Monday, November 7, 2011

A Berry Happy Birthday

We celebrated sweet Berry's first birthday this weekend! I can't believe how she has changed and grown since her birth! She was a little 5th percentile squirt for a few months but we are proud to say that she has eaten herself back up to the 50th percentile. You go girl! Now if only she would sprout some teeth! She loves to cruise around, clap her hands and say "uh-oh" as she throws food off her high chair.

 
A few days old
Six Months
 Loves the birthday display (food)
We enjoyed a low key Saturday with our traditional birthday display, Berry's favorite foods for meals, gifts and of course - birthday cake made by mom and her sisters.
Born to shop!  A big fan of her new shopping cart!
Hmm, what is this?
Yummy!
That was good!


We love our sweet and happy Berry.  She is smiley, babbly, hugable, squirmy, and so much fun!  We are so happy that she is part of our family!



Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Creepy and Halloweeny

I can't believe I forgot to mention the little surprise that Fisher left for me when he went on his fishing trip.  I opened the door to Berry's room and this is what I saw!
A stuffed baby in the crib!

Pink stuffed Elephant as a head.
I am used to Fisher's jokes, but I have to admit, the creepiness made me jump.  You'd think he would want to be nice after getting permission to take Berry for a weekend :)



 On to Halloween.  Curly wanted to be Fancy Nancy for Halloween and really wanted her hair to be curly like Nancy's.  I suggested rag curls.
 Her hair was definitely curly!  It reminded me of when she was a little baby with curly, curly hair, but it was a bit too curly for our purposes so we wet it down, dried it out and recurled it with a curling iron.
 The girls dressed up twice, first for our Ward Trunk or Treat and then on Halloween.  Lou wanted to be a Ladybug again and I have to admit she makes a very cute lady bug.  Berry was also a very cute ladybug.  I donned a witch hat to be festive.

On Halloween, we enjoyed trick or treating the neighborhood with our friends/neighbors, the Sos.  Halloween is a great holiday here - the temperature is perfect and everyone wants to be outside.  Many people sit in their driveways with portable fire pits and pass out candy.  One neighbor served hot dogs, chips, and drinks instead of candy.   Thanks to Stephen for these pics -
The loot!
The only picture I have of Berry almost looking happy

Enjoying the goods after trick or treating.