My 1st Birthday Party

On November 29th I had my first birthday party. I know, it was a few weeks before I actually turned 1, but Aunt Lisa was only available during Thanksgiving break and I really wanted her to be there, so we thought it was okay.

I had so much fun! Lots of family and friends, balloons, colorful presents and best of all... CAKE!!! It was my first time eating cake, not only cake but FROSTING. It was delicious. I heard a rumor that Mom & Dad probably won't let me eat cake the same way again (covered up to my elbows!) but I'll try to convince them otherwise next year ;) The party was Winnie-the-Pooh themed and there were 2 cakes, one for the guests and one for me. 

There were lots of pictures taken (of course) but we tried to limit the blog to only the best - quite a challenging task! If you'd like to see more pictures, Mom posted them on our Shutterfly site: http://costa0727.shutterfly.com

Enjoy!

I had a 1st birthday bib :)

hanging out with Mike & Rachel 

Mommy loves this picture, so I just had to post it!

Aunt Jenny is very soft and cuddly

Grandma knit me this sweater, I love it!

my excited, I can't believe I'm 1 years old face...

Mommy loves this picture of us cuddling :)

Aunt Lisa gave me this super cool card. Elmo - he's life sized!

cake #1 - for the guests

cake #2 - for ME :)

playing with Robin

blowing out my candles!! I may have huge cheeks, but haven't mastered the blowing motion yet, so Mom & Dad helped...

my birthday crown

YUM!!!

surprisingly Mommy didn't want a hug?!

wait, where'd the cake go?!

my "after cake" outfit

Grandpa, Poppa Joey, Aunt Barbara & Uncle Arthur

Nana and me

the Rhode Island family

Aunt Jenny & Omar

Aunt Lisa

Mommy, Daddy and me!

the Catskill family

Kathy, AKA Quackers ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I celebrated my first Thanksgiving and it was very exciting because it was the first holiday where I could actually eat the REAL FOOD! Turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, lasagna, the list goes on... I ended my night with a littler Gerber baby food, but hey, I had the real thing at the table ;) We celebrated in Catskill and it was so nice to have Mom & Dad, both Aunts, Grandma, Grandpa and Oma and of course the doggy all there! Daddy some how managed to avoid most of the pictures, he's not quite sure why, but promises to make up for it at my birthday party (tomorrow!!). 

We started a new tradition of reading a Thanksgiving book -"Thanks For Thanksgiving" by Julie Markes and going around the table having everyone say what they were thankful for. Then at the very end of the book there's a spot for me to write what I'm thankful for. This year I was thankful for Mom, Dad, being able to crawl, my little walker so that I can walk "by myself" and all the rest of my family. 

Another new exciting milestone to share. I can now point out on Mommy & Daddy where their nose, eyes, mouth & ears are. We're working on the rest of the body parts ;)

Gobble, gobble....

how relaxing... sticking out my tongue is my newest thing, Mommy thinks it's because it feels funny on my teeth that are coming in (5 new ones coming in up top!)

looking at the fish with Grandma 

my super cool walker!