First Steps

On Sunday, March 25, Rosemary took her first steps.

We went to the Butterfly Rainforest one last time before our passes expired and brought the camera to get some pictures. I had forgotten to put the memory card back in the camera so we only had room for about 7 pictures on the internal memory. We didn't capture the exact moment of the first steps...but we captured the moments around them!

Rosemary is old enough now to be fascinated by the butterflies. She looks like she's about to pounce!

It was a wonderful day to visit. The butterflies were very active. We've found that if it's too cold, while it is still nice to go, the butterflies don't fly around as much. This day they did!

This was the moment before her very first steps. I wanted Jonathan to get a picture of her standing, which he did, and then she proceded to walk to the side of the bridge...all by herself!

It was so nice that we both got to see it rather than hearing about it when we picked her up from daycare. We even drew a crowd because we were so excited.

This is side of the bridge that she walked to. Once there, she stuck her foot through the railing and dropped her shoe in the water. You can see the shoe in this picture, even though Jonathan didn't mean to take the picture of the shoe in the water...it's the bright white spot just to the left of Rosemary.

Jonathan fished out the shoe as it traveled "downstream" to where he could reach. Unfortunately, Rosemary wasn't able to walk anymore at the rainforest because she had one soggy shoe. :-)

Party at the park

A couple of weekends ago, we attended Zachary C's second birthday party at a local park. It was a beautiful day and Rosemary loved the park. She practiced walking (holding onto either mom or dad...and sometimes both) and even started standing some more on her own.

Walking with daddy.

Walking with mommy.

Slidin' away. You can tell she likes it because her tongue is out.

Some of the other people there had a little dog that Rosemary loved to pet. She was on her way there in this picture and the next.

Doesn't it look like she's up to something?

She was walking great just holding onto one finger!

The family. Rosemary looks so serious.

Mmm...cookie cake!

Sam's

I just thought this was a nice picture of Rosmary. We went to Sam's one day with Jonathan's mom and dad and she was all smiles.

It's GREAT to be a Florida Gator...again :-)

2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions. Exciting times in Gainesville once again.

Go Gators!

Odds and Ends

Rosemary started a new daycare last week. Before heading there, she had her one year check-up. She's still little for her age when it comes to weight--only in the 5th percentile. But for height she's in the 50th. So she's tall and skinny and overall doing well.

Rosemary wore pigtails on her first day of school. I love how they're so straight.

This past week has not been the best health-wise for our family. On Friday, I was home with Rosemary because she had pinkeye. We still went outside for a bit though and she played with her firetruck. Jonathan pushed her around some more when he got home. She loved it. Friday was just the start of our ailments though. By Saturday I was sick too and Rosemary got worse on Sunday. It ends up that she has an ear infection and I have strep throat and now we're both on antibiotics. Jonathan's not at his best either but he's been the one doing all the work around here taking care of his girls. What a week it has been!

Rosemary got her bangs trimmed tonight for the first time. Now we've got a clear shot of those beautiful big blue eyes!

The Party

For the party, we had hoped to spend much of the time outside. As it turned out, that Saturday ended up being pretty chilly, although the sun was shining, so we improvised and moved the festivities into our garage and throughout the house. We have an interesting garage though since it has wood paneling and vinyl flooring. It worked out and we were able to stay warm.

We didn't get too many pictures from the party so if you have any, send them on over! We managed to leave the camera on the counter and were both enjoying ourselves so much we forgot to take many pictures.

It was a great time!

The spread. My mom came up the day before to help with the food.

Rosemary tried to open gifts. She will probably be more into it next year. :-)

Her very own cake. Publix is awesome. If you order your cake through them, you get the individual cake for free. Isn't that great?!

Oooo...more cake!

This was delicious! Can I get cleaned up now??

Once she was done, she got a quick bath then rejoined the party. Overall, she was a pretty neat cake eater. Most of the mess went on the bib (and her face)!

