ONE OH TO BE ONE!!!!

The first birthday party was a blast. Delanie had so much fun running around the bowling alley and chasing the balloons. BUT, then she discovered that there was something at the bottom of the string that was shiny. So being the curious little girl that she is, Delanie started to bite the shiny material and before we knew it, she was eating gravel!! Yes, it is true, for her first birthday, she ate GRAVEL!

Delanie also liked picking at her own cake. She really only eats using the pincer grasp and she kept looking at me like, "Mom, are you really letting me have this!" She did get a little dirty but then she was tired of the cake and just threw it on ground. I guess we can be thankful that she lets us know when she is done!

It is still hard to believe that she is 1 and now she is officially a toddler. Time just needs to slow down!

SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP

I am not sure if Delanie is going through a growing phase or what but I just would really like her to sleep. We had the pleasure of two full weeks of her sleeping through the night and now we are back to her waking up and being up for 2-3 hours in the middle of the night. For instance, last night from 3-5. I refuse to feed her because then she will always want to eat when she wakes up but right now I am thinking it would be so much easier just to throw that bottle in her mouth. Last night I rocked her for a little while and she was not cooperating so I brought her to bed in the spare bedroom and after 2 hours of wrestling with me she finally fell asleep. Do you know hat it is like to sleep with an 11 month old. She kicks, squirms, rolls over and slaps you in the face, and right now she is snoring because she is a little stuffed up. Oh oh how I would like some sleep!