Happy Birthday!!! Paisley Turns 1!

It's amazing how quickly a year has gone by.  It is unbelievable that Paisley is already 1.  It seems like just yesterday we were anxiously awaiting her arrival.  She has changed so much in the past week...let alone the past year. 

We had a small birthday party on Saturday.  She got a new slide and a new four-wheeler.  She also has a new musical broom to help mom sweep the kitchen floor.  We have also added a new lawn mower so she can help dad with the lawn.

All in all, it was a great couple of days.  Today it almost seemed as if she knew it was her birthday.  She was very excited this morning when we sang to her.  She also had a great time at the babysitter's celebrating her birthday.

Mommy's Little Helper

On my second day of no school this week due to the ice near Dubuque, we decided to get a jump start on cleaning for the big birthday party that is happening this weekend.  (Paisley is turning 1 next week!)  I began to sweep the floor, and Paisley wanted to help.  She really knows how to find the dirt pile...and walk right through it.  However, I think she is going to be a great helper when she gets older...not that she isn't helping now.  She was very intent on wanting to use the broom and Swiffer. 

Shame on Us...Lesson Learned

This morning while I thought I had the doors to our bedroom and the bathroom shut, I was busy in the living room.  Paisley had been playing in her bedroom with books.  She was being awfully quiet, and I kept calling to her, but I couldn't go and see what she was doing.  However, five minutes later, Paisley finally came down the hallway with...a trail of toilet paper behind her.  It was quite the sight, and I had to laugh.  We have definitely learned a lesson...the bathroom door stays shut.  I am actually quite surprised that it has taken her this long to find it.

We Have a Walker!

I believe we officially have a walker.  Paisley has been doing really well in walking between things.  She is still a little wobbly, but in the last two days, she prefers to walk to things.  She still crawls when she needs to go places quickly, and she still falls down and is unbalanced, but I am officially saying Paisley is walking.  I'm not sure if this is good or bad yet!!

Jordan's cousin gave us a little person's chair that their daughter has outgrown.  I showed it to Paisley tonight, and she loved it.  She is definitely a climber, and she spent most of the night climbing in the chair.  She really wanted to stand in it, but we are still working on No, Sit down please!  We also worked on how to correctly get out of the chair.  At first she just liked to dive, but she learned how to smoothly slide out of it...only to get back in it.  She could have done it for hours!

A New Year with New Beginnings...And Hopefully More Weight!

Paisley has started to begin wanting to feed herself.  She enjoys playing with her forks and spoons while we are feeding her.  She has started to put food on her spoon and put it in her mouth.  Tonight when we began supper, I was thinking that we could skip a bath tonight because I knew she was tired.  However, by the time we were done with supper, and she was done feeding herself, a bath was definitely in order.  Paisley is also starting to really eat.  I don't know where she puts the food, but she has really started to chow down.  This morning she ate a whole packet of instant oatmeal and a frozen eggo waffle.  For lunch she had  some macaroni and cheese...more than she normally eats, and for supper she had turkey pot-pie.  I really think that she will start to grow here very soon.  I am sure that when we go to the doctor in February for our one-year check up that she will hit the 16 pound mark!!

Happy New Year 2010!!!

The whole family made a trip to Spring Green for New Year's Festivities at the Blakley's house.  The yearly party filled with board games and a lot of fun had an 80s theme this year.  Everyone had different outfits, and we reminisced about the fabulous 80s fashions that are now apparently coming back into style.  We had a babysitter come and watch all of the kids while we played board games:  girls vs. boys.  The kids enjoyed playing with each other...as there were five kids under the age of 2.  We always end up laughing hysterically, and with some of the outfits, it was a night filled with laughter.  It was a lot of fun and a fabulous way to ring in the new year.

My outfit was something I actually wore.  My mom made my jacket for me when I was younger.  Of course my mom still had our hair crimper, so I was able to style my hair just right.  I made the finishing touches with one of our million hair bows.  Jordan's outfit was something he came up with from my clothes...clothes I still wear.  He just knows how to pull off the too small, too tight look.  However, his sun glasses are something he actually wears now.

Merry Christmas.....Part 3!

Christmas didn't end on Christmas Day for the Williams family.  We traveled to Jordan's mom's house and celebrated Christmas there.  Needless to say, there were lots of gifts.  Paisley still didn't grasp the concept of opening the gifts.  However, the one gift she did manage to open was one of mine.  It had a candle in it, and hidden in the top of the candle was some money.  Paisley found that before anyone could notice! 

Jordan was super excited to find out that his mom got us a Wii for Christmas.  He hooked it up right away and began playing away.  We have become quite the bowlers.  We'll see how it progresses.  Paisley was blessed with many books, and she really enjoys flipping the pages. 

Overall, we were extremely blessed this holiday season.  We were thankful to be able to visit with all of our family....even though the weather was not terribly nice.