My First Birthday

I am one years old! Mommy and daddy can't believe that it has been a whole year since we met. I have grown and changed so much over the past 12 months and have turned into such a big girl. I celebrated my first birthday at a birthday dinner with my family. And on my actual birthday, I started to take some real steps by myself. I am getting pretty good at this walking stuff. Mommy and daddy love to see how much my personality has come out since I was born. I love to be silly, lovable, and show what a smart girl I am. I am always on the go, love to be the center of attention, and am a real social butterfly. My mommy and daddy could not be more proud of me or love me more. Here are some pictures from my first birthday. I can't wait to see what my second year brings!

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Elsie Plays With Her Shape Sorter

I am getting pretty good at this!

11 Months Old

Wow! Has it really been almost a year since I arrived? This month I have really turned into a fun little girl. I love to play and have quite a sense of humor. I will do anything I can to get attention. I play peek a boo, hide and seek, and catch (well... I throw and other people catch). I try to say everything and come really close a lot of the time. I especially love to say hi to anyone I see. Sometimes mommy and daddy will hold me while we walk around the city and I say hi to everyone who is walking the other way. Sometimes they say hi to me too! And I am so interested in everything going on around me. I like to point at so much of what I see and listen very closely when mommy and daddy tell me what I am looking at. I am really starting to cuise too and have become very steady on my feet. My hair grew a bit this month and I have sprouted a few curls! And my 7th and 8th teeth are coming through right this minute. Here are a few pictures from this month. As you can see... it is not so easy to get a picture of me sitting still these days!

My First Christmas

My first Christmas was very exciting! When I woke up in the morning I couldn't believe that Santa had come. He left me some presents and even some oatios! He must know me pretty well. After I ate a few oatios, mommy and daddy helped me to open my presents. I really liked the wrapping and tissue paper. The presents were pretty fun too. I spent the rest of the day at Grandma Pat and Grandpa Pete's house. It was fun to see everyone there. At the end of the night Santa himself and one of his reindeer came for a visit! It was so exciting! Although the closer I looked, the more I realized Santa and his reindeer looked an awful lot like Aunt Maryanne and Uncle Charlie. I played along though because it was really nice of them to do that just for me!

10 Months Old

I am now 10 months old! I am more mobile then I've ever been. I'm a very speedy crawler and I'm starting to cruise. I have decided that I prefer grown up food over baby food too. I love to feed myself and my favorite thing to eat is American cheese. On my ten month birthday I had such a fun time visiting my daddy at work. Here are some pictures from my tenth month.

My Visit With Santa Claus

Mommy and daddy took me to Macy's in Herald Square to see Santa today. As you can see from my picture I was...well... terrified. But I only sat with Santa for a few minutes and then got to look around the rest of Santaland. Santaland was really fun. I saw a puppet show, lots of elves, and lots of characters and toys. After Santaland I walked with mommy and daddy to see the most giant Christmas tree I've ever seen at Rockefeller Center. I haven't seen too many Christmas trees yet, but I'm pretty sure this one was about as big as they get. I had such a fun day and can't wait for Christmas!

My First Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving I went with mommy and daddy to Grandma and Grandpa Scerbo's house. I was so excited to see my cousins. We played with some toys, crawled around, and even ate some food too. It was such a great day!