My sweet baby girl

Beach!!!!!!!!!

We are going to the beach for a week at the end of June. I am so excited. Beyond excited. I know it is a different experience when you have a toddler, but that's okay. I know I won't get to lay on the beach all day with a book, but just hearing the waves crash and seeing everything anew through my little girl's eyes will be even better.

Question of the day though -- would you let your hubby take your one year old out on a boogie board, about 20 feet out? I don't know about this idea, but B swears that it will be okay. What would you do???

My new celebrity hero

I now adore Maggie Gyllenhaal. I love that she is nursing in public and being so blase about it. I really hope it helps breastfeeding become more mainstream.

Here is a link to her recent "exposure". I'm so glad that the hoopla over the last photos didn't sway her from either quitting NIP or hiding out to do it. Go Maggie Go!

This and that...

While I am out and about, I think "Oh I should blog about that!" but then I get home and sit here in front of the computer and...nothing. A total blank. Hmm...

My little girl turned one yesterday. She also has started walking. It all seems so normal, but when I think back to a year ago today, how tiny she was and how new everything was... I can't believe we are here already! She's such a determined little creature with her own personality already. She is a lot of fun and a really neat kid. I feel blessed. (I say this as she is reaching up to my printer and trying to grab all the papers out... she definitely keeps me busy!)

B is out of town for work this week, so it's just us girls. Yesterday we were pretty lazy, but today we are going swimming with our moms group and then I teach a flute lesson this afternoon.

Oh my big accomplishment this weekend -- I baked a chocolate chip cake from scratch. :) When I was growing up, I had a chocolate angelfood cake every year on my birthday. That was unique and different and special. I don't even know if Natalie will like chocolate (ha!) but I tried to think of something a little different to make for her, and I hope that it will be her tradition. Maybe not, maybe she will like something else, who knows.. but it was so much fun to put extra care and effort into her first birthday cake.

I guess that's it from me for now. The house is still clean from the party this weekend, so I don't have a long list of things to do, and I did all the laundry Monday so B could have clean clothes for his trip. So I am feeling pretty relaxed. :)