Stats & Sleeping

Georgie had her one year well-visit today. She's still off the charts, but holding steady. Dr. Kim says she's a healthy & happy little girl.

@ One Year:
Height: 31 inches
Weight: 26 lbs, 14 oz.
Head Circumference: 48.5 cm

{@ Birth~ Height: 21 inches~Weight: 10 lbs, 8 oz.~ Head Circumference: 36.8 cm}

So, in a year she's grown 10 inches and gained 16 pounds.
That sounds about right!
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John had to work late tonight so once I finished eating dinner I left the table to fold some laundry while the kids were still occupied. As they sat at the table I could hear them talking and laughing. It was really cute. Then I hear Georgia yelling and I came to investigate...

Apparently she was just trying to let me know that Jacob had fallen asleep... or she was trying to wake him up!

I love that he just curled up on his chair & went to sleep. Too bad it was only 5:30pm and he didn't stay asleep for the night.

The Birthday Girl's Party

We had such a great time celebrating Georgie's 1st birthday with family & friends this evening after church. She really is one loved baby girl!

helping get everything set up for the party

visiting with Gram

lounging around

cake made by Daddy


singing Happy Birthday

digging in.. or slowly removing the frosting

Norah, Jake & Noelle had no problem digging in!

or helping her open presents!

happy Birthday Girl

One blessed family

One Year & the Monkey

Georgia Ann
One Year Old

and month by month...

Georgia Ann is One!!

One year ago this morning at 7:24, 12 days after my 'due date', weighing 10 lbs, 8 oz our sweet baby Georgie Girl made her grand entrance here in our bedroom. Her birth was a quick and wonderful experience. Completely worth those last 12 days.

We sure love our Girl. She has brought so much joy and happiness into our lives. It's hard to believe there was ever a time before she arrived. She has so much spunk and is kind and sweet. She loves her Daddy, her Jakey boy, her dolls, and Jake's cars. She's absolutely perfect.

Georgie lights up a room with her smile and clears a room with her cry {it's pretty much louder than anything you've ever heard!}. Most of the time she is a happy girl. She has the best little sense of humor and loves to play with friends. She's always game for whatever is going on around her and loves to be included. She's wise and capable beyond her age... you think I'm kidding, I'm not. You should see the girl take off running at the park, or climb up onto the kitchen table all by herself, or jump on another kid's motorcycle, she's capable and unafraid. She loves swinging on the swings and sliding at the park. She loves to play!

When something {or someone} makes her sad she just wants to cuddle, but once her little heart has been loved enough she climbs down and heads right back into the action. She's really a tender-hearted baby girl.

We love our sweet Georgie Girl so very much. We're so happy to know she is ours for all eternity.

Happy 1st Birthday Georgia Ann

We love you with all our hearts.
Love,
Mommy, Daddy & Jacob

Well Aloha!

Tonight we had a ward luau. We all really enjoyed it. Real Hawaiian plate lunch, real Hawaiian clothes, and real Hawaiian dancers... and a few extra dancers to add to the entertainment.

Luau from Heather Keil on Vimeo.

Family History Friday

Grandma Doolittle's kids & grandkids -- 1990
{Jennifer, Jim & Brad; Alan, Linda, & Roxann; Stacy, Diane & Rick (Fred's missing); Dave, Kelsi & Ben}

The Little Gardener

We spent the day at Gramma's. I worked on a few birthday gifts and Jake helped Gram in the yard.

I think he had a great time.
I'm looking forward to those strawberries.

Georgie supervised the whole operation.

A Little Bit of Aloha

It's been a low-key couple of days around here. We've all got the sniffles & sneezes. John & I attended Stake Conference on Saturday night, but that's about it on leaving the house. I'm glad we went though, it was all about strengthening the family. President Patterson reminded us that, "Only the home can compare with the temple in sacredness." {from the Bible Dictionary} and President Garns counseled that we: 1. Live life with passion, 2. Put all that we do through our 'Family Filter', 3. Prepare our children & ourselves to serve full time missions, & 4. Return to the temple often.

On Sunday morning we all went to the general session of Stake Conference. It was pretty good too, but for some reason I got a whole lot more out of Saturday evening... hummmm, might that have something to do with children... I think so! :)

We also went & saw G'Gma. It wasn't a great... or good... day for her. Who knows how much longer this will go on.

Today it's cold & windy outside. We're all still feeling yucky and so we've spent the day inside. Georgie got a birthday gift in the mail from Grandma & Papa a few days and we were told to go ahead & open it since we'll be attending a luau on Friday.

Jake could not handle the pace at which she was opening that gift... she was too slow. Every couple of seconds he'd jump in & help her. I'm pretty sure it was torture for him.

She got a really cute Hawaiian teddy bear... see. She would not hold it so I could get a picture, she just kept shoving it in my face.

And this really cute Hawaiian dress.
I can't wait to see her in it.

Thanks Papa & Grandma!

Oh how I wish we were planning a trip to Hawaii this year...

Family History Friday

i love this picture of john & his brothers.
aren't they the cutest little boys all dressed for church?!
{daniel, g. scott, & john: easter, 1979}

Glorious Day

It's been a glorious day.

We started off meeting Gramma & her friend, Patty, for lunch at Souplantation and then checking out the puppy's at the pet store. Afterward we came home, Georgie napped, Jake & I hung out, John came home, Georgie woke up, and we all headed out on a bike ride.

We had to fill the tires with air on both bikes and the trailer, but we're back in business! It felt great to be pulling that trailer again. It's been too long. I haven't been on a bike ride since I was pregnant with Georgie. That's over a year. The trailer's 'requirements' say no infants under one year of age... so we waited... almost.

