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Tuesday, February 05, 2008
 
Happy 1st birthday James! (Or Baby James or Buddy as Annika calls him) I took today off work to spend with James and Annika. And we had such a great day! We woke up, sang Happy Birthday to James and played for a while (balls, cars, books) until James' nap time. After nap it was lunch and then Annika and I ran to the store for birthday cupcakes while James stayed home with Daddy. Then Daddy left to go to work and the kids played for a little while and I put laundry away. Then it was bathtime for the kids (they LOVE bath time!). After bath James went down for another nap and Annika and I relaxed. Before I knew it, it was dinner time and time to get ready for dance class!

James showed us some new tricks today. This morning while we were still in bed we brought James in with us. He would then stand up on the bed and fall down on his butt and bounce and laugh and giggle. He thought he was hilarious. He's seen Annika do the butt bounce on her bed too many times I think. And he stacked four blocks this afternoon while playing with Daddy. That's pretty good hand/eye coordination there young man! And he's making more and more consonant sounds and babbling all day long. I'm so excited for him to put more sounds together and say more words. Mama and uh-oh are all he says so far.

Tonight was Annika's 1st dance class. She was so cute in her little black leotoard, pink skirt, pink tights, pink ballet slippers and ponytail. We were rushed so I didn't get a picture. I'll make sure to take one next week. Kris met us at the dance studio so we could both see her first class. (BTW, how cute is it when your husband leaves for work extra early because he "doesn't want to miss any of her first class?") And the class was so cute! There are three dance studios and two of them have one way mirrors so the parents can see into the class but the class can't see back out. Annika did pretty darn well for her first time. All the other girls were in the fall session (you have to be 3 1/2 to start so she's not only the only rookie but also the youngest) so they all knew what to do and how the system worked. Annika was always a step or two behind but she caught on pretty quickly. And she told me three or four times after we got home how much she liked her dance class and that she wanted to go back. She also told me that she talked to her teachers. This is big for Annika because she's usually really shy around new people and won't talk to them. She must have really liked it! Yay!

Saturday James and I went to Sadie's and had 1 year pictures taken! They turned out so cute! And James was in such a good mood that we got 5 different poses/set-ups! I ended up purchasing pictures from 4 out of the 5. I don't see them online at Sadie's so I sent an e-mail asking that they be posted. If you check out their website in the next few days I expect they'll be there.

Saturday night Mike and Sarah came over to visit. We haven't seen them since their wedding in October! They are so cute together and we had fun hosting them for dinner and some Wii playing. I hope we get to see them again soon.

Sunday morning I went with Krystle and Gramme to the Ann Taylor bridal event. Did you know Ann Taylor has bridesmaid dresses? A whole line of them including shoes, jewelry, and flower girl dresses? Me neither! But they do and the dresses are fabulous and I think Krystle likes them too.

Sunday afternoon was the big first birthday party! I think it went pretty well. We were complimented on our food (I've heard from several people that they like coming to our house for parties because we always have good food - I hope that's true! And I hope people like coming over because Kris and I really like entertaining!). And James was the star of the afternoon. He did really well opening up his presents. His sister (the one who hates to share or take turns) had a big tantrum during gift opening. She wanted to play with one of his brand new toys that he had just been given after it was taken out of the box and she tried to take it away from him. I told her she had to wait her turn and she pitched a big one. Good thing Daddy was filming Jamesy opening his gifts at the time so we could get that on tape! Ha! I hated having to discipline her in front of everybody like that though. She just needs to learn to share and take turns though! Anyway, James mashed his piece of cake up good too, putting on a good show. I purposely gave him a slice with blue and red frosting on it so he would get nice and messy. And boy was James spoiled for his birthday! He received so many cool new toys (trucks, tractors, trains, books, sand toys from Nika with a sandbox to come this spring from Mommy and Daddy and more!) and lots and lots of spring and summer clothing. There is no need to go shopping for that boy until fall. His wardrobe is now bigger than mine I think! After gifts people started saying their good-byes. Nana and Papa stayed to watch the Super Bowl with us though. That was a nice treat! And James and Annika loved it too.

Posted by Kristina at 2/05/2008 08:38:00 PM



Comments:
Happy Birthday James! Wow, I can't believe he's already a year old...
 
Happy belated birthday, James!!! I can't believe I forgot. It sounds like you had a great birthday surrounded by the fam!
 
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