Georgia Isabel Akerson is 1

Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

My baby.. she is one. 1. This is pure craziness. Most days I can remember that day a year ago so vividly. How can it be a year already?

But the truth is she has been growing and learning so much that she has to be that old.

It was my weekend to work and I requested to have an absent day. That phone call at 4:55 was espeically sweet this morning. I get to spend the day with my baby. Since I was supposed to work there really wasn't any BIG plans. Just a day together. Of course, a cake. We took a trip to target, what birthdays not complete with out a visit there?! Her brother and sister picked out a Minnie Mouse as big as she is and a large bouncy ball purple in color!

At 1, our baby, is so sweet. She is funny and snuggly. She's all over. Up and down stairs, into cupboards and up ladders. Whatever her siblings are doing she thinks she can go along. She loves them, sometimes than others. She is really starting to understand what we are saying and is doing a little bit of signing. Mostly just the sign for all done.

She is "petite" weighing in at just 20lbs! I know that this is not really so little but compared to Max and Grace it is significant. She handled her 3 shots well at her appointment and of course headed home with a stuffed Ty animal from the clinic gift shop. Her chosen puppy is named rootbeer. We will call him 'Rooty'. And most likely Max will adopt him into his pack.

As of July 15th, Gia sprouted her 4th tooth. That makes 4 teeth in the last 4 weeks! 

Max lost a tooth!

We went to the denist in March, I think. The hygenist told me Max's bottom teeth were loose. Last week he got super excited and said that his tooth was very wiggly. I kept making jokes for him to pull it or when we separated for him to not loss it while we were apart.

So what to you know.. the little stinker had a sleep over sunday at his cousins house and Monday with lunch his tooth fell out! Yay! What a fun milestone!

1st teeth!

4 days before the big 1st birthday the first tooth popped through! She always makes it exciting! So fun to see her with a tooth, FINALLY!

Robb's first fathers day with 3 Kids!!

Robbs first fathers day as a daddy if 3! We started the day off with Max and I going to get Robb's favorite breakfast.. Mcdonald. We also got our favorite family treat... DONUTS! We got home to eat our food and give our gifts. During the week the kids and I ran over to camp Arbor lakes to create ties for Robb. They have a cute kids camp set up in the middle or the shoppes and the days activity was a blank white tie and fabric markers to let their imaginations soar!

A few weeks earlier Max had hear Robb say he wanted a new towel so he took it upon himself to grab a towel out of his closet and find an mailing bag that he packaged the towel in and then decorated it with stickers. he told me about it and that spured an idea! I ordered everyone big comfy towels with their names embroidered on. Max wanted Robb's to say Robb not dad. So that's what it said. Max and Robb's were twins both extra large navy towels with red lettering. I thought that was very keen listening Max did and very sweet to do what he had heard. he even kept it a secret! I love that kid.

We spent a fun afternoon with Robb then headed down to my aunt Cheryls for a BBQ and to see my dad. Thats the Book tradition. It was lovely per usual.

Me at 35!

Today is my birthday. Woot woot! Traditionally It's been anything from a day I call my own parents to remind them it's my birthday to a day of fantastic celebration! I used to hate it being in the summer because I felt like school year birthdays were more fun. I'm loving it now! Yesterday, my great husband planned a paddleboarding outing on the Mississippi for us but that got cancelled with all the rain due to come! This is something I've wanted to try the last year or two. Last year I was very pregnant and then recovering from a c-section. This year I was pumped for it.  Turned out to be a beautiful night until far later than predicted so we punted and headed to lake Calhoun! We rollerblades the lakes AND found a paddleboard rentals and took them for a spin! I loved it! We basically cruised from lake Calhoun into lake of the isles, around the little islands, gawking at the houses and then back.  The wind really picked up towards the end so it was a good work out. Then we finished roller blading walked to punch pizza ( yummy!) then over to yogurt lab! It was a fantastic night and I'm so thankful we proceeded to have fun even though our tour got cancelled! I miss that area! And I totally enjoyed being young ( kind of) and free on a date with my honey! Thanks for being up for whatever babe! Really enjoyed Mpls!

I still love reading books, running, walking, biking and baking. I guess somethings don't change. I've been recently into purging my house of as much as I can. The maternity gear.. the baby accountrements. I'm selling it, giving it away, donating.. serious purging. I loved my time child bearing and I'm excited to keep child rearing. I'd love to do some house renovations and feel like all the gear that goes with having a baby take up room. I look forward to the house renovations. Making it ours and easier to live in.

I was trying to write this like an update I do with the kids during their milestones but I'm not that interesting!

Thanks for checking in! have a great day.

Gracie is 3!

My sweet, spunky, vivacious girl is 3! Wow 3 years ago we were at the hospital (well home now, because I'm slow) thanking God for our healthy girl and getting to know her. 

She is loving basketball and the hoop I found at a garage sale last summer for $5. She shoots and says 'Lindsay Whalen' we went to a lynx game. The home opener! It was exciting! The won in overtime! And I can tell you we only really watched the end of the game and the 5 minute overtime! But it was fun! 

Gracie's birthday weekend we had a day at the MOA going to barbies dream house experience, on rides, the obligatory stops at the Disney and lego stores. We had lots of fun! Her favorite was the swing ride!

 Then my coworker and fabulous photog friend came over to captured everyday moments. Then Monday we went to a twins game riding the train down and back. Nana and uncle J joined us! Tuesday was the actual day! We meet some friends at the children's museum, had lunch with nana a Salut by her new office and went to target for bday dinner groceries, home for quiet time and last but not least a bday dinner with nana and grandpa, complete with balloons, cake and ice cream! Grace chose the menu.. Chicken nuggets, French fries, fruit, veggies, cake and ice cream! 

At 3 my sweet girl still loves feeling her moms munchie cheeks! She's wearing undies and doing awesome using the toilet and staying dry many nights! She dresses herself. She rides her bike although she's been more into her new purple princess scooter! She loves princess Sofia, Disney princesses, both her brother and sister, the neighbors, the backyard playground and playhouse! She is signed up for Prek in the fall! As 3 approached we've had a better time with listening and helping. We have struggles with her long hair and tangles and food getting stuck in it! 

A few weeks ago we moved the kids bedrooms around and grace has our old big queen bed in her room! Since then the waking up at night has been way less! I think that toddler bed was just too little! She sleeps about 8pm to 7-8 am generally. No naps! Hasn't been for a year now. She can count to 12 ish, high but forgetting some numbers. She can sing the ABC's so we will work on letter recognition this summer! Not just those things but she's very smart and asks great questions! She's very helpful with her sister and plays well with Max! She's been a lego maniac like her brother! 

Ww update.

Two weeks in, I've lost 4.5 pounds. Not a lot but I really haven't been that good yet. I've had a big birthday (Gracie's) and two weddings, twins game and a day at the MOA. Hoping this week gets off to a better start! But I'll definitely take the 4.5 lbs. And that's great to start slow and lose slowly. I can tell I'm eating healthier. Exercising more and just being conscious of my portions and what I'm eating! I love ww for the simple fact of eating food! Normal, everyday, what the kids eat food! No pills, no powders! Glad to have had these 2 weeks to figure out points, the system and portions. Hoping this is a good week ahead! Good luck to those also on the challenge!