Oh, Goodness

She came downstairs with her "fancy dress" on backwards and a pile of hair accessories on her head. She goes through multiple such outfits per day. And she obviously doesn't mind having her picture taken. 

She is our girly girl...and I think it's kind of fantastic. 

Things

Our frequent backyard visitors. They were surrounding Poppy's tricycle and sniffing at it suspiciously. Poppy was convinced they were trying to ride it, but couldn't because they have four legs.

Little cousins all in a row (except for Cetty, who kept charging the camera). Lucette, Prim, Wells, and Gisella...all less than four months apart!

 While I was away for the evening Poppy decided it was a good idea to try swinging from the chandelier in the dining room. She pulled the entire light out of the ceiling, fell, and cut her foot pretty badly on the broken light bulbs. Bry handled it like a champ with antibiotic ointment and a man-size heap of Hello Kitty bandaids. And I think Poppy learned her lesson. She kept saying, "I will never hang from the light again!" 

March Madness. My bracket wasn't overly impressive, but I continue to hold my place as the reigning champ in our house.

 My chosen prize this year: A serving cart for the dining room. Bry was pretty depressed that he didn't win his leaf blower and keeps talking about how much we need it (see photo #1). I have a feeling he might cheat and come home from Lowes with one soon. 

 I also had a birthday in March. For part of the evening's surprise plans, Bry took me to a flower market (where we bought our wedding ranunculus), and let me pick out whatever I wanted. I found a shiny vase and some roses to fill it. They look pinkish here, but they were more of a muted purple with green around the  edges…so unique and very pretty. I like birthdays. 

Twelve Months (*sigh*)

So, she's a year old which means we've come to the end of our monthly updates. But she's still a baby! That's what I'm telling myself. Oh my goodness, I love this little girl. There's just something about her that is totally irresistible. I don't know if it's the way she loves hugs and kisses, how she gets so hyper excited when her favorite people are around (mainly, Poppy), her voice, her soft skin, her big eyes, her quiet (and not so quiet) strength, her little bit of mysteriousness…or the fact that I'm her mom, so of course I'm crazy about my girls. Yeah, probably.

Without further ado, for the very last time:

What Cetty has been up to…

+ Walking!

+ Producing five more teeth ALL AT ONCE after taking a break for a few months

+ Giving kisses when we ask for them (when she's in the kissing sort of mood)

+ First word (besides mama and dada): "cat." New words: "uh oh" and "yucky"...but she really doesn't like repeating things on demand. I guess she's not a puppy, so that's fair.

+ Starting a new clingy, stranger awareness thing that we never experienced with Poppy

+ 8% for weight, 4% for height, and still wearing 0-6 month shoes…I think we have a short one

+ Still waking up every night to eat. Not sure what to do about this, but since she's so tiny it feels abusive not to feed her.

+ Loving the great outdoors now that spring has finally arrived! (discovered that acorns taste "yucky")

Henna

We had a girls night with some of my sisters (Kaitlin, Annie, and Mia) last weekend, which ended in us staying up way too late and getting a little crazy with the tube of henna. Well, the guys were around too, but they weren't overly interested in the henna party. Loving my design from Kait and feeling like an Arabian princess over here.

I may have always secretly wanted a tattoo…