The four of us just rode around the neighborhood with a stop at the school park, but it felt great. Jake was a little nervous about riding the trailer at first, but Georgie loved it and eventually he did too. In fact, upon our return, he cried that he wanted to keep riding.

Once we got home the kids & John cleaned off the patio table & chairs while I made dinner. Then we had dinner in the backyard.

It really was a glorious day.
And then...

After dinner John took Georgie out of her high chair while commenting on how stinky she was. Just as he's saying this I look at her chair & notice poop. Lots of poop. I tell John to be careful, but it's too late. His shirt is covered. Literally. Covered in poop. The girl had one heck of a blow-out. It was everywhere. He immediately takes her to the bathroom & I get to work preparing the tub. It was terrible. That poor girl.

Once she was all cleaned up John asked her how she could just sit there without complaining. She smiled.

A glorious, glorious day. I tell ya.
Really, it was.

Lucky Day

Thanks to Heather we had a very lucky St. Patrick's Day at the park. The kids spent time:
hunting for shamrocks,
blowing bubbles,
eating shamrock jigglers,
& just relaxing.

What LUCKY little kids.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Anticipated Day

One year ago today was the day I had been looking forward to for 9 months. Little did I know I would have to wait 12 more days to meet my sweet Georgie girl.

And if you're wondering...

yes, being pregnant 12 days longer than planned is torture...

but sooooo worth it!

even if she ends up being 10lbs, 8 oz.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Are you wearing green??

Exciting Projects...

I spent the day at my mom's house working on projects. We made a quick trip to the Porter Ranch Joann's. That place is seriously heaven. Just walking around the store gives me inspiration... and reminds me that I once was, and could still be, a creative person.

Today I purchased quite a bit of fabric for several different projects, although this one just might be my absolute favorite.

It's not completely finished yet, I still have to hand stitch around it. Georgie is going to be adorable in it at her birthday party.

I also picked up all the items needed to make these adorable little treats. {Thanks Elizabeth for convincing me that I can do this... I can't wait to see the finished product.}

Back at mom's I finished sewing gifts for a couple of pregnant friends... so Kim, Toni, & Megan your gift is in the mail. :) Hopefully you'll like it.

My spare time in the weeks ahead will be filled with some really cute, cute stuff. I'm excited.

Surprise from Daddy...

This morning John suggested the kids & I go on a little adventure with him this afternoon. Since we're always up for fun, I agreed. He needed to visit a tv repair shop in Bellflower and thought we might as well continue on to Disneyland for the evening.

We didn't tell Jacob what the plan was, only that Daddy had a surprise for him. As we pulled off the 5 at Disneyland Drive Jake got a huge smile on his face, threw his hands in the air, and yelled Disneyland! It was pure joy... for all of us.

Now that he's 3 he's no longer a guest of Mickey so we had to wait in line {and wait and wait and wait! it was crowded. welcome spring breakers!} to buy his very own annual pass. He was pretty pleased with himself once his picture was taken and the Disney employee handed him his pass.

Georgie was pretty pleased with herself tonight too. She figured out how to stand up in the stroller AND take off her shoes. Over & over & over again. Good times!

We're so glad Daddy invited us to come along. It was a really fun evening.

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Jake's been singing the ABC Song lately... at least his version of the ABC Song. He doesn't sing it much at home, but as soon as we get in the car he starts in and goes and goes and goes. He's pretty dang cute.

Believe me, we're working on the 'l,m,n,o,p' part. As well as the 't,u,V' and the 'h,i, J,k' :) But I think he's doing great for a barely 3 year old.

Family History Friday

Flags of our Fathers

The Buhler's came from Bern, Switzerland after they were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They came to the United States in 1881.
The Meldrum family came from Fifeshire, Scotland to heed the voice of the Prophet as well. They came between the years of 1858 and 1862. {I'm sure someone else knows the exact year.}
The Doolittle family came from Kidderminster, England in the 1630's in search of religious freedom.
The Fair family can be traced to Path Valley, Pennsylvania in 1752. I'm sure their roots are in England, but they haven't been discovered at this point.

Turn the Seat Around...

Since she's been too big for her infant seat for months now...
and she's way over 20 lbs...
and her birthday is right around the corner...

We decided today was the day!
Georgie is now a front-facing girl.
She was really happy.

And then we realized we're missing our base {we have no idea how... or where it went!}. Now we have the joy of purchasing another car seat.

We sooo thought we had it made this time.

Dang.

**love to hear percussion...

I Looked Out the Window & What Did I See?

Popcorn popping on the {apricot} tree!

It's Spring around these parts. And we're loving it. Even my tulips are starting to blossom. I can't wait to see them in full bloom.

Thanks to the perfect weather {67 @ 6pm} we spent the day outside.

It started at the park with friends

Then we headed to spend some time playing in Gram's backyard. Georgie had her first experience driving the car... and loved it.


Jake, George & Gram: enjoying the weather

"Let's race Gramma"

{While Georgie watched & cheered}

Once they were all plum-tuckered out, we made our way to Costco. We had high hopes that they would both fall asleep in the car on the way there... no such luck.

Unfortunately the samples were quite sparse today so we were still hungry when our shopping was finished. Jake wanted "El Coco" and it sounded good to us as well.

At "El Coco" {el pollo loco} Jake found one of those claw games with the stuffed animals. To discourage his wants we tried explaining to him that no one ever wins. Then a young girl, maybe 11, comes over and wins. twice. {thanks for the help kid!}

After we finished eating Jake was still begging to play. Why not. Get the kid 50 cents. Let him try. We explained, once again, that not everyone wins.

And on his second try... he did. All by himself. I am not kidding.

See.

He was really, REALLY pleased with himself.

Go Jake!

AND... this is my 500th post.
Go Me!

On the way home from El Pollo Loco. He finally falls asleep.
With that {lovely} stuffed animal.