No Longer a Baby

Miriam is no longer a baby. She recently turned one year old! I have mixed emotions about this. It is so fun to see her grow and learn, but anyone that knows me knows that I love, LOVE babies, especially our babies. So, mixed emotions.

She didn't really have mixed emotions about her birthday. She loved opening presents and even kept on the birthday hat!

For her birthday treat we mixed two of her favorite things: bananas and graham crackers. We made a banana cream pie on a graham cracker crust.

Unlike Ellie's first birthday, Miriam loved playing in her birthday dessert and made quite the mess.

We love our little one year old. She has changed and grown so much in the last month. She learned how to really crawl and walk along furniture.

She loves feeding herself bread products, playing with a sippy, being held by Mommy, looking at books, and walking around holding on to someone’s hand or her walker. If we’re lucky when asked she’ll point to her toes and stretch her arms above her head.  She is such a joy in our life. Happy birthday sweet girl!

From my journal:

Miriam went in for her one year appointment, and our doctor had a lot of concerns about her. She just wasn’t where she ought to be developmentally. John and I have put a lot more effort into working with her and teaching her. I think it has been working too. She crawls, walks a long furniture, waves, points, and claps. We also took her to a pediatric eye doctor and a specialist from Primary Children’s Hospital and she was given a clean bill of health. We are so grateful for the blessing of having a healthy child.

            Miriam is such a cute baby. She loves feeding herself bread products, playing with a sippy, being held by Mommy, looking at books, and walking around holding on to someone’s hand or her walker. If we’re lucky when asked she’ll point to her toes and stretch her arms above her head.  She is such a joy in our life.

            Eliza is getting so big too. She says the funniest things like “Here’s the thing Dad…” “I don’t know what that baby doll’s name is, but I can guess.” She is getting more of an active imagination and tells me all about her baby’s (dolls) life. From her birthday to her food preferences, to behavior issues. It is so funny. She loves games, playing with friends, reading books, and playing with her baby sister. I swear I am the luckiest mom on the planet to have such a sweet girl for a daughter. I feel like sweet is the best way to describe Ellie.

            At the beginning of July we had the Pearson family reunion. We had dinner at Norma and Hema’s apartment. Harold and Cricket were in town which was neat. John’s father had a hip replacement surgery the next day so everyone fasted for him. He seems to be recovering well. As part of the reunion we also visited temple square and went up in a canyon and had a picnic.

            Unfortunately we had car trouble on our way home from the last activity so we were going to do some 4^th of July activities with my family, but ended up not going. Harold and Cricket came our house for brunch on the 4^th and my mom and grandparents came down for dinner and sparklers. It was still a really fun day.

            On July 7^th, Miriam turned one! She is getting to be such a big girl, which kind of makes me sad. She had a couple of presents. Her main one was a sleeping bag. Pretty exciting I know. I made a banana cream pie for her birthday treat which she actually really liked (although I was concerned she was having a slight allergic reaction to it). We had Glenn and Andrea and their kids over. It was a fun day! We love Miriam!