The Birthday Girls

Well I am proud to say that there haven't been any posts recently. Two birthdays in the past week and some attempts at celebrations.

My birthday was a great day. The weather was beautiful which is always an essential ingredient for a good day. Mark, Maeve and I went for a hike at Blue Mounds State Park. Mark and I got to walk and talk for over an hour...Maeve was asleep (she's that little striped blob on the right side of the picture). Something that probably only new parents can really appreciate. Mark then took me to dinner at Sardine, a nice restaurant here in town. I even got to get dressed up and Maeve was left at home with a babysitter. Big day for the adults!! Woo-Hoo.

And now that you have all read all that you really want to hear about me. I know how it is. Little interest in anyone but Maeve. She's ONE. A whole year has gone by and so much has changed. She came into the world so peacefully last year, aside from the few expletives her mother was barking. Mark and I watched the video of her birth and shed a few tears as we watched our beautiful daughter take her first breath. This past month she has been working on taking her first steps and practicing her first words. So much happens in a year.

And yet so little changes. Maeve and her sleep habits, mentioned previously on the blog here and here, have changed very little. Many of you probably thought I was just being overly dramatic for the sake of the blog. Mimi and Pop Pop (the Healy's), who came to hang with Maeve on her birthday, can now verify that I have not been embellishing any of it. The eve of Maeve's birthday she thought she would turn our night into an all night dance party. Unfortunately, I wasn't in the mood to dance. Neither was anyone else for 4 long hours. The car became her sleep inducer once again this weekend. And, thanks to Pop Pop, we all got to meet Jill, his new GPS. The end result being that we did very little for her birthday. Almost everyone was taking a nap, including her (thank goodness) for a good portion of the afternoon. We even tried to do a candle and cake that got thwarted because of a tired baby.

Here she is opening a gift and enjoying a few other ones!

I've got more for you, so stay tuned and I'll be sure to update with more soon.

Ciao!