Finicky Eater

    Froggie has become pretty opinionated when it comes to her food. Not as much what it is she's eating, but how she's eating it. She has become VERY independent in her eating and sometimes refuses to be fed things like her breakfast (oatmeal with fruit). One day last week she was determined to not eat anything off the spoon I was holding.
     As silly as it sounds her refusal seemed to be more about who was holding the spoon and not being fed. So Big Brother offered to feed her; and she ate all of it!

Big Brother feeding Froggie her breakfast.

Happy Valentine's Day!

     This morning we decked the kids out in they're Valentine's Day apparel and set them up on the couch to open up their goodie bags. We had gotten a book, cookies, pretzels and chocolates for each of the kids and then had bought The Jungle Book for them to share. Froggie also got her new hat this morning because I finally had time to finish it!

The hat

Hugging her baby doll

opening their gifts

Froggie LOVED her book and Big Brother liked the movie

of course she got frog chocolate

Frog chocolate

Froggie wearing her hat

Big Brother all decked out

     Later this morning Hubby came into work for Big Brother's classroom party, which just so happened to be combined with my classroom for today. While we were waiting to start Hubby went in to say hi to Froggie and she didn't want him to put her down so he took her with him out to Big Brother's party. It was a lot of fun and I think Froggie had a lot of fun hanging out with Hubby and crashing the party.

Froggie sitting with Hubby

Big Brother showing off his shirt

Coloring

Froggie walking with Hubby

The kids hanging out with Hubby

     I'm not sure if we are doing anything tonight (other than watching The Jungle Book) and Hubby and I exchanged our gifts last night since he was impatient and couldn't wait for me to open my gift today.
     One year ago we had our first trip to Shriner's Hospital with Froggie. There were no sonograms or X-rays at that visit and we had just met Froggie's doctor. She was tiny (13 days old) and her doctor did the same hip check on her that the pediatrician's in the hospital and or family doctor had all done previously; he came to the same conclusion as her other doctor's - something was not right. So we scheduled an appointment for a sonogram and headed out, we were given a Valentine (her first!) that was made by a local elementary school student and a stuffed bear that was as big as she was! Little did I know that with that appointment began our journey towards her treatment, this blog and my desire to spread the word about Hip Dysplasia.

February 14, 2013                                  February 14 2014

My Car Seat is recalled… Now What?

     The short answer, nothing. according to several sources (see the USA Today article here) Graco has recalled a few million carseats manufactured over a 4 year period due to issues with the buckle. This recall only applies to toddler carseats which Froggie of course is in, so we checked out her seat this evening and it is included in the recall.
     So now what?
     Like my first sentence says, nothing. There is no immediate fix, there is no mandate that we stop using her car seat due to the recall issue. I'm going to call a toll free number and find out what exactly the repair kit will include and how long it will take to arrive.
     Please check out the article if you have a Graco seat (even infant seats are eligible for the recall kit if you're uncomfortable just detaching the carrier from the base) and give them a call!

Froggie's first ride in her now recalled seat.

Froggie's Birthday Celebration

     We celebrated Froggie's 1st birthday this weekend! We had a big party at Hubby's parent's house and had about 40 people join in on the fun! (We had done a big party when Big Brother turned 1 and decided it would be fair to do the same for Froggie.)
     The day started off with Tumbling followed by picking up Panera for lunch before we stated to decorate for Froggie's party.

Cones!

Froggie has become a great spectator

backwards rolls

Tunnels

Panera!

     What other kind of party would be fit for a Froggied Princess than a princess party? Here's a look around at some of the decorations.

The reason I haven't posted a blog since Wednesday!

LOVE the way they turned out!

     Froggie had a blast opening presents and did really well until she opened the La La Loopsy doll our friends had gotten her, then she wanted nothing but the doll! She was blessed with a ton of gifts from our family and friends and will be one well dressed little girl this spring/summer!

Froggie's gifts, she was very blessed.

Excited to open her presents

Big Brother had his own gifts.

The first gift, she dove right in

Checking everything out

What's in here?

She could have fit INSIDE this bag!

Tea set!

ribbon!

It was a princess tent!

La La Loopsy doll!

She LOVES it!

reading her card.

Toys!

I think she realized everyone was watching her.

Happy Froggie!

What's in here?

A new chair!

Sitting in the chair to open the rest of her gifts

She loved it!

Can I get in here?

Big Brother decided to wear her tiara

Then he put it on me!

     Then, the best part of any first birthday, it was time for cake! Froggie was really antsy and upset that she had to wait until the singing was over to enjoy her cake but she dug right in once it was on her tray!
     It was a VERY busy day and it was a lot of fun! Froggie was bathed before guests started to leave and then once most had departed she fell asleep while my mom held her.

Cake!

Why can't I have this yet?

How should I do this?

All at once!

Check out that face! She didn't want to share!

Happy girl, covered in cake!

Oh the joy of cake!

All partied out!