biased of course! ;)

Her/Our Loves:
Big people food
Nana (I think she loves her more than anyone lol
Eggs
Mandarin Oranges (fruit)
Pasta
Juice 
Her Blankey
Remotes
Baths
Being Outside
Her pink mini cooper car
Sweets
Radd (our pet bunny. She gets so excited when she touches him)
Looking at animals or fishes


Hates: 

Being left alone

Doctors. We went there to check on her ears and she remembered that place well. She started balling on the scale and only wanted mommy to hold her.
The booger sucker lol She has a runny nose and hates when we try to get some boogies out.
When we try to pick her up if she still wants to hang out on the floor. She throws her arms up which makes it so hard to lift her up.

Note: Jolie hasn't had a diaper rash since she's been born. We are still using water wipes (the best wipes in my opinion) and we use baby hugo diaper cream and baby powder (I got it from vitamin cottage). I also change her immediately when she poops. When she was younger, I would wash her bum after every poop if I was home.

Nine Months

Size Diapers: Size Four. 

Size Clothes: She wears 6-12 and 12-18 months in leggings. The length fits perfectly but the waist is a little big.

Eyes: Still blue with a light hazel/yellowish around her pupil. I'm so happy we have a blue-eyed baby. Both my grandpas have blue eyes but none of us got blue eyes. Can't believe two people with hazel eyes (and genetics of course) FINALLY got a blue-eyed babe.

Hair: Brown with a hint of red..? I see it when she's in the sun. 

Sleeping: Same as last month | She's sleeping throughout the night. Yay! She'll go to bed anywhere between 7-9 p.m. and wake up around 7:00-8:30ish a.m. When she wakes up I make her a bottle, she plays for 30 minutes or so and is ready for her morning nap. She usually has around 3-4 naps a day. 

Eating: She's been drinking 7oz (Gerber Soothe) and eats Earth's Best organic oatmeal for breakfast with fruit added into the oatmeal. She loves apples, pears and bananas in her oatmeal. She's been eating Organic Beech-Nut baby food and seems to like most flavors. She tried steamed broccoli for the first time and loved it. 

Milestones: 

• She has four teeth coming in at the top 
• She pulls herself up on things.
• She's crawling and scooting. She's not the best at it but she's getting the hang of it. I sometimes get worried that she's a little behind but I have to remind myself not to compare her with other babies. I honestly feel like she'll skip crawling and go straight to taking steps.
• Says "mama" "dada" "baba"
• She understands us when we say certain words. For example, when I say "bottle" she'll start whining and wanting her bottle.
• She hardly wants to be held anymore. If you're standing up she's fine but as soon as you sit down, she'll try and scoot off your lap.
• She's getting more spots of eczema all over her back, shoulders, arms and neck. We picked up a new shampoo/body wash and we limited bath time to every other day. We also try not to leave her in there too long, which is sad because she loves bath time. 
• She's getting a lot better at picking her apple puffs up and other miscellaneous items up off the floor. She's so fast at it! 
• Sometimes its hard for her to fall asleep for her nap and if we watch little baby bum videos, she'll just stay up even though she's exhausted; so we've been watching Fixer Upper (love that show) and she usually falls asleep quick.

Nicknames: We call her by her name.

Her/Our Loves:
Big people food
Broccoli
Mommy & Daddy
Grandpa (I think she loves him more than me)
FaceTiming
Being outside
Sitting in a shopping cart
To scream
Bath time/bath toy animals
Little Baby Bum videos
Apple Puffs
Other kids/Her cousins Megan and Madison
Being tickled
Standing


Hates: 

Being left alone

She hates it when we put clothes on her or change her diaper
Loud noises
When mommy leaves the room
Teething

Eight Months

Size Diapers: Size Three. 

Size Clothes: 6-9, 6-12 Pants 6-12 are getting small. Old Navy 12-18 month leggings fit perfect. 

Eyes: Still blue with a light hazel/yellowish around her pupil. 

Hair: Brown but I do see golden/light brown in the sun. 

Sleeping: Same as last month | She's sleeping throughout the night. Yay! She'll go to bed anywhere between 7-9 p.m. and wake up around 7:00-8:30ish a.m. When she wakes up I make her a bottle, she plays for 30 minutes or so, and is ready for her morning nap. She usually has around 3-4 naps a day. 

Eating: She's been drinking 7oz (Gerber Soothe) and eats Earth's Best organic oatmeal for breakfast. She's been eating Organic Beech-Nut. Her favorite is apple, raspberry & avocado mix. I do have to mix a little bit of apple sauce or pears in with her vegtables. She also loves fresh avocados with banana. One of her favorite lunch meals but I don't like to give it to her often because it constipates her.

Milestones: 

• Two teeth coming in at the top
• She loves to clap her hands and claps her hands when we say "GO BRONCOS!" 
• Boy oh boy, does baby girl have a temper. 
• She's starting to rock back and forth on her hands and knees. Hopefully she starts crawling soon! 
• She says MAMA and BABA
• Starting to give kisses. She brings her head close and makes you do the rest! haha. 
• She's been hitting people in the face (not hard of course) but I've been saying "No, no" and she listens. Sometimes. haha Don't know why she does that. 

Nicknames: We call her by her name. Sounds so strange but I do call her "bubus" a lot. Don't know why.

Her/Our Loves:
Avocado and Banana
Mommy
Grandpa (I think she loves him more than me)
FaceTiming
Being outside
Sitting in a shopping cart
To scream
Bath time/bath toy animals
Little Baby Bum videos
Apple Puffs
Other kids/Her cousins Megan and Madison
Being tickled
Standing


Hates: 

Being left alone

She hates it when we put clothes on her or change her diaper
Loud noises
Her crib :/