Is this the sweetest sad face you've ever seen?

How can we say 'no' to her?

Progress Towards Walking

This is absolutely killing our backs, but since Ruby loves it, we do it. All she wants to do all day, every day, is practice walking. I think she will progress to using the walker on her own soon. (Now she likes to have one hand on that and one hand holding onto us.) She seems to be working on her balance more and more. This would all probably go faster if her parents were willing to let her fall down and learn about balance the hard way, but neither of us can bring ourselves to let it happen. There have been no bruises yet on this little bubble princess.

Then a Birthday Party at Our House

We got a chance to play with Cora and Aurora (Cora, eating corn, is 3 weeks older than Ruby, Aurora is 18 months.) while some older boys (about 3 years old) played rougher boy games. It was a great party. And Ruby had a homemade marble cupcake with applesauce in it, which she enjoyed a lot. (I think she enjoyed the batter even more, just like her mommy.)

There were quite a few kids at the party who left before I got a chance to get the camera out. Sorry!

I included a video of the last bit of the happy birthday song.

What a Birthday!

Here is Ruby eating her very first piece of cake ever. She was cautious at first, but then really dug in. It was marble cake, mmm. Thank you Grandpa Marvin and Grandma Linda! It was a nice ending of the day for Ruby after a whirlwind naming and birthday party.




Grandpa Marvin and Grandma Linda put on a first class baby naming ceremony and 1st birthday party at their house in Carlsbad. So many family members came, it was spectacular.

I'll add more pics here soon.

Ruby's First Year, Month By Month

This first picture was taken on Wednesday, August 12th, Ruby's actual first birthday. She has a root beer float, which she loved. And we went on the merry-go-round 3 times. It was a good day.

Each of the following pictures were taken pretty close to the 12th of each month since she was born, including one on August 12th 2008 when she was only one or two minutes old.

Street Fairs, Restaurants, Parks...