Saturday...in the Park

Hey, that title works because we went to the park today AND its Saturday!

Spent a lovely morning with the sisters in St. John's neighborhood having brunch at James John Cafe. Love that place. The best brewed Stumptown coffee I have ever had (stong and hot!) and they serve it in "World's Best Dad" type ceramic mugs that you could only find at the GoodWill or if you're lucky enough, your parents might still have some hanging around from the 90's. The food is A-MA-zing. The people who work there every weekend are really sweet and one of them always come over and talks and coos with Maddy.

Afterward, we hit the Farmer's Market where I bought kale, and carrots and turnips that I plan on roasting for dinner tonight. At the moment I am decompressing while drinking an Arnold Palmer with limeade and while I try to force maddy to nap in her swing. Thank the Lord she is a skinny girl and hasn't reached the 25 lb limit yet, because some days its the ONLY way I can get her to nap. She seems to do fine unless we have had a busy day being out and about. You would think the excitement would wear her down, but its quite the opposite. She gets all jazzed and excited and thinks that her bed is for bouncing, not for sleeping. For this reason, simply leaving her in her crib to fall asleep on her own will not work; contrary to what you may have heard. She will go to bed at night by herself, but I think its because its dark.

Oh excuse me, where are my manners? I don't think I posted any birthday pics!

I am pretty mega bummed i did not get any cuter pictures of her little birthday suit (made by your's truly!) If you were at the party and took pics, please sent them to me!!!

Mama managed to have fun and give the birthday girl some luvins- even though I was kinda a stress nut for a lot of the day.

aaaaaaaand finally- passed out after 4 shots and a heel prick after her 12 month visit. A three hour nap followed, so consider this picture a grand moment in history. Today on the other hand, she is testing me again. Its almost 4 pm and total nap time is about 45 minutes so far. She's not crying, so I'm standing my ground and letting her hang by herself in her crib and I'm keeping the audio and video monitors close by. I just witnessed her rolling from one end to the other. My poor little spaz :)