Birthday Dinner

It has been difficult lately to get Daniella to be herself on camera, because every time she sees it she wants to see videos of herself. So during Daniella's birthday dinner Trent set the camera on the table and just let it record for a few minutes. You will be able to see a couple of Daniella's new quirks.

1. She will not eat at the table unless she has a fork in her hand (though she only pretends to pick up food with it)
2. She is fascinated by her belly button, to the point that she is about to grab something to eat, but gets distracted by her belly button.

Spinning

Here is Dani's latest dancing styles. She sure loves to spin!

Something's Cooking

I have noted on many occasions that Dani puts her baby wherever baby Jackson has been that day. She puts her in the swing, the carseat, the bumbo chair etc. But this one really surprised me . . .

I promise baby Jackson has NEVER been there!

Rock-a-bye Jackson

Every morning when Jackson comes, Dani loves to rock Jackson in his carseat while I sing "Rock-a-bye Baby".

Happy Birthday

Dani's cake was a chocolate bundt cake with a fudgy center and topping. I was a little nervous about making a bundt cake since I've never made one before, but it turned out just fine.

Here is a picture of her gifts as she greeted them the morning of her birthday. She didn't seem to notice that the bags and boxes were there, but she pushed the chairs and table all around apartment and played with the kitchen from Nana and Papa.

Dani enjoyed walking around the apartment with her tights in her hands.

" Boo! "

Dani does not like to rip paper. I can give her a pop up book to play with by herself and she will not tear it. She has only torn books (about 1cm each time) twice in her life and at least one was a complete accident. She tends to open presents like I always have, but breaking the tape.

We should have picked a different present to start with because the first present Dani opened, was the one present she could not put down. So, opening the rest of the presents became a chore.

New books from Mom and Dad.

New outfits from Mom and Dad.

Yes, she is after the phone again.

Uncle Jeffy did a great job picking out the princess pajamas!

We hid the Elmo phone behind me so that it would not distract her from opening the presents, but she just stood up, walked around the table and chairs and peeked behind me so that she could see it. She then indicated that she wanted the phone back. So then we tried to be creative and re wrap the phone under the other presents. She at least looked more interested in opening the present.




At first she wasn't too thrilled with the adorable outfits I was putting on her . . .
But, after a while she decided they would but fun to show off to Daddy too.

Valentines Day

Daniella's first Valentines Day she awoke to receive a gift from Daddy of a plush tiger holding a plush heart and yogurt melts. She was most excited about the yogurt melts and ate as many as she could before she got dressed.

We then went to take pictures outside just for fun and got a few fun shots with the rose she received from Daddy. That evening Daniella felt a little warm so we gave her some Tylenol and that seemed to help. We new she was teething and wondered if her fever was because of her teething. She fell asleep without trouble, but woke up just after midnight with a fever over 103. We gave her more Tylenol and waited to see if it would go down. It did not go down by much and we debated whether to take her in to the ER since our insurance does not cover any urgent care facilities. Since it was a Holiday weekend, and we were not sure if the doctor's office would be open on Monday, we decided to take her in to get certain tests. They eventually sent us home around 5AM with the instructions to alternate Tylenol and Motrin to keep her fever down and wait for the test results. Even with the Tylenol and Motrin, her fever was up to 104.4 soon after we got home. Two days later, we finally got the test results and antibiotics and her fever finally broke. Poor baby! She was pretty miserable! She now HATES diaper changes, and doesn't trust us when we try to feed her.

Doctor Appointment

Daniella had her 12 month doctor appointment last week. She takes after her dad and is tall and skinny. She weighed almost 20 lbs (25th percentile) and was 31.5 inches tall (95th perecentile). She lost a few ounces since she was sick a couple weeks earlier.

We are now trying to get her to eat more, and to eat a larger variety of foods.
Dani has recently discovered her belly button. If her shirt is off, she has to touch it. Every time she touches her belly button her tongue comes out. We have to watch her now when she wears certain outfits in public, because she sometimes gets the urge to pull up her shirt or dress just to make sure her belly button is still there.