Sugar!

What is the best part of baby birthdays???  Watching them smash cake into their mouths of course!  In that spirit, here is Edie's first birthday cake experience.

Here is the cake.  Before...

Is this for me??

What is it?

 What is this white stuff?

It's sticky.

Really sticky.

 Hey!  There's pink under there!  I love pink!

Hmm... I can break pieces off...

I wonder what it tastes like...

Pretty good!

Definitely worth repeating!

Have you guys tried this stuff?

Ok, so the cake was a hit.  We took it away from her after the first few fist-fulls, otherwise I'm sure she would have filled her little belly with strawberry cake.


I'll leave you with a couple more birthday girl photos.  She can't wait for her big party!

Mom!  Will you stop with the pictures already?

12 Months of Edie

Being that today was Edie's Birthday, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at her transformation over the past year.  I have been taking photos every month in onesie's that were given to me by some sweet friends.  Here goes...

 

Mischief

I know it has been far too long since my last post. I should probably write a lengthy update, but instead I'm just going to give you a glimpse of the mischievous ways of our precious daughter.

Edie recently discovered the storage drawers in the tv stand...

Please take note of her tippy toe form.

Oh, you're watching me?

I just need some batteries for my entertainment table.

I know they're in here somewhere...

Happy Hannukah!

For those of you who do not know, last night was the first night of Hannukah.  We celebrated it right here at the Wagner house with menorahs (yes, plural), homemade latkes, homemade applesauce, and love. :)

We kicked the night off with lighting the family menorah.

Then it was latke frying time!  I made them from scratch and it was admittedly a little more work than expected, but totally worth it. 

 

Edie started her dinner off with some nice peas and carrots.  As you can see, she may have a preference for carrots...  Peas have a tendency of being left for last.

 

She was excited when it was time for her to have a taste of her first latke.  It was topped with homemade apple sauce (chunky style so she could eat it with her hands).

 

Edie approved, and made every bit of potato and apple disappear.  Yes, she managed to leave a few lone peas on her tray.

Oh, and before I forget, Edie played with her wooden Hannukah set all day.  We even lit her little menorah.  Yes, those are wooden latkes in a frying pan and a dreidel sitting in a pile of gelt.  It's an awesome set. (Thanks Livia, Katie, and Colin!) Not pictured is the other menorah (yes, that makes 3) that Edie has.  A nice plush one gifted by her Mumsy and Pops. :)

Happy Hannukah everyone!!

Happy Halloween from the deadliest animal in Africa (I know, scary)!

Ok, well she's more on the cute side than the scary side...

Yes, I had to use a bucket of candy to keep her from crawling off the chair...

Happy Halloween!

What a Week!

It has been quite the week here around the Wagner house.  I think Edie could sense that I was typing about all the great things she did in her eighth month with us during her nap last Friday, because she has definitely been working to outdo herself this week.  She started right away, and this is what I found when I went to get her from her nap after publishing the last blog post...

look what I can do!

This was the first time that she sat up completely unassisted and unprompted.  It is also the first moment in her life that I thought "this is truly going by way too fast."  Man was I in for a ride this week.

She discovered the wonder of splashing in the bathtub on Sunday.  Talk about a good time!

It didn't end there.  After a restless weekend with poor naps, we discovered her first tooth on Monday.  I would post a pic here, but my hundreds of attempts at capturing the thing on camera have been failures. 

Suffice it to say that her already gorgeous smile is going to be a lot cuter with pearly whites!

Next up; crawling.  That's right, after rocking back and forth on her knees for over a month, she took off on Tuesday.  Here's a video for your viewing pleasure:

Wednesday was Alex's birthday.  We went to his favorite restaurant (which is also just a short walk from our house).  Here's the birthday boy with his precious little angel.

Excuse the poor picture.  Forgot my camera, so I had to settle for the phone pic.  Edie was a hit at dinner making friends with the little boy at the table next to us and all of the servers.

Wednesday and Thursday Edie spent her nap times mastering the art of going from laying to sitting and back to laying.  In the process she tested out sleeping while sitting (turns out it doesn't work too well).  By the way, video monitors are AMAZING!  I love watching her problem solve her way out of things.

Yesterday, Edie had her first play date.  I found a great group of moms through Meetup and we are looking forward to our Friday play dates from here on out (or until I get a job).  Edie showed off her crawling skills, while Baby A handed her toys, and Baby B took them away.  I enjoyed meeting a few other moms in the area.

We also had a visit from Tio Mario on yesterday afternoon.  He stopped by a couple weeks ago, before Edie was crawling, and told me that she would be crawling before he came back.  Edie had a great time showing him that he was right.  What she didn't have a great time doing yesterday was napping. After an awesome morning nap, she decided she had better things to do while in her crib.  Mario and I watched as this happened...

Yes, she is standing.  And yes, we promptly lowered the mattress another 6 inches.

Last night I heard her talking in her crib at about 2am (party animal).  I was watching her play on the monitor when I noticed that she was getting very still and quiet.  Sure enough, she was testing out the whole sleeping while sitting thing again.  I had to wake Alex up to show him.  She was sitting up facing the camera and you could see her little eyes close, and her head tilt forward.  So cute.  After trying to sleep sitting up for a solid 20 minutes, she finally gave in and laid down.

I can tell from the beginning of this mornings nap and yesterday afternoons lack of naps, that it's going to be a few days before naps are easy again.  There are just too many new skills to practice! Until then, it's early bedtimes for the munchkin so she can rest up for all the adventures!

I'm sure you all love to see her new tricks, but Alex and I are hoping she doesn't start walking in the next week.  There are only so many new things we can handle emotionally.  She's growing up WAY too fast!  Here's to an uneventful next blog post.

Love you and miss you!
the Wagners

8 Months of Edie

Sorry for the blogging hiatus.  To make up for it, I have a wonderful post full of all things Edie :)

Edie turned 8 months old this past Saturday.

We can't believe it.  Where have the past 8 months gone?!?!

It was a big month, and Edie made a few strides in development.  She started finger foods (talk about cute). 

She was not always as good as she is now.  Here's a video from the first day... it took her a few tries to get the puff into her mouth.

She's also so close to crawling that we are sure she will take off any moment.  Here's a video of her rocking back and forth on her knees in an attempt to get the baby in the iPhone:

She also attempted to spoon feed herself for the first time.  Talk about messy.

Always helpful, Bear got a head start on the cleanup effort. 

Here's a video of the mess in progress:

It's a good thing that she still loves bath time.

Also, luckily for the laundry lady, she is not always so enthusiastic about feeding herself, or so messy when she does.

I had the camera all ready for a purple mess the first time she tried blueberries (I also stripped her down to a diaper and bib), but my fingers were more purple from cutting the blueberries than her face was from eating them.  Still cute though.

Well that sums up Month 8.  Hope you enjoyed!  Here's one last pic of our little model before we go.