Hello! I just wanted to share with you something that I really, really like to do now that it is getting warmer.

SWINGING!!!!.

It makes me so...HAPPY!

I'M ONE!!!!!

It's the Birthday girl here! It has taken me a few weeks to get the festivity photos uploaded but here they are...

















My birthday cupcakes


















For my birthday, Saxon gave me a very special and unique gift--his delightful vomiting tummy bug from nursery school. Just as soon as I ate a cupcake....erp! back up it came.
Before the cupcake...


















...after the cupcake.


















Redressed and composed, we lit my cupcakes (for a second time) so Saxon could blow out the candles (for a second time).



































My birthday present was a bee on wheels. A bee for Bea, you might say.
















On Saturday, we had a birthday brunch for me and grandma, grandad, Uncle Tim and Aunt Rebecca came for the festivities.
Grandma made me a special cake with Peter and Mrs. Rabbit.

















Grandma needed help cutting and serving the cake and Saxon was happy to oblige.


































Here are the kids, strapped in. Do you think they are getting the hint that I am hungry?














Pretty sophisticated for one, don't you think? Yeah, I think one is going to be a pretty good year.....

I am a big girl now!

It's my birthday today and I am ONE! I can hardly sit still to take a photo because the world is so interesting and fun.















But I am getting very tall and I speak too. I say 'mama,' 'dada,' 'nitenite,' 'peekaboo,' 'ssss' (for Saxon) and my personal favorite 'hello'.


I love to say 'hello.' Every morning when my mom comes in the get me up, I say to her over and over, "hello, hello, hello!" I say it to Saxon and my dad and even Kari. I say hello to myself in the mirror. Who knew that "hello" could be such a useful word?












Saxon has promised me cupcakes later for my little party this afternoon. Stay posted for more birthday photos!

Wherever You Go, There You Are....

The best part of being 10 1/2 months old is living in the moment. We went somewhere and rode on big machines. Saxon got really excited and started to talk loudly about someone named "Thomas."











Mostly, I don't really know where I am going...but I do enjoy the ride.

Christmas Tree Thief

One day, while minding my own business and playing in the living room, I noticed something in the corner.



















I crawled over (cause that is what I do now) and checked it out.

















It was a Christmas tree.


















I reached out for the sparkliest item I could grab and pulled...

















...and I wasn't sorry. Tinsel is wonderful!


















Oooh! This is my favorite! Do you think my mom will let me keep it?

What would YOU do?

So, here is a situation....a moral dilemna, if you like. Mom, Dad and Saxon are running around like crazy trying to get the car packed to go to Saxon's birthday party at Gymboree. Mom belts me into my car seat and Dad puts the newly made cupcakes up on the back shelf where they will be safe. On the way, a biker pulls out in front of Dad and he makes a sudden stop. I am eerily quiet until we get to Gymboree. Mom opens the door and...

I mean, if six cupcakes fell into YOUR lap, what would you do? Yes, as a matter of fact, you DO see two completely empty cupcake cases in my lap. I managed to eat two whole cupcakes and take significant bites out of three others in less than 10 minutes!

Did I mention that my new favorite food is cupcakes?

Winter Pixie Trixie

Sunday, we looked at the Christmas lights on Regent's Street and walked through Green Park. They tell me that it is Winter in London but I feel snug as a bug.

Dinner Conversation

Since I have started eating solid food, a new social outlet has revealed itself to me. I am a master dinner conversationalist.

I am quite impassioned about Old Mac Donald and his fascinating farm...

And the crocodile you see when you row, row, row your boat concerns me in many ways...

You might also notice that so sophisticated am I that I especially coordinate my eyeshadow with my lipstick for dinner...this shade is called carrot parsnip.

Halloween in London

I am back in London but, truthfully, napping in a stroller feels pretty much the same on either side of the Atlantic.

Here is my latest new trick--clapping!
And, of course, I still do lots of my favorite things--playing and smiling.

America the yummy

I went to a place called America and started eating solid food.
I am such a big girl in a high chair and bib! America is a delicious place.