Birthday Girl!!!

Well, I am finally getting around to posting some pictures of Mae's BIG celebration we had for her 1st birthday (k, well it wasn't really that big) and her actual b-day! We had her party at a park in Kaysville and had sooo many WONDERFUL family and friends show up! At first Mae was a little confused at all the people there watching her (and the get-up we dressed her in), but soon she warmed right up and ripped right into those presents---she made a killing...and doesn't need ANY of it!!! Thanks everyone!!!! We have the BEST family and friends...and I mean that!


The cake Gpa Frankie made for Mae---almost as cute as the real thing! When we first put her in front of it, she was a little shy (heck, she was sitting there almost naked for the whole world to see) but once she tasted the frosting, she warmed right up and in true Coonradt-form DUG in!!! She LOVED it!!! She was a sticky MESS by the end of it and made sure her mom was too!!!


Giving the cake kisses...I told you she LOVED it!!!


My super-rific friends!!! Thanks so much for coming you guys!!! I ADORE YOU!!!


After the party, some of our family all headed down to the zoo, hey we had to make a DAY of it! On the way down to good ol' SLC, Mae was definitely feeling the effects of her sugar rush!!! We don't give Mae sugar very often at all and she was flying high from the record amount she had just ingested!!! I don't have any pictures of this, I thought about it too late, but she was a MAD woman in the car! Squealing and squawking and laughing the WHOLE way...She definitely kept us entertained! When we got to the zoo, we didn't really know what to expect from Mae. I thought she'd probably look around for a minute, but lose interest and take a nap in her stroller not long after we got there! Well, she was MESMERIZED by all the animals! She wouldn't stay in her stroller she was sooo excited!!!! And let me tell you, she is WAY to heavy to carry around for 2+ hours, so we all had to take turns carrying the birthday girl!!! She kept gasping and those big eyes got bigger at every animal we went to see!....Her favorite were the monkeys (big surprise) and luckily, they were in no short supply at the Hogle! She kept reaching out trying to touch everything...it was soooo cute!


Finally after being at the zoo for about 2&1/2 hours and after we had seen EVERYTHING, Mae finally gave in and crashed!!! We had a GREAT day with our little birthday girl! Thanks everyone!!!


On her actual birthday, Mae woke up with a fever and a cold...bummer, especially on her birthday! We had a very chill evening where she opened the few presents we had gotten her. You can tell from the pics she doesn't feel very good, but she was a good sport for her mom and dad!

We LOVE you Mae-Mae!!! Happy 1st little monkey-girl!!!

1 year ago today...

At 3:02am exactly ONE year ago our little bubba-girl was born! I cannot believe my baby is 1 year old today!!! Everyone always says it goes by too fast, and believe me, it really does! I feel like we just got her home from the hospital for good and now here she is 1 year-old! As much fun as it is watching her grow, it also makes me a little sad because it has just all gone by sooooo fast! It makes me wish I would've spent just a few more minutes every day loving on her because now that she is mobile we don't get a lot of snuggle time, BUT I have to say she is just soooo much fun! Everyday she is learning something new. She now says "Momma" (usually only when she's sad), "Da-da" (I hear that ALL day long), Lelly (Lenny-our dog), Nana (gma) and gabba (for Yo Gabba Gabba, her favorite and world's MOST annoying show!). If we can convince her to cooperate she can tell us what the ducky says "quack, quack", what a bear says "Grrr...." and what Lenny says "Woof, woof." She waves hello and bye-bye, blows kisses, plays peek-a-book, patty-cake, the itsy bitsy spider , gives the BEST kisses and eskimos, and is a speed-crawler! She hasn't started walking on her own yet, but I know that as soon as she decides she's ready she'll just take off across the room! I always thought I'd know what it would feel like to be a mother and let me just tell you---I had NO idea! Little did we know how much our lives would change-- for the better-- because of this little girl! We are better people because of what she's done to us and we just LOVE her soooooo much!!! I wake up everyday SOOOOO grateful for the blessing that she has been in our lives! Here are some early pics of our baby girl! Wow-has she changed!!! Sorry for the entourage of pictures, but I am a proud momma and got stuck in my plast from the past!!!

PIGTAILS!!!

So last night after Mae's bath, me and Cobes were getting her ready for bed and were admiring how long her hair is getting. We decided to try pigtails and Da-da-da! Her hair is LONG enough! She looks soooo dang cute...see for yourself!

Flying baby
Giving Da-da kisses!

And now she's spent with the pigtails!

....AND THE VERDICT IS....

Well it's the BIG day today (I know you all are just dying suspense) and we are THRILLED to announce....It's a........... GIRL!!!! (poor girl, has no privacy!) So all those of you who voted BOY are WRONG-O...no prize for you (you 5 know who you are)! I know Coby wants a boy at some point (and who doesn't) but he LOVES his girls sooo much and we are soooo excited for this little girl and for Mae to have a sister! Growing up without a sister until my mom remarried years later, I have always wanted my daughter to have a sister and yay---SHE DOES! I have broken the CURSE! Here are some pics of our second little beauty!
Looks like we might have a thumb sucker...

She is shy and didn't want her pic taken...she kept hiding behind her hands...either that, or she is going to grow up to be a boxer!


feetsies

Cute little profile

I LOVE this pic...She has her knees up by her eyes, feet by her head and arms wrapped around her legs...so cute!

This is my first attempt at a movie, so let's hope it works.

So all in all everything with the baby looked perfect and healthy and we are SOOOO grateful for that! The only not so good thing, was that my little placenta problem still has not gone away (shoot!) and the tech wasn't too optimistic that it would at this point with how much it was covering my cervix (sorry to throw that little term in there, but it's the only way I know how to describe it). SO it looks like we will probably still be planning on a c-section, but truly as long as the baby is healthy, I am happy! Now it's the hard part....THE NAME!!! Seriously, we cannot agree on anything!!! If you have any suggestions, please let me know!!!

BIRTHDAY BOY!!!

Well yesterday Coby turned the big 28! To celebrate this momentus occasion, Me and Mae made him breakfast in bed (doesn't he look older...and tired!) and in the evening, we all went to dinner (yes, they do have restaurants here in Vernal) with Coby's parents and then me and Coby let Nana and Papa hang out with Mae so we could go see a movie! We had a great day and I hope Coby did too, after all, you only turn 28 once! I'm so grateful for such a wonderful husband and father to our 1&1/2 kids! We are soooooo lucky to have him and I love him SOOOOOOOOOO much! I think every day how grateful I am things turned out the way they did!Happy Birthday Cobra!