More cacahiya please?

This is how things happen a lot at our house.  It's perfect to put Amélie in her Bumbo seat and set her on the table during meals so she can be part of the family.

We've offered a reward to Jordan for having 100% accident free days when it comes to going potty and that reward is this tasty chocolate cereal with marshmallows.  Jordan loves it and is always asking for "caca-hiya" (translate as chocolate cereal).

Today when her friend was over I put two potties in the bathroom so they could each use one (you know, power of suggestion, or maybe it's just that peer influence).  When Melody's mom went in to help she found poop in one potty so she went to have her daughter use the other one and there was poop in there too.  I guess Jordan decided halfway through that she needed to switch potties?  I wonder what gave her that idea but it certainly cracks me up whenever I think about it.

Jordan turned ONE!!!

I cannot believe I am saying this right now but Jordan is ONE YEAR OLD! I am completely blown away by how quickly the past year has gone by and all that Jordan has learned and experienced in just one year of life. She is quite the traveling girl making two trips to Minnesota and a trip to Washington to attend her first wedding. She took her first steps at 7 1/2 months old even though she didn't truly start walking for another 3 1/2 months. And we are quite excited and proud of her for going poo-poo in the potty today on her first birthday! She sat and read her new Curious Georgebook from Timm, Jennifer & Katelyn (see picture below) during her potty time.

Here are some pictures of the cake and cupcakes. My mom came over the night before the party to help me decorate the cake. I am so thankful because quite honestly I am a terrible when it comes to decorating cakes. It usually always ends up a disaster. Thank you so much, Mom!!! I think it turned out WONDERFUL! It wasn't until I started this blog post that I realized we never did put a candle on Jordan's cake. Oopsie!

I will be posting more birthday pictures/stories throughout the entire week so stay tuned!