Jarekah Is One Year Old!

So Eric and I still cannot believe our baby is one year-old already. She has grown so fast and we have enjoyed every single minute of it. Yes...even the early morning feedings, burpings, dirty diapers...EVERYTHING! Jarekah is not our little baby anymore, even though she will always be our baby, she has grown into quite the toddler. She says more words now, like "Daddy", "Mama", "Baby", "Ball", "Go", and more.

We had Jarekah's birthday party on Saturday, September 6th. She was so fun to watch. As you will see in the pictures, she demolished her birthday cake. I made her a cake of her own, so she could have at it! She is so much fun and we love playing with her. She has started dancing to different music. She loves dancing around with us and it is really cute. We started putting her in the crib at night and letting her cry verses rocking her to sleep every night. That was a hard thing to do, but after only a few nights, she figured it out quickly that it was sleepy-time. That was over a month ago!

Jarekah has eight teeth now and has a molar coming in. She has been somewhat fussy the past two days, but that is to be expected. We found out on September 9th at her one year check-up that she measures 32 inches and is 27 pounds! That's our little ham! Her head measures 48 centimeters now. She is a big girl!Jarekah is very mobile now, but still refuses to crawl the "traditional" way. She scoots all around the floor. She is more interested in walking than crawling. She can stand all by herself and can take a step or two before she realizes we aren't holding her and she freaks out.

I know I should write more and I promise to give it the good ole' college try!

Beautiful Birthday Girl

"1" Year Pinata

Monkey Theme (Everything was "Curious George")

The Cake I Made for Jarekah

Jarekah's Curious George Cake

Snagged Grapes When No One Was Looking!

Playing With Her Sissy Taylor

Cake!

Mmm...this isn't bad!

Getting Better!

Sugar Coma!

Demolished!

Jarekah With Her Buddy, Uncle Jarek

Opening Presents With Daddy's Help

What Does It Say, Daddy?

Jarekah's First Birthday

Hi All,

We wanted to let you know we will be having Jarekah's first birthday party on September 6, 2008. I can't believe she is going to be one year-old soon. It seems like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. They grow way too fast. I will be sending invitations out soon. I may need some of your addresses though!

Long Beach Trip

Eric and I took Jarekah to the beach for the first time. It was so windy! Jarekah loved watching the seagulls and was very happy to have her first taste of ice cream. We spent the night at my parents' house in Astoria the night before. It was a perfect day!

New at this

Hey Everyone...we have wanted to start a family page for updates and sharing photos for a while now, but just had not done it. Well, we finally sat down and started one. We are looking forward to keeping in touch with friends and family.