Birthday Party

I know I am a week late, however I just couldn't let this one skip. We had Alexandra's birthday parties last weekend, and they were absolutely wonderful. On her real birthday Alexandra got to meet her Grandma Yoo. We went for a sushi lunch and then had the whole family to our place for a "family birthday party". We just ordered pizza & wings and had a low key night. We attempted a cake smash for Alexandra, however she wanted nothing to do with it.
Saturday we had Alexandra's real birthday party with all her friends. We had such a great turn out and Alexandra had a blast. She received a ton of beautiful gifts. She was very spoiled. Such a fantastic weekend.

One Years Old

Oh my goodness, I cannot believe the time has already come when our baby girls turns one years old. I have read in several other blogs about moms being emotional about their babies embarking the milestone of their first birthday and I never really understood it until now. So let me just grab a tissue… This past year has without a doubt been the best year of my life. I am not going to lie; it was definitely the most difficult year  learning the ropes of having a baby around, however I wouldn’t change it for the world. Alexandra has brought us so much joy and love we cannot get enough of her. She is growing into such an independent little toddler who already wants to do as much as possible on her own, and I know this will only be emphasized as she gets older. Alexandra, thank you so much for all the love that you bring us.

On another note, Grandma Yoo flew in from Korea last night and met Alexandra for the first time on her birthday. It is so exciting for us to have her here for such a special occasion.

To celebrate Alexandra’s birthday, this morning we are having a special French toast breakfast (that’s what Alexandra requested ;) ) We will spend the day hanging out with Grandma and getting ready for the family birthday party tonight. We are having the whole family over for pizza & wings to celebrate and Alexandra will be doing the infamous cake smash. I can’t wait for that. Tomorrow we are having Alexandra’s birthday party at my Mom & Dad’s with all her little friends.

 Weight: 19 lbs Length: 28 inches

Clothing: Alexandra is still in her 6-12 month clothes and a lot of 9 month carter’s clothes. As you can see, she is tiny. I believe she is only in about the 20^th percentile…she doesn’t get that from me ;) I think she will be in 12-18 months soon though…at least I hope, I am so tired of all her clothes and ready to move onto the next batch!

Feeding: halleluiah we are finally on solids. Alexandra is down to nursing just in the evenings, before bed and if she wakes up in the night. She is doing fairly well with solids and seems to eat much better for Molly. Last night she ate an entire serving of quinoa casserole with kale. A girl after my own heart. She even ate more than Rockson, as he claims he doesn’t like Quinoa.

Milestones: Lots! She is sleeping through the night most nights (knock on wood). All of a sudden one night I guess she decided she didn’t feel the need to wake up anymore and out of the last 7 nights she has slept 11 hours strait 6 of the nights. Yahoo Alexandra! She is taking steps, I wouldn’t say she is full fledged walking, but she will take up to about 12 steps. It is so cute watching her walk. She gets the hugest smile on her face too, because she is just so darn proud of herself. She can quack like a duck and well as say ‘look’. She will point at nearly anything and say “look”. She can drink from a cup, not a sippy cup, but an actual cup.

Loves: She loves giving kisses, loves her bath, LOVES Daniel tiger, she loves anything with a little sugar in it (she most definitely gets that from me :/) She loves going to the park and swinging on the swings and going down the slide. She loves it when we sing “Wheels on the bus”. She loves walking down the hall with her walker. She LOVES LOVES going to play –a-latte, swimming and library classes. There are many things that she loves, tough to think of them all at once.

Hates: Still the stroller. She went through a phase last week where she hated the car; however she seems to be doing better at that which is a relief. She still hates to have her hair washed, which is a huge challenge. She all of a sudden hates sitting in the grocery cart so I had to put her in the Bjorn last weekend when we went…what a pain.

Happy Birthday my precious little girl. I love you to the moon and back. 

So Proud of herself for being able to take steps

Back To Work

Back to work after the most amazing year of my life. I can honestly say that I adored every single minute of my time of with my little precious, yes, there were plenty of tough times,  however the good definitely outweighed the rough. And back to work today. As I have mentioned before, we are so fortunate to have Molly looking after Ali for the summer. They had a great day today, and they even came to meet me for lunch down town. What an awesome treat. I had a pretty emotional week leading up to today, so I was predicting today would have been a bit of a doozy, however it went very smooth. It was nice to get back and catch up with everyone. There were even some aspects that I am excited about, which will very quickly become old I am sure, for example wearing jewellery again, dressing up, drinking a hot coffee and finally being able to carry a purse.

Helping Auntie do her make up

I would rather eat shoes than yummy healthy food

 

 

Nap time was a success

Visiting Mommy at work

Happy Easter

We had a great Easter weekend. Saturday we attended Penny's first birthday party, what a great day with friends. Then Easter Sunday, we spent the day with family. We took Alexandra over to Safeway so that she could sit with the Easter bunny. We also brought Ali's easter basket to mom & dads so that everyone could be there while she opened her basket. Mom & Dad also got Ali a really cute UV hat and a little dress that is to die for. Such a fun weekend.

