phoebe's flamingle

To celebrate our baby girl turning ONE,

we threw a Flamingo party!

It was a beautiful day!

It rained right as I had set up everything, but stopped within two minutes.

Then right after we started eating, I looked behind the pool house 

and it was raining -- but somehow, 

it wasn't raining on the pool or the rest of the party!

-- [a little miracle from Mimi, I have no doubt. 

She would have loved this party so much!] --

We had pink cotton candy, and a lemonade bar

crab sandwiches, surf & turf kabobs

shrimp cocktail and ceviche

-- it was all so delicious! --

And to top it all, we had a soft serve machine

full of Pineapple Dole Whip! 

It might have been one of my favorite parts.

We had a "Ring-A-Flamingo" game

and Flamingo Croqette

and of course, a swimming pool full of flamingo toys. 

We are so grateful for our friends and family that celebrated with us!

We truly have the BEST Flock!

I made a pineapple strawberry cake

and made flamingo cupcakes with chocolate wings and fondant heads.

They turned out SO well!

Miss Phoebe wouldn't eat much of her cake without a fork...

Ha! She ended up eating half of the back of the cake.

It was the best day!

Happy Birthday to our Phoebe Girl!

phoebe's one year

A whole year with this darling girl!

Oh, how time is flying -- but we love spending

every minute with our Phoebe Be-Be!

Phoebe is:

... starting to walk! She stands on her own pretty often now, and has started taking a handful of steps by herself. She is ultra confident if she has something to hold on to - fingers, furniture, wagons, and even just a toy in her hand and will walk everywhere - but is starting to spread that confidence to taking steps on her own. She's getting so big! She's completely mastered the stairs -- up and down -- and keeps up with her sisters all day every day.

... getting to be quite an independent eater. She likes to feed herself, and will shake her head if I try to put something in her mouth. But if I hand it to her, she'll shovel it right in by herself and ask  for "more!" She likes to use forks and spoons by herself as well, and is pretty competent at getting food into her mouth. While she is still nursing, she is an excellent eater, and like my other girls, will eat anything with flavor. Some of her favorites are garlic croutons, meat, oranges, broccoli, beans, any fruit, chips and popcorn. 

... proficient in waving and blowing kisses. If I say "bye!" it's like she has an immediate reflex to do one or the other. It's so darling. She also loves to give hugs, and is still the best snuggler. She's such a loving girl!

... a builder. She loves to play with blocks! Anytime the girls are playing with some, she'll race over and build with them for like an hour. She's so intrigued by them, and loves to put them together and take them apart. It's so fun to watch her figure out how things go together. She's such a smart girl. 

... learning new words every day. She's a chatter box and will compete with her sisters when they start singing or yelling... ha. Our house [and often our car] is a cacophony of sound! It's quite entertaining. Phoebe may be the smallest, but her little voice can carry with the biggest and best.

We love this girl so much!

Happy Birthday, Pheebs!

Flashback:

Afton's One Year

Golden's One Year