ONe Year Check Up

So Lizette had her one year check up today. The appointment was at 3:15, but the doctor didn't see us until 4:15. Even though the doctor was running late, she didn't rush Lizette's appointment. Here are Lizette's stats:

Weight = 20.3 pounds
Height = 31.5 inches
Head = 18 inches

I just love Lizette's doctor, even though we are on a crappy HMO. The doctor always makes me feel like I have the best and the smartest baby she has ever seen, I bet she does that with everyone.

Going for a swim

So I have been promising Tyler for the last six months that we would do the infant swim classes. Last Saturday, Tyler told me to sign Lizette up for the swim class for April already.. So this Saturday was her first swim "class". She loved it! She is such a water baby. She loved splashing, moving, and playing in the water. Tyler was really happy that she enjoyed it so much.
























When we got home Tyler and Lizette decided they should go swimming in our pool...

Prediction

This is Tyler's prediction on what Cristin's water birth is going to be like....

The Doll

Warning this may be too graphic for young children

Last night, Lizette woke up around 4 am. While I was putting her back to sleep, my mind was wandering, then I started to think about the moldy doll. So here is the story..

A couple of years ago, I would say about three, Tyler's family got together for a baby blessing. Tyler's sister Tricia was in town with her 2 children and she was staying with Tyler's parents, and Tyler and I were renting a room out from his parents at the time. Tricia's daughter brought a doll from Grandma and Grandpa Barton's home to play with during church. She was playing with it and was chewing on the hands and feet, (Why do kids put EVERYTHING in their mouths?) Drew, Ashley's life partner, noticed that their was MOLD all over the doll. GROSS. It was a very old doll, I think Tyler's mom, has had it for a very long time. So after church Drew brought it to everyone's attention. Tyler's mom just put it in the guest bedroom closet. But that was a no go because the kids were still getting it, and putting it in their mouth. GROSS. This made everyone grossed out especially Drew and Tyler. Tyler and Drew tried putting it in a plastic bag and throw the doll away, but I think Diane caught them. So without any options in their minds, they decided to destroy the moldy doll so the grandkids, and their future kids would not play with the gross moldy doll.

So some of the brother in laws and Tyler decided to take the doll for a ride in the car. On the way to their destination Drew opened the car door while the car was moving and proceeded to grid the dolls face on the asphalt. Then they decided to go to Charlie's (one of Tyler's Brother in Law's) Dad's house to torture the doll. They tried putting fire crackers on the doll, and light them. But then they got the idea to torch the doll. Needless to say the doll was toast.

So the men came home, and showed their spouses what they did to the moldy doll. Tyler's parents where in the backyard on the porch swing, so Ashley had a plan that everyone would go outside and drop the doll so Bruce and Diane could see what happened to the doll and not blame one single person. So that is exactly what they did. The only thing we forgot was that the grandkids were out there. So Tricia's daughter, came up to the doll and just repeated, "What happened to the dolly?" (That made us feel HORRIBLE). Bruce picked up the doll and threw it in the trash, and when to his bedroom. Bruce hardly ever gets mad, so everyone cleaned up and left within 15 minutes, and I wanted to go with them, but we were living there... Ten minutes later everyone went and said sorry to Bruce, then he came out of the bedroom and was fine. I think he was just mad because the grandkids had to see the burnt doll and Diane cried. I don't think everyone realized how much she loved that doll.

***If my in-laws read this Tyler & I are really sorry***

Sunday at the Barton's... PRICELESS...

Happy Happy Birthday.

TODAY IS LIZETTE'S BIRTHDAY...I honestly can't believe that Lizette is ONE YEAR OLD. Today, all I thought about is how exactly one year ago my life changed. Now that this precious little girl entered my life, I can't imagine it without her. She is such a neat little person. I am so happy that she is a part of our family.

Her are some facts about Lizette:

• She has four teeth
• She eats ANYTHING, one of her favorite foods is pepper jack cheese and gravel
• She opens her mouth as wide as she can when she gives kisses
• Her favorite stuffed animal is Tigger, just like Tyler, still.
• She loves books
• She loves to wave bye and blow kisses
• She loves pulling everything out of drawers
• She loves taking baths

I made a little video of pictures for each month through out the past year.

