Opal update

 One of Opal's favorite activities.

 I just had to get a picture of her like this. The is exactly how she sleeps at night! She will suck her thumb while we sing to her and then put her in her crib and she immediately rolls over into this position....obviously she is not in her crib right here.....it was a long day.

 Another one of little O's favorite activities...she hardly ever pushes it anymore...just sits in it. 

 So bundled up when she fell over she could and didn't really want to move....I thought it was cute though.

Lunch date with the big kids. Lucy and Ben

 It takes her a bit longer to eat...

 Favorite activity number three.....ripping and taking stacks of paper apart one by one and throwing them to the ground.

Activity number four....she loves playgrounds. We are so lucky to have so many different fun ones in this city.

Opal update

 Actually this would have been a current update on Opal had I posted it a month or two ago.....whatever. Opal loves her little piano that she got for Christmas.

 She loves reading books....out loud.

 She is obsessed with sticking her fingers in her nose as well as ours. One day she had he finger up Jon's nose and he was trying to pull away from her. She dug her claw into his nose and it was bleeding quite a bit!

 She was pretty pleased with herself.

Christmas...better late than never

 Christmas bowling

 Opal was so into feeling the air coming out of the bowling ball thing....it was fun watching her explore.

 Family Christmas picture

We got together with some friends before we left for Utah. These cuties all had a fun time running around like crazy....we finally corralled them into Berkeley's crib so we could get a picture. 

As you can see I'm not into putting my pictures in order........back in Utah Opal had a blast ridding on our backs while we did push ups. I was only successful in doing one I think. That 20 pounds makes a difference!...and I have the upper body strength of an infant.

 I think Me, Jon, my brother Jesse, my mom and Dad all took a turn....Opal was lovin it!

Like mother like daughter

Me and Opal in our matching scarves I knit for us over Christmas.

Sunrise run

Opal has been waking up at 6 am..at the latest. The good that comes of that is I get to go on a run without the stroller because Jon is still home. In fact, very often Jon will come with Opal in the stroller. So we have been able to run together a lot more lately and I like it. Also I love watching the sun rise as I run.

Opal's 1st Birthday

Opal's first birthday! I can't believe she is already one......here are all the pictures I've been promising to post.

 Opal's first book was The Very Hungry Caterpillar....so that's what the theme was of her party. These are the invites I made. They really shouldn't have taken as long as then did, but little O wasn't feeling well and wanted to be held the whole time. Ever tried cutting out little tiny circles with a one year old on your lap?.......not recommended. 

 This is the caterpillar I put together of Opal with a picture of her every month.

 This is her cake....copied it off pinterest.....well really her whole party.

 I'm pretty proud of my handy work. That's the first time I've ever done icing.

 Thanks Lisa for all your last minute help in cutting stuff out.

 These were the party favors....some caterpillar food. 

 Watching Opal open her presents.

 ...she had a lot of help....she isn't very good at it yet by herself.

 This is her book that we had everyone sign to remember the special day.

 Her birthday hat I crocheted.

 The food.

 Opal was helping a lot....

The Birthday girl

 I love it. The second Finn cam in he went straight for the cupcakes and dove in....glad to know they were good.

 Opal's first cake.

 She went straight for the eyeballs.

Obviously all these pictures are out of order, but I worked last night and haven't slept all day and don't feel like spending the time to fix it.