Her Daddy's Girl

On Thursdays we normally go to Gymboree for Sequoia's class, but since she is still a little sick we decided it would be best for the other kids if we stayed home instead. Sequoia had other plans. Around 5:05 pm (which is around the time we usually leave the house for her class) she walked over to her car seat and started shaking it back and forth and babbling, obviously letting us know that we were running late for class. Dan and I looked at each other--she couldn't possible know that it was Thursday, could she? Well, she wanted to go out, so we put her socks and new big size 5 shoes on and packed up my purse, and we headed out to the mall to walk around.

When we got to the mall, we left the stroller in the car since she insists on walking everywhere. Dan set her down on the ground and held her hand while we started our lap past all the stores. She started window shopping, but she didn't seem too interested in anything in particular. Then she smelled chocolate in the air, and quickly made a beeline for the Euphoria Chocolate store. She ran in the store and started looking over their chocolate truffle selection. We spent about five minutes in the store looking at various chocolates before we could pull her away to walk the rest of the mall. She's definitely her daddy's little girl--chocoholics all round =)

Sequoia's 1st Birthday!

It's hard to believe that our little mastermind is a whole year old! We didn't do much for her birthday since we've all been sick for the past week, but we had a little party with just the three of us. After a little visit with Grandma and Grandpa over the web cam, Mommy whipped up some lasagna and chocolate cake for birthday festivities. She absolutely loved the chocolate cake.

She got some great presents for her special day. Grandma made her a special sleepy time dolly that she now carries around everywhere (we even put dolly to bed at night and she can't wait to say good morning to her dolly). She got some pretty new dresses and outfits too.

We had her one year check up with her doctor today, and everything, aside from her little cold, looked great. She's about 18.5 pounds and 29.5 inches tall (20th percentile in weight and 65th in height), so she's tall and skinny. She also got a new book from her doctor today, which already has some great teeth marks in it.

We hope you enjoy all these cute birthday pictures of our adorable girl! Thank you to everyone for sending birthday wishes.

Walkin' Series

Duck Walkin'
December 26, 2007


Lion Walkin'
January 10, 25, and 27, 2008


Workin' on Walkin'
January 14 and 26, and February 11, 2008


Christopher Walken
March 31, 1943


Super Walkin'
February 15, 2008

Sequoia playing in the snow...

and eating it too!

Almost One Year Old!

I Love Grandma and Grandpa!My hair is so spikey and cute!

Eating snow with Daddy is so much fun!

Check out my new big girl car seat and Mommy's new hairdo!

We can't believe how close it is getting to Sequoia's first birthday. She is almost walking (random steps here and there for the time being). It is kind of like big foot--we can't seem to get it on film.

Aside from almost walking, she is starting to understand a lot more words, she can see the difference between cats and dogs now, and she can put things in boxes instead of just emptying everything (even though the emptying activity is still her favorite)--on top of all that she can also drink fairly well out of a cup! Lately she has also started crawling and walking around the apartment with blocks or her teething ring in her mouth roaring--it's hilarious--and she wants to be carried around so she can point at things so we can tell her what they are called. Now she can say Daddy, Momma, duck, cat, dog, dat (her word for that when she wants to know what it is called, or if she wants something that she can't reach), toe, and down. Plus she loves clapping, so anytime she does something exciting (like throwing a block) she claps for herself, and she claps along with people on tv shows.

We have been going to Gymboree for about a month now, and she loves it there. She does pretty well with the other kids and mommies, but the sight of any other daddy makes her cry. We love how none of the toddlers in her group have normal names--the only other girl is Monroe, and then the boys are Brody, Cole, Seth, Jackson, and Justice--can you tell that this is Eugene?

Well, we are having a great time with Sequoia and watching her master all of her new tricks--which also includes being tall enough to climb on top of the coffee table by herself (she's about 29" tall and 20 pounds). We miss all of you and are looking forward to upcoming visits during Spring Break (we don't expect any snow then). Enjoy these pictures in the meantime!