Professional Pics

Here are a few of the professional one year pics.

It's fun to be ONE!

Rosemary is already one year old! What an absolutely wonderful year this has been. So many fun memories to look back on.



Rosemary's birthday fell on a Wednesday this year and Jonathan and I took the day off to celebrate. We went to the mall and Rosemary got to play in the Swamp play area. At first she was a bit timid, but then she was off...climbing up the stairs of the slide, climbing on the alligators, crawling under bridges...she had a blast. She had her one year pics taken (I'll post a few in a bit) and then we ate at Chick-fil-a, one of her favorites (I think).



We came back to the house so she could take a nap then headed to Butterfly Rainforest (yes, again). She has grown to be so much more interested . I can't wait to take her when she's walking!

The 12 month alligator pic.

Rosemary in her "It's fun to be One" hat. She's not a fan of anything on her head right now though. The hat lasted for a few minutes each time we put it on. And bows...goodness...she loves to pull them out and try to eat them. She'll keep them in for awhile if she doesn't realize that we put one in her hair. So essentially Jonathan distracts her while I clip it in.

At Butterfly Rainforest, Rosemary loved to watch the waterfalls.

Rosemary watched the water here for awhile. She also tried to toss the hat in for a bath.

The birthday cupcake. She's not quite sure what to make of it...

Mmm...this is good! (notice how much of the cake she's eaten compared to the icing?)

The night before her party, Rosemary opened gifts from us and from a few friends and family who couldn't be at the party . One of her gifts was a set of magnetic turtle bathtoys from Katie and Jimmy. As soon as we opened them, Rosemary put one of them in her mouth. It was hilarious. She would crawl around with it there and then would try to hold one other turtle in each of her hands. She's funny.

Sippy Cup?

When Rosemary wanted to play with my cup of sweet tea, I didn't think she would actually be able to get any up the straw. I was wrong. She's a fan of the sweet tea.

New Years Eve

My dad came up to celebrate New Years Eve with us this year. I think we managed to see the ball drop then we quickly headed off to bed. Rosemary slept through most of the merriment.

The family with our tree. (Not that you can see the tree...)

Jonathan with the food (and my dad in the living room). We had way too much food for three people!

Jonathan gave us our own personal fireworks display in the driveway.

More from Christmas Break

We had a few days at home to relax and work on the house over Christmas break. One day, we took a bike ride to McDonald's for lunch with Rosemary in her new bike trailer. I think it was the highlight of the break. She loved it! We just have to find a way to keep her little helmet on her head. :-)

From the first time she saw the trailer, she seemed to know it was something for her. While Jonathan was putting it together, she kept crawling all over it.

Rosemary is ready for her ride.

I wanted to make Rosemary's birthday invitations so we did a photo shoot in our back yard. Here are a few that I liked that I didn't have room for on the invite. Mmm...hibiscus!

So sweet.

It's GREAT to be a FLORIDA GATOR!!

Wow! What a great day and year to be a Gator living in Gainesville!

Congratulations to the Florida Gators--2006 BCS National Football Champions. And for being the first school in NCAA history to hold both the basketball and football titles at the same time. Incredible.

GO GATORS!

Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa P. and Dancing with the Stillers

On Christmas day, we celebrated with Jonathan's family in Clermont/Groveland.


Rosemary with Grandpa P. and a cow.
Before heading back home, we visited with Bennett and Sara. They had just gotten a dance game that has Christian music that we all played again and again. Who knew that Jonathan and Bennett were such good dancers?

First Christmas (at home)

We celebrated Christmas with just the three of us on the 23rd before heading down to spend time with Jonathan's family. She seemed to enjoy it, but she wanted to open daddy's presents even more than her own.

Pulling up

A few weeks ago, Rosemary was sick so I brought her home early from daycare. I laid her down in her crib and when I walked by again, she had pulled herself up all the way to her feet in her crib! We had lowered the mattress because we knew it was just a matter of time!