Some of my favorite new pictures

I was recently looking at some recent pictures of Kelsey on my phone and I thought I would share.

Touchdown Ravens

Who is this guy? And why am I on his lap?

Kelsey FA-REAKED!! Major Santa Stranger Danger.

Loves

One Year Photo Shoot

we had a professional take some family pictures. if i do say so myself  – they turned out AWESOME :)!

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Smash Cake

Party Girl

Kelsey turned the big ONE on november 4th, so of course we had to celebrate with a birthday party!  she had a great time playing with all her friends and family. we were so blessed to be surrounded by loving family, including 5 grandparents and a great-grandpa!  the party had a rainbow theme and we had a taco cart making fresh tacos in the backyard.

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Moves like Jagger

 

 

Happy 1st Birthday

Happy Birthday Kelsey!

1 year!! this has been the most amazing year of our lives! 7:31pm Thursday, November 4, 2010 our baby made her way into our lives. weighing in at 7.2lbs and 20.5 inches long she was the most PERFECT baby we had ever seen.

watching her grow over this past year has been an amazing journey.  she is full of energy, fearless and very funny! she gives looks that tell you exactly what she is thinking. she has started shaking her head no. TO EVERYTHING. she is “talking up a storm” the only words we understand are dada, mama (she only says this when crying), ball and no (or go?). she has started mimicking us and my favorite word she mimics is bird – it sounds like burrrr.

she is already showing her independence. she loves to sit on the couch on her own on the opposite corner of us. she is on the verge of running (i think away from us). she loves bailey – petting her, finding her in the house, feeding her dog treats and feeding her human treats from the high chair. i think bailey is starting to like having a baby toddler around (just for the food).

k loves to dance! especially to Maroon 5’s “Moves like Jagger”.  she throws her hands in the air, spins in circles and bounces her knees. (video to come soon)

she is still an amazing eater! some of her favorites are strawberries, eggs, beans, cheerios, veggie patties, bananas, frozen waffles, chicken…the list goes on and on. she is still adventurous enough to try everything which i hope never changes.

since k NEVER sits still (and getting a picture of her laying down is impossible) i decided to take her 1 year pictures in her new chair.

side note: i don’t know how many of you know this but the day k was born a few of us had a bet going of her birth weight and length. i won! i guessed her weight exactly and was 1 inch off of her length (i guessed 21.5). i got the satisfaction of mama knows best!!! 🙂

Disneyland

we went to the happiest place on earth! since k and i share a birthday week we decided to go to disneyland to celebrate. we brought grandpa and grammy elliott and grandpa leming (our tour guide). we went into the day thinking that k might only last a few hours – try 8. we were there all. day. she loved EVERYTHING!

First stop: shopping for minnie ears!

First ride: the carousel

Dumbo

meeting mickey

buzz lightyear astro blasters ride

Disney California Adventure – that’s right we went to 2 theme parks.

the little mermaid ride

the highlight: disney junior live on stage. a live puppet show of all of k’s favorites morning cartoons. mickey mouse clubhouse, little einsteins, handy manny and jake and the neverland pirates.

i had to restrain her from running on stage.

patting along with the little einsteins

she loved it and we can’t wait to make it an annual tradition!