Baby's A Year Older

So here we are at the end of August, and here it is.... Sarah Beth's birthday blog. Her birthday was July 9, 2011. At 12 months, she weighed 21 3/4 lb and was 33 inches long. This makes her a tall one year old. She says mama, dada, bye bye, and uh oh. She can also put her hands on her head and say oh no! She took her first step 2 days before her birthday! Which was huge!!! She eats cereal and 3 oz whole milk for breakfast, followed by a snack and juice / water around 10:30. She goes down for a nap until lunch. For lunch she eats baby food, 4 oz milk and a bite of what we eat. She has another snack and drink around 3:30 and goes down for a nap until about 5. At 5, she has another baby food, 4 oz milk and some of our food. She goes down about 8ish for bed with another 4 oz bottle. She has not met any adult food or baby food she has not liked. She will even eat what I don't on my plate! I believe that is all of her milestones. Now for the pics and details of the party.

We had the party at our house, burgers and hot dogs for lunch. Dutch spent all morning putting up tents and a huge fan in the back yard, while I decorated the inside of the house. We invited all family. Aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents etc. We were even able to have both of her great grandmothers there, which was a feat in itself! SB is the first grandbaby for everyone... so that made her the only child at her party. No worries though, she got lots of attention and Dutch and I hardly saw her. She had an adorable peach smocked dress with cupcakes with matching bow (courtesy of a friend of mine from college!)It was definately HOT! Sarah Beth had her own cake... which she LOVED to eat but could care less about getting her hands in it. In fact she hated putting her hands in it. She cannot stand to be dirty and is such a girly girl it cracks Dutch and I up. I decided to do 1/2 the cake all chocolate and 1/2 all vanilla so people could have a choice. That was a huge hit. We washed it all down with blue bell icecream so it could not have been better! Sarah Beth got LOTS of presents and a huge variety at that! By the time we were done opening gifts it was close to 4 and she PASSED out in her crib. We could have asked for a better party!!! Now for the best part... the pictures!


The Cakes!!


The Food Table


First Birthday Banner



Front and back yards


High Chair


A tired Sarah Bear in her smocked dress and bow


Our family


paparazzi! I figured this would be the best way to capture the rest of the family.

Hope you have a wonderful labor day weekend, GO DAWGS! and stayed tuned for beach trip numero uno next!

Much Love, MB

Happy Birthday America

So I am not the best photographer in the world but I am learning. This was the best firework shot I had. WOW!! It has been a month since my last post!! Do not worry, I will not fit the entire month of August in one blog, I will break it up by events. We have been so busy this month!!! So we will start off with the beginning of the month! 4th of July!!!

We spent this holiday down at Lake Blackshear in South Georgia. I grew up on this lake and Dutch has come to love it as much as I have! The best part of this trip is that after 3 years, my parents have finally found the boat they have been looking for and we got to take our first boat trip on Papa George's boat! All in all, Sarah Beth likes to ride but gets hot and irritated fast when we stop. Her life vest is VERY hot!! She also got to see her boyfriend James!!! Lauren and Eddie Fresh stopped by to visit which always makes me happy! James is a very good signer, Sarah Beth can't sign a word. When I told her no, James would come up and tell her no through sign language. It was the funniest thing to watch!! I can now officially say that Lauren is pregant again so that means yea for another playmate for Sarah Beth!! We spent 3 nights down there which also meant we got to go out to eat. We seldom eat out at the lake because our schedule really only leaves us with one decent night. We tend to get handcut steaks or chicken from Salt Lick or Striplings and grill out. AMAZING for those of you who have not tried it. But, I LOVE seafood and we had a wonderful meal at the Olde Inn. The OLDE Inne is an amazing seafood restaurant owned by a family. Some of the family lives in FL and the other at the lake. The FL family catches fish all weeks and sends it up to the restaurant to serve, so it is always very fresh and always changing. Dutch's friend Joseph and his girlfriend Scarlett came up to watch fireworks with us Sunday night. Believe it or not, we had 2 nights of fireworks. The Knights, whose house is down from my parents on the lake put on a show each year that rivals any professional show I have seen. There are hundreds of boats on the lake watching them shoot the fireworks from their house. It is a sight to see!!! The picture was taken there. Joseph, Scarlett, my dad, the Jones', Dutch and myself watched an amazing show. Mom was nice enough to watch Sarah Beth since it was past her bedtime.

Monday we came back home went back and forth about the weather and decided to watch fireworks again at the Country Club with the Guest clan...this time with Sarah Beth. Chase and Ashley Gunter came with us and with a 8 month pregnant Ashley, we watched a great show!! Sarah Beth could care less about the fireworks and even began to doze off during the show, but have no fear... the child who LOVES to clap jumped up as soon as it was over to clap with excitement with everyone else!

I am planning on adding some more recipes that I have been testing once I get caught up on our summer escapades! Coming up next, the first birthday bash!!! Also, I am updating the blog so it will be going through some changes! Hope you are having a wonderful summer!!!Enjoy the pictures!

Much Love,
Mary Beth


Sarah Beth in her 4th of July outfit!


Scarlett and Joseph


Dutch and I at the Country Club


Watching the fireworks with Daddy


Random picture of Sarah Beth making a funny face!