Sunday, March 28, 2010

Miss Trouble



Shelby is walking up a storm. She is hardly playing with her toys preferring to walk around and get into anything and everything she shouldn't. She even practices how she holds her arms. In the beginning, she held them out like she was balancing. Now she practices swinging them and laying straight along her sides. It is pretty funny to watch.

She likes being outside or just looking out the door. We are looking forward to some more warm weather so we can get out and play. I am a wimp so it needs to be about 60 degrees or higher to get me outside.

Shelby had her 12 month doctor's appointment this week. She did great. She is almost 32 inches which is really tall for her age. Unfortunately, she had to have 3 shots. She handles them really well but I think she is starting to remember what happens at doctor's visits. She started crying as soon as we got in the room. Luckily the visit doesn't take long and we have a really good doctor.

Shelby is also now drinking cow's milk out of a sippy cup. We thought the transition was going to be a lot harder but it wasn't too bad. I think Shelby was ready. Now she is usually carrying her cup around almost everywhere she goes. She is drinking more and more milk everyday. We were a little alarmed tonight at how big her belly got with milk. It looked like she had a big beer belly! I couldn't capture it too well in the photos but her 18 month shirt looked like it was going to rip at the seams!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Shelby is 1!

Shelby turned one yesterday! We celebrated with a Ducky Birthday party. Shelby loves rubber duckies and got a kick out of all the birthday decorations, ducky balloon, cake, all the company and the many, many duckies.

We decorated the house during Shelby's morning nap. When she woke up there were decorations and balloons everywhere. She thought it was pretty neat.

We had family over to join the fun. Shelby usually always had a ducky in her hand and was walking non-stop. She loved to follow Ella around and pace between rooms or sometimes in circles.

Shelby opened her presents with my help.

Then we sang the Happy Birthday song and had some rubber ducky cake. We couldn't get her to take the rubber ducky out of her mouth so I blew out the candle for her.
Shelby tried cake for the first time. I don't think she was a big fan. To be fair, I don't think anyone was! I made the cake from scratch (my first cake) and it came out a little heavy.

The party was a lot of fun. I can't believe Shelby is one already. It has gone by so fast and we have enjoyed every minute of it. Shelby is such a little sweetheart and brings us so much joy. She is walking so well now and giggles so easily. It is fun to joke around with her and play games. We are now looking forward to this Spring and Summer and bringing Shelby to see and enjoy some new adventures.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Shelby's Walking

Shelby is now fully walking! She started a couple of weeks ago but I have been having technical difficulties and was just able to upload a video for you. Check it out:



She is pretty steady on her feet with only a couple of big falls. Only another week and Shelby will be 1 year old. The year has gone by so quickly!