Happy Birthday Lizette

Beach Day

So on Monday, Lizette and I met up with Aunt Ashley and Chloe at the beach. We were there for about 3 hours, and we had so much fun. Lizette's favorite things at the beach were the sand, the toys, and Aunt Ashley's beach chair! Lizette loved loved loved Aunt Ashley's beach chair. The moment Aunt Ashley wasn't in her chair she would go in and climb on it and turn around and just talk and talk. And if Aunt Ashley was sitting in her chair, she would want her to hold her. Aunt Ashley was very nice and let Lizette play on her chair. I can't believe how much fun Lizette had. It just makes me more excited for the summer time. I already know that this summer is only going to be better than the last. This year Lizette is so much more mobile, and I don't have to pack NEARLY as much stuff to go to the park or the beach. Aunt Ashley mentioned going to the beach every week and I know that we go to the beach at least once a week. I was really conscientious about putting sunscreen on Lizette. I think I put it on her about every hour, but I forgot to have Ashley reapply sunscreen to my back, so I got burnt. I am just grateful that it was me and not Lizette that got sunburned..

Easter Sunday

So Easter this year was a lot different than last year. Lizette was really cute in her Easter dress and she really enjoyed finding her Easter eggs with goldfish and animal crackers. She loved to shake them. She would get really sad when we took them away so she could find her other eggs. I know that next year she is going to love Easter even more, so she could eat all the candy she can get her little hands on. I am happy that this year goldfish and animal crackers is the best thing she could think of. Today she was so funny, she would bring me one of her eggs and point at it until I would open it and let her eat the goldfish. It is the funniest thing. She would get really confused when I opened an Easter egg with nothing in it.

Walking

Lizette has been walking for a while now, but when I turned on the camera or if we were trying to show someone, without fail she wouldn't walk. Last Sunday, for my birthday, all I wanted was hard proof (video) that she was indeed walking. So Tyler and I worked on it and she would just take a couple of steps and fall. She can take about 20-30 steps before falling. So after her bath and right before bed we tried again. And she did it. She also waived bye and blew kisses. It was the best Birthday present ever. I am so proud of her. Everyday she is walking more and more, just in the last week she is walking more than crawling, just barely. I just can't believe on how big she is getting. She is truly the funniest little girl ever. The only way to get her to walk to me while the camera is turned on, was to turn the view screen around so she could see herself. So funny...

Saturday, is a special day...

So today was a great day... We started the day with Tyler making Lizette and me breakfast, then we went to the farmer's market, after getting some vegetables for the week. We then decided to go to the library. We have been talking about taking Lizette for a while now, but we always forget or never have enough time. So we finally went. Lizette loved walking around the children's area, and she loved touching all the books. She just LOVES books. They built a new Camarillo Library about a year ago, and it is really cool. The children's area is HUGE. They have a ship mast, with a crows nest, and a plastic parrot. Tyler noticed that they really paid attention to detail. They had fake bird ca ca, at least I hope that it was fake. I think Lizette and I are going to go the library more often. We stayed there for at least an hour and a half. Tyler and I check out some books and movies. We are definitely going to make it a family outing. I want Lizette to really enjoy reading and there is no better way then reading to her.

A Very Merry Unbirthday

So a year ago today was suppose to be Lizette's birthday, but she decided that she would come 7 days later by force (Pitocin). Today, I have been thinking about everything that was going on exactly a year ago, boy, it has all gone by in a flash. I honestly don't know where time has gone. Now my baby is getting so big, and getting her own little personality.

So today, we took Luke and Lizette to the park. They had lots of fun. Lizette loved trying to eat the sand. Lizette was very fascinated with Luke. While they were swinging on the swing together, she would look over at him and smile and laugh. It is so funny. She is the sweetest little girl and I am so happy that we have her.

Just Like Cristin.

Cute Dog right? Lizette got a dog from her grandparents for her upcoming birthday. You can record a message by holding down the right paw, then to play back the message you just press the left paw. When we got the package, I accidentally grabbed it by the right paw and deleted the message that her grandparents left. Anywho, Tyler has been having fun with it ever since. Tyler has recorded the message (just play the video below) at first Lizette didn't know what to think. Now she is like, whatever dad. It made me think, did Cristin have a dog like this growing up, and is this why she is deathly afraid of dogs. I hope Lizette doesn't end up being terrified of dogs, just because Tyler thinks it is funny.....

MANCALA

For one of our wedding gifts, someone gave us the game Mancala (we didn't register for it). I seriously hadn't played the game since third grade. For the first year of our marriage almost every Sunday, Tyler and I would play Mancala for hours. Tyler would be really close to winning and he would be really smug and just mutter, "Mancala, Mancala, Mancala." I would get really mad and tip over the whole game so he couldn't say he won. (Mature I know).

So on Saturday, Tyler was going through our closet and found our game box and pulled out the game Mancala. I almost forgot that we had it. We have played it almost every night since. I really forgot how much fun it is. It is a really quick game and it is only about luck. And surprisingly enough I don't get nearly as mad, or Tyler is not nearly as smug when he wins. You choose.