Phoebe's First Birthday

Here she is: officially no longer a baby, now a big girl. (Snif, snif.) Her day started off great with Mommy at home with a 2-hour delay from school, and Daddy making her birthday pancakes for breakfast. Her Gingerbread Birthday Party went off without a hitch: gingerbread men, gingerbread cake, gingerbread outfit, gingerbread pajamas, gingerbread house decorating- what fun! She gots lots of really cute clothes (which the adults all enjoyed oohing and ahhing over- Phoebe just pushed them away) and some really awesome cards that were lots of fun to play with and chew on! Cookie Monster was a BIG hit- yay Mommy! And the cake eating was, of course, hilarious- she was so dainty at first, picking off all the icing and eating it just a bit at a time...but then the sugar must have kicked in, because she started eating the cake by the fistful after that! All in all, it was an awesome birthday!

Radio Flyer

Here is Phoebe playing with one of her very first birthday presents: a Radio Flyer scooter from Grandma Adams! We thought she would be too small to work the thing, but she figured it out right away and just took off! It was hilarious- we all laughed until we cried- especially when she would bump into somehting and grunt, like, "Hey, turn me around- I'm not going anywhere!" What a great gift!

Fun at Grampa's House

Here's the Phebes, having fun hanging out at Grampa's house over Thanksgiving. Some of her favorite activities there include playing dominos with Grampa, taking all the magnets off the fridge, pulling out pots and pans, looking out the sliding glass door, and getting chased around by Grammy and Grampa. They got her some special magnets for toddlers, so she can play with magnets all she wants now! These even make sounds and sing songs! Grampas house is the best! :)

Phoebe Meets Santa!!

Here's Phoebe meeting Santa for the very first time! This was taken today, the day before her first birthday, at Castleton Square Mall. Daddy was home with her all day, and picked out her cute outfit and did her hair too! Mommy met them at the mall to do some last minute Christmas shopping. Phoebe was very excited to meet Santa and sit on his lap...and was quite the ham for the camera too! Just after this photo, however, things took a turn, and she decided that she wasn't sure about the whole thing after all...that is, until Santa saved the day by giving her two presents: a candy cane and a marker set! Phoebe held her marker set high in the air, waving it around like a trophy and babbling up a storm. She carried it around that way for a good five minutes in the stroller, until she tried to eat it, and then Mommy had to store it in her purse for a while. Ho ho ho- Merry Christmas!!