That One Outfit...

We all have a favorite outfit.  Mine happens to be my oldest pair of yoga pants and an old t-shirt.  I could live in yoga pants.  In fact, I practically do.  And if I'm not wearing yoga pants, then I'm usually in jeans and a t-shirt.

Jody is very particular about her clothes and pajamas.  She only has a few outfits that she will actually wear.  They are usually fleece outfits.  Her favorite outfit is her "wheels" outfit.

She loves it! She has possibly even slept in it and worn it multiple days in a row...maybe;)  Sometimes it just isn't worth the battle.  If it is in the dirty clothes hamper and she happens to see it, holy meltdown!  I try to bury it in the other clothes so she won't see it.

Why does she call it her "wheels" outfit, you might ask?  She thinks the peace signs are wheels.

Since it is fleece, it is very warm, so I don't know what we are going to do this summer!  She may be sweating it out in her "wheels!" ;)

We have learned with this child that whatever makes her happy, we deal with...to a certain extent..and her "wheels" make her happy.

Jody's First Birthday Bash...

We kicked off Jo's birthday on her actual birthday (October 1st) with just the five of us enjoying this big milestone in her life.

Jo loved the peanut butter pie that we had for dessert.  I think this may become a tradition for her birthday!

Next was present time!!! 

I found this barn at a consignment shop and bought it for a whopping $7.50!  Score! 

She had a lot of help opening presents from her big sisters... 

On Sunday we celebrated with family and close friends.  I chose a sandbox theme for the party because the girl loves the sandbox.  It could be a very long winter when she can't go outside to play in it! 

Her timeline in photos... 

This is definitely something I wish I would have done with B and Mel as well.

I promise Mel was happy to be there.  She just wasn't happy about having her picture taken... 

Jo and Aunt Lauren... 

The sandbox cake made by my cousin Denise of Cakes by Denise... 

The smash cake... 

She didn't exactly smash her "smash cake."  Here is a video that Brad's sister captured... 

I would love to know the stories that these guys are reminiscing...  

One happy little one year old... 

1 Year...

Hooray!  Jo is one today!!!  It's hard to believe.  She has her one year checkup on Thursday, but I feel she is doing everything a one year old should be doing.  Not a lot has changed in a month other than she is taking a couple of steps at a time.  Then she will sit down and start crawling.  She knows she can get to where she wants to go faster by crawling.  Like I said before, I am ready for her to start walking.  Some people may think I'm crazy, but I'm ready for her to be able to follow me around.  

She is still saying the same words as last month except I think she says, "Go."  She loves to give kisses, but only when you ask for them.  She still isn't sleeping through the night.  She slept all night for a week solid last week, but now she is back to getting up once a night.

I hope you enjoy looking back at some of my favorite photos from Jo's first year!