July 22nd!

The birthday love continues!  We celebrated Georgia Kate's actual birthday on Tuesday.  We had a relaxing day at home doing some of the birthday girl's favorite things… swinging, splashing at the new water table that Grandma and Grandpa got her, playing upstairs with her brother, and eating. :) I must have told her Happy Birthday 100 times and sang to her throughout the day.  I tried not to be too emotional about how quickly the time passes and just focused on soaking up and enjoying our precious one year old!  

Good morning, sunshine! 

Tuesday night our families came over for pizza, leftover party cupcakes, and ice cream!  Georgia Kate was in the best mood!  She was so happy, like she knew it was her birthday!  

"I want to hold her!!"

My parents got Georgia Kate a new baby doll, cradle, and a few little doll accessories.  It was so precious to watch her looking at her doll!  She loves babies!

One of the things we got her was this walker/stroller!  Chris had his official girl-dad initiation Monday night when he was putting it together.  

She loved it and was so proud of her walking!  She will be zooming through the house with this thing before too long!

Georgia Kate loves her Uncle T!  Alli was there too, but we didn't get a picture. :( John was out of town for work.  

The birthday girl enjoyed getting another taste of cupcake!  

We love you, Georgia Kate!

Georgia Kate is ONE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGIA KATE!

One year ago today at 2:01 in the afternoon, we heard the words, "It's a GIRL!" and met our beautiful Georgia Kate!  She is more than I could have ever imagined her to be and I thank God every day for giving us this gift.  I love every single thing about her.  Yesterday I found myself just staring at her and watching her and taking in her "baby-ness".  I know she won't magically become a big girl all of a sudden on the day she turns one, but I just love this squishy and sweet stage so much!  ONE is so much FUN! 

A few things about Georgia Kate at ONE…

*She has started to play with the dogs (mainly Annabelle)!  She likes to grab her toys and hold them in the air for Annabelle to get.

*She likes "touch and feel" books and Snuggle Puppy.  

*Her favorite song is the ABC's!  If she's crying or fussy, it's usually the only song that will calm her down.
*She has two new teeth on the top (4 total) and one that has barely popped through.

*We growls like a puppy and it's adorable. :)

*When she gets excited or sees something she wants, she makes her mouth into a perfect O and raises her eyebrows and says, "Ohhhhh!"

*She loves to click her tongue!

*She's always loved bananas, but she has taken her love to a new level.  She eats at least one whole banana a day and shovels handfuls into her mouth.  

*She has started to transition to whole milk and so far it's gone well!

*She began standing unassisted (for about 5 seconds at a time) around 11 months!  Around 11.5 months she started pushing things and walking around (kitchen chairs, toy shopping cart, etc.)  I am not quite ready for her to walk yet, so I'm hoping she takes her time!  

*She usually prefers bear crawling to regular crawling.  

Georgia Kate, you are SO loved.  We can't wait to watch you grow this year!

Months 1-4

 Months 5-8

Months 9-12

I think the dress she wore in these 12 month pictures is my very favorite, but I love them all!  I've had so much fun playing dress up with her each month!

Here she is with the big white bow at 12 months.  The white bow didn't match the dress she was wearing because it had a creamy white, not regular white.  (mommy-blogger problems) ;)

Outtakes…

Update: 12 month stats (7/31/14)

Height: 31.5 inches, 99%

Weight: 23 pounds, 88%

Georgia Kate's First Birthday Party!

Yesterday was Georgia Kate's first birthday party!  Her actual birthday is the 22nd.  I truly cannot believe we are already celebrating our baby girl's first birthday!  We did a "You are my Sunshine" theme for our little sunshine girl!  We decided to have her party in the morning because I wanted the kids to be able to play in the backyard and it's just so hot in the middle of the day in July.  We did breakfast foods (which was so easy and fun) and went with a peach, pale yellow, and white color scheme.  I had so much fun planning, but most importantly, I just wanted Georgia Kate to have fun and feel loved!  That's what it's all about!  

The invitation (the colors look a little off here)...

I hung the monogram from her nursery on the front door...

The entry table…

The big wooden sign is also something we already had!

There is a sneak peek of Georgia Kate's first birthday photo session!  I will share more of them another day.  For party favors I did candy peaches for our little Georgia Peach, of course. :) 

 

 The mantel…

The "sweet as a peach" sign is also from her nursery!  It was nice to be able to use so many things we already had.  

The food table…

We did egg/bacon/hashbrown muffins, sausage balls, fruit salad, donut holes, cinnamon/orange rolls, and cheerios for the babies. :) 

 It's never too early in the morning for cupcakes!

The drink station…

We did Starbucks Frappuccinos and Diet Coke for the adults (because I know I'm not the only one that needs a Diet Coke with my breakfast) ;), and chocolate milk and apple juice for the kids.

     The birthday girl was so sweet looking out the window and watching the bounce house inflate!                                    

   

  I wish I would have gotten more pictures of the party guests, but we were too busy having fun!  We didn't even get any of the grandparents or aunts and uncles. :( Everyone that was there knows and loves Georgia Kate.  I love when the opportunity arrises to have friends from different walks of life in one place!  

Amanda and Clara

Courtney and Penelope

 There was water table fun...

bounce house fun...

 and swing set fun!

 I love this picture of Peaches enjoying some party food with her Poppies!

 Now it's time for a billion cupcake pictures!  They are always the best ones! Mumsie made her beautiful birthday outfit and precious bib.  

 "What is that?"

 Singing to our sweet girl… I almost got a little teary-eyed!  (Reid was inside with John at this time due to his fear of the happy birthday song.  One of the first things he said when he woke up that morning was, "Mommy, I don't want you to sing the birthday song to Georgia." Stinker!)

 It didn't take long for her to start digging in!  She was a gigantic mess by the end, but I think she liked it!  

 THAT FACE.

 She was such a mess that we stuck her in the sink for a quick rinse off!

 Love this picture of Reid, Georgia Kate, Craig, and Clara… such sweet friends!

 After everyone left, we opened presents from Georgia Kate's friends!  She got so many wonderful gifts!  Our friends are so thoughtful and generous!  

 Before going down for a good nap, we let the birthday girl check out the bounce house!  She loved it!  

We had such a special morning celebrating our sweet Georgia Kate!  

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Parents, let us not forget to give our children the priceless gift of boredom this summer! "Never underestimate the determination of the kid who is time-rich and cash-poor." -Cory Doctorow

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