Halloween Costume + Tired Baby = Disaster

The Newest Eagle's Fan

How does the daughter of a Pittsburgh Steelers' fan and a Chicago Bears' fan end up with an Eagle's jersey? Her Gigi, a diehard Eagle's fan made sure that Caroline's first jersey was a McNabb. She will definitely have a Big Ben jersey next year and whenever the Bears find a decent enough QB, she will have one of their jerseys too :)

Blowing Kisses

Caroline just learned how to blow kisses. Here is my best attempt at catching her on video blowing a kiss :)

Long Time No Post!

Sorry we have been MIA lately. We have been busy busy busy! Mommy and Daddy are both in the middle of their graduate school semesters and Daddy is wrapping up his football season. Oh and Caroline (the star of the show) is cutting THREE molars at one time! She has been pretty miserable, which makes us all pretty miserable. We just want her teeth to completely come through so we get our happy little girl back. She hasn't really been in the mood to have her picture taken lately, but here are a few from the past couple weeks...

Reading her new Pumpkin book with Graddad

"Are you seriously taking my picture now?"

A rare smile these days

Stopping to smell the flowers

Hanging out in Mimi and Poppop's Flowers

Pumpkin Patch...Fail.

Is it possible that our little October baby hates hayrides and pumpkin patches!? I think so.

On Saturday we went to our town's "Octoberfest". We were in line to go on a hayride to pick pumpkins when Caroline decided to have a meltdown. I'm talking crying so hard she couldn't catch her breath, snot streaming out of the nose meltdown. Needless to say, we had to leave.

On Sunday we decided to try a different Pumpkin Patch. Caroline seemed to be having a great time when we first got there. She was playing on the swing set with Daddy, making friends with a little boy, it was all good. We even made it onto the hayride and all the way out to the pumpkin patch. But at the sight pumpkins, she lost it. Yep, another meltdown. Daddy quickly picked out 2 pumpkins and then headed back through the cornfields with a screaming Caroline while Mommy waited with the rest of the families (and their happy pumpkin loving kids) for the hayride back to the farm.

Sadly I don't have any cute pumpkin patch pictures (I even dressed her up in cute little fall-ish outfits -- as fall as an outfit can be when it's almost 80 degrees). Here is what I got...

She doesn't have an issue with wooden pumpkins...

And she liked the swing-set that we played on while we waited for the hayride...
But put her in a field of pumpkins and this is what you get...

Touchdown!!

Caroline and Mommy went to one of Daddy's football games this week. Caroline had a lot of fun cheering him on.

Check out this video of my cheering on my Daddy :)

Cutest Thing EVER!

New Pictures of the One Year Old!

Checking herself out in the mirror..."Who is that adorable baby in my toy??!!" :)

Hanging out at the park.
Picking flowers.
Playing hide-and-seek in Mommy and Daddy's room. (Look how big she looks!)
Just being adorable.

One Year Stats

Yesterday Caroline had her ONE YEAR pediatrician appointment. Crazy to think that it was one year ago today that Jason and I took Caroline to the pediatrician for the first time. We were so inexperienced that we actually forgot to take the diaper bag - we were so embarrassed!

Anyway...her appointment went really well. We got the okay to start Caroline on whole milk and take her off of the bottle! He also suggested that we get rid of her pacifier cold turkey...that is a scary thought! She now weighs 21lbs 6.5oz which is the 50th percentile (she gained exactly 2lbs in 3 months) and she is now 31.5 inches long which is the 97th percentile...she is going to be tall!

Birthday Party

Yesterday was Caroline's 1st Birthday. We celebrated our big girl's special day with a party at our house. We had about 40 friends and family at our house. We had perfect weather and it was such a fun party. Here are some cute pics from the party.

This was my best attempt at getting a picture of Caroline in her "Birthday Crown". She wasn't a fan.

Redheads Unite!
"How old is Caroline?" ONE!!!
Loving all the attention.
"Aren't I cute in my party dress?" :)
Opening presents was so much fun...
...but got a bit overwhelming.

I think Caroline's favorite "gift" was a singing card that Mommy and Daddy gave her. She kept opening and closing it to hear the music.

Hamming it up for the camera. Thanks for taking pictures Aunt Heidi!
"This birthday stuff is rough."


Yummm!! Cake!

Caroline loves her gift from Gigi...and the baby in the mirror.
Hair matches the balloon :)
Thanks to all our friends and family for making Caroline's 1st birthday such a special one!

Happy First Birthday Caroline Sophia

One Year Ago Today...

...this is what I looked like. This picture was taken as we were leaving for the hospital for my induction. It was the last time we were at our (old) house without Caroline. We were so excited to bring her home!

Caroline's 1 Year Pictures

On Saturday we traveled to West Chester University to have Caroline's 1 Year Pictures taken by an amazing photographer, Meghan Callen (http://www.meghancallenphotography.com). Below are lots of my favorites from the shoot. There are A LOT of pictures because it was impossible to narrow it down to just a few. Enjoy!