~*~*~August 2012 Baby Fire Fly's~*~*~

[ChimChims]

How are our mommies doing? Can you believe we're all sneaking up to birthdays? NOOOOOOO! lol Anything planned so far?

 

[vintagecat]

It's hard to believe...I agree. The time goes so fast! I'm leaving on a 12 hour flight this weekend to visit family. It'll be their first time meeting my daughter.

 

[momofone08]

I can't believe their first birthdays are around the corner. I already started planning it. How has everyone been doing? My LO is standing now without holing on to anything, but hasn't taken a step without help yet. I have a feeling she'll be walking by her 1st birthday though with how she can stand unassisted and get there from a sitting position. She is getting 4 teeth all at once right now, my poor bubba. We have discovered she has a few food allergies, but otherwise has been great. We are going camping tomorrow for the 4th of July. It will be her first time camping, so it should be fun.

 

[gardenofedens]

Abigail's birthday is in just 28 more days!! We're throwing a big bash with all the mommies and babies from our mommy/baby group plus family of course. It should be lots of fun! I can't believe she's grown so much so quickly though!!!

 

[akblaze]

Scarlett's first birthday is in 11 days!!!! I can't believe how fast it has come! We are also throwing a party with family and some of our playgroup buddies!

Lol, and I must add.. I just got her birthday supplies ordered two days ago and her invites ordered tonight! They will be a digital download so I'll hopefully have them printed by Sunday.. I've been slacking!

 

[ChimChims]

I'm planning a ladybug themed bday for my lo. On the actual day we're going to the zoo where we'll have cupcakes outside beforehand, and let the kiddos play around in the splash zone and playground area to wear off some sugar. lol A few days later will be the party, held at the park. I'm making a ladybug cake for that one, and that's the day she'll get presets. ♡

She's also standing unassisted in the middle of the room with nothing to hold onto, but only takes a handful of steps all by herself each day. I'm in no rush to see that turn into full on walking and running! lol I know I won't be wearing makeup on her birthday bc I'll probably end up with a tear or two at some point. lol

 

[ChimChims]

Garden, how did your reveal go?

 

[gardenofedens]

Garden, how did your reveal go?

It was great! And so much fun!! Pics are here: https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/p...rden-edens-growing-again-51.html#post27862539

 

[HappilyaMrs]

I am a total weirdo over planner and have had Stella's invites picked out for months. Haha. Her birthday is August 31st haha. Her party is going to be princess, colors are light pink and leopard print.

 

[ChimChims]

Cute!

 

[momofone08]

How are you all doing?
Karlee will be one on the 18th. She is fully walking and saying several words now. I also am expecting our 3rd child in April 2014.

Anyone have first b-day pictures to share?

 

[HappilyaMrs]

Congrats!!!!! So exciting! Stella turns 1 August 31st and we are busy planning her party!

 

[akblaze]

Congrats!!! Scarlett just turned 13 months and we are expecting our second in February!!

 

[momofone08]

Congrats!!!!

 

[ChimChims]

Look at you ladies, preggy again! Congrats to both!

 

[gardenofedens]

I posted these in my journal but for those who aren't followers, here are pics of Abigail's first birthday party!

We had a wonderful time today at Abigail's first birthday party!! Everything was great and came together so well despite her just coming over an illness and my being on crutches! Enjoy the pics!

Miss Abigail refused to take an early nap before her party and fell asleep on Great Granna's lap just as the festivities began...

After her rest, she ate a lunch of 'duck feed' (Kix cereal and Honey Nut Cheerios), Ducks & Cheese (Mac & Cheese), Cheese & Quackers, & Hot Ducks n Beaks (Hot dogs & buns), followed by a refreshing Quacker Cooler (water bottle) **Yes, I went ALL OUT for this, lol

Then we had music time with Mister Q Live which was a huge success!

Even the adults enjoyed listening to his tunes!

Then it was time for SMASH CAKE! She was a bit confused why everyone was singing and staring at her though...

Abigail went straight for the cookie by Cristin's Cookies!

And then dug into the frosting of the cake...

And wondered what the gooey stuff was all over her fingers...

But decided it was all pretty darn good!

Then we opened a few gifts people brought despite our request for no gifts! (Silly grandparents!!)

And finished off the day with a quick swim in the pool with daddy

Then we cleaned up, went back inside, and she took a two hour nap! It was loads of fun and ended up being a great day!

 

[gardenofedens]

Hi my lovely August ladies!

Out of curiosity, how many hours per day are your LOs sleeping? (Including night time and naps) I read online that the average is 13.25 for 13 month olds. My friend's twins sleep 14, Abigail seems content with only 12-12.5 and has been horrible about going to sleep lately. It took me well over an hour last night to get her down to bed whereas it used to take only 15ish minutes. She's also barely napping. Yesterday she was up for 12 hours and only took one 30 minute nap. I'm trying to figure out a schedule that works for her so we can stick to it but it's so hard to determine how many hours of sleep are enough to keep her happy but not so much that she fights sleep as badly as she has been. She won't even let me drive in the car to get her to sleep anymore! I'm exhausted and going crazy!

So, how many hours per day are your 12-13 month olds sleeping? How many naps per day? What's their regular schedule?

TIA!

 

[momofone08]

She usually goes to bed at 8 and gets up at 4 for a bottle (she hasn't given up her bottle yet) and will lay back down until 630/7. She stays up until 11/12 and takes a nap for 2 hours. She refuses a second nap now. So she gets about 13 hours, some days a little less.

 

[gardenofedens]

Hi mommas! How's everyone doing?

 

[momofone08]

Doing great over here. How about you?