11 Months

11 Months?!?!? I know I say this every time, but seriously, 11 months already? I heard someone say the other day that when we spend our days with little ones, the days go by slow, but the weeks and months fly by. Well isn’t that the truth! I go back to work in a measly 2 ½ weeks and I can’t believe I am saying this, but I am actually looking forward to it. Don’t get me wrong, leaving Alexandra will probably be the hardest thing that I have ever had to do, but I know it will be good for both of us. We are VERY VERY attached to each other so I think this time apart will help both of us grow, and who am I kidding, I know it will be way harder on me then her. Alexandra still to this day prefers to be held, and I have been told when going back to work babies can be very clingy so I am bracing myself for some major attachment time when I get home from work in the evenings. I have already warned Rockson that he will have to cook dinner for the first few weeks as I imagine I will have a toddler attached to me at all times. I am looking forward to the adult time I will get once back at work and entering that new stage of our lives. I am not sure if I have mentioned before but we are so fortunate to have Molly looking after Alexandra for the summer. It is perfect timing as Molly finishes school this week and doesn’t go back until September. She is going to come into our house every day and nanny Ali for the summer. I think I would be in a whole other situation if I had to start sending Ali to day care in 2 ½ weeks, it makes me sick to my stomach to even think about it. :/

I am looking forward to this month to come, lots of exciting things in the near future. We have three birthday parties coming up of the little ones in our babies group as well as planning Ali’s birthday party which will be held on May 10^th. Also, very exciting new, Rockson’s mom is coming to visit in May. It will be the first time she has met Ali and we haven’t seen her since we got married two years ago. She will be staying with us in our tiny little condo so it will be very cozy for a little bit, but I can’t wait. Also, the weather is getting nice…finally. We actually sat on a patio today for lunch, Awesome! It was 18 degrees out. Yahoo.

Weight: 18lbs. 2oz.
Clothing: 6-12 months in Baby Gap and 9 months in Carters. Although she has gone through a major growth spurt as of lately….I can definitely notice her pants getting short on her and I even think she is starting to outgrow her 3-6 month shoes ;)
Feeding: I hate to say, but were still hit and miss. However in saying that, we are transitioning off the boob these next 2 weeks as I get ready for work. She has never taken a bottle or had formula and doesn’t like milk, so we’ll see what kind of transition this will be. I think she’ll just learn to eat better because she sure won’t want to go hungry, that won’t help her round little figure ;)
Milestones: Wow, I feel like lot’s has changed over the past month in this category. She is standing unassisted for about 15 seconds. She tries to take the odd step here and there, but falls flat on her face. Her first words were ‘bye bye’ and ‘uh-oh’ and again, something only a mother could make out. But she knows the correct time to say them and it is too cute for words. She will clap her hands on command and often claps every time we say, ‘good girl’. And the absolute best milestone is…she gives kisses, and they are the best little kisses in the world. Just thinking about getting kisses from my daughter makes me tear up.
Loves: Lots of loves, she loves to give kisses, loves to dance. She loves bath time and swimming. I hate to say but she loves Doritos L she chases Rockson around the house when he is eating a bag of chips. I swear she would do nearly anything for a bite of his chips. She loves other children and goes crazy over the swings at the park. There are many more things she loves, but hard to think of everything.
Hates: Nothing has changed, she still hates her stroller. Even today we tried to go for a walk with a friend, and no joke, I had to carry her and push the stroller the whole way. She is not a fan of the car. HATES having her hair washed.

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Mother Daughter Weekend

This weekend we had our annual mother daughter weekend away in the mountains. For the past 5 or so years we have been going to Fernie to celebrate, however this year we decided to spend the weekend in Canmore. So much closer when travelling with babies. And on that note, there were two little additions to our group this year which took us from 9 girls to 11. Aliyah and Alexandra were able to join us and it was oh so fun. We all drove out on Friday night spent Friday night & Saturday night and came home today. Friday night we hung out at the beautiful condo called Copperstone Resort. Carla & Courtney made dinner on Friday night. Then Saturday morning mom and I were in charge of dinner. We made Ree Drumonds overnight French toast and oh man was it good. Saturday we went into Canmore for a pub lunch which was so fantastic. Saturday night we hung out again at the condo and stayed up WAY to late, so definitely looking forward to an early night tonight. Already cant wait for next years get away. We chatted about doing it in May next year so that we could spend a little more time outside. Such a fun weekend, I am so glad that we started these annual get a way’s.  

Molly's Birthday & Mom's Potluck

This past weekend was Molly's birthday. We had our usual family dinner to celebrate. Molly chose to have Mexican food as her meal of choice, and mom made Enchiladas. They were so good. Such a fun night.

Sadly, most of us mom's from our group are going back to work in 6 short weeks, or should I say 5 1/2 weeks :( We are trying to get together as much as possible between now and then as we know we will all be very busy. I had the mom's over yesterday for a pot luck. It was such a fun afternoon. We had tons of food and lots of laughs. Its so awesome to be able to get the babies together, they are so cute and love each other very much.