Birthday Party!

Before I get to the party, few quick things... She cut her 5th tooth on June 8th, and it looks like her 6th one is about to come in, starting to break the surface! She now does the cow sound, as of June 6th, and it's not really "moo" but just "Mmmm" but she does it at her little cow, so she knows that she's mooin :) and two days later she did the elephant sound! Not really authentic, but like her lips together and she blows so they vibrate, kinda... like that... :) And the day she did the cow sound, she also finally said Apple, 2 times :) was just doing first syllable, Aaaaap... but said it 2 times, but not since then, she's back to aaap... and ALSO on this same day, she got the sign for please!!! we had 2 friends over, so it was probly the combination of Everyone else was doing it, so she wanted to copy, plus showing off... but 3 things in one night, it was great! and now she does the sign for please all the time! like when she wants something... i'm so proud! Oh, and she also touches my nose, when i say "where's mommy's noe?" ... well more Honks my nose, but still, she knows where it is :)

ok, so it was supposed to be like 98 degrees on Saturday, but luckily we got a nice breeze that kept us cool :) thank you Jesus! We opened a gift early, cuz it was a kiddy pool, so we blew it up so the kids could play in it! And it had a slide! And you hooked up the hose so water came out of the elephants trunk like a fountain, it was great! But the water was cold, so the kids werent real into it until we turned off the hose & the sun warmed the water up, hehe...

well, we borrowed some tents, and Jake got some sprinklers, so we had fun doin that and eatin and chattin.... then we sang & gave Diella her cake! Stephanie made a big cake for everyone, but I made a few little cakes for Diella to dive into... they were fudge marble & i frosted them with a duck on each one :) (she loves ducks, quacks at everything, hehe) So we put it in front of her, letting her dive right in if she wanted, but she didnt really know what to do, hehe... she would touch it with one finger & lick it off, a few times over, but never really dove in, so jake helped with that... helped her make a mess & get it all over her face n stuff, hehe... then Diella wanted to share some cake with mommy so I bent down to let her feed me & she smeared it all over my face instead! heheh, was funny!

then we opened gifts... she got 5 toys, all noisy, music-making ones! the pool of course, a stuffed animal, a gift card, 2 hats, 2 pair of shoes, sunglasses, a kids Bible, a birthstone pin, a balloon, 2 videos, and TWENTY-THREE peices of clothing! It was great!

Then a bunch of us went over to swim at Ben's house... she had only been swimming 2 other times, one when she was only like 3 months old, and then the other time that I blogged about (where she liked it, but wasnt too sure when her face went in)... well this time, the longer we stayed in the pool, the more brave she got! She was playing on the stairs, that go into the pool, and was jumping from one stair down to the next one! It was at the level where right before her chin touched the water.... but even then, if her head went under (and of course i'm right there & brought her Right back up every time).. she came up smiling! It was a lil scary, but fun! I was glad she wasnt too afraid, but a bit nervous of how brave she was getting! Then the next day, we went swimming again, and same thing... if it were up to Diella, she'd be swimming on her own already! Then she'd get so excited, she would like shrill, so hyper & so happy in the pool!

The day of her party, she didnt get a second nap, there was too much going on to sleep! She was tired by like 5 o'clock, but didnt sleep til a lil after 9! She kept partying til she dropped, jus like her mama! hehe

It was a near perfect day, all the way through! Hope our party in Erie is just as good!

~Kat