Celebrating Clementine

The birthday princess in her new rocking chair from her Aunt Vicki!

Her diva look.

What a happy & healthy one year old!

Well, finally, Clementine's first birthday post. As most of you reading know, the month of April was a difficult one for Clementine. She just couldn't stay healthy! We are so blessed to be able to reassure everyone now that our little Clementine is just that - little. She is gaining weight now and has been healthy for two weeks straight now! Grandparents, aunts, & one uncle came to our house the weekend before her birthday for a small party, but Clementine wasn't feeling very photogenic. How photogenic would you be with a temp of 104 degrees? Clementine spent most of her birthday party day at urgent care being poked and prodded until they gave her an antibiotic shot that took care of the illness - the source of which still remains a mystery. Despite her illness, she still wanted to eat her birthday cake and was still interested in her presents. Adam & I gave her a locket, and her brother picked out a nice Ariel water sprinkler for her (no selfish motivations at all there, you think?). She also received lots of cute clothes and special baby dolls. The gears toy she got from her Aunt Abbey & Uncle Jason has been a huge hit with both her & her brother.

By her actual birthday, though, she was feeling great! The boys went to the church while Mommy & Clementine spent the whole day together - just the two of us! The fun really started the night before with a trip to Graeter's in Uptown. The night before she was born we had Graeter's so we decided that should be her birthday eve tradition. On her birthday, she and I purchased columbine plants from a little shop in Uptown that are named "Clementine Rose" to plant in our backyard perennial garden. We spent the rest of the day playing outside & swinging at the park. That evening, our friends the Damrons came over for dinner. Bill Damron is a very special man to our family. He loves and adores our children (all children, really), and his birthday is the day after Clementine's. Adam made a birthday cake from scratch for his little girl and Bill. We had such a fun day and evening. Clementine was full of smiles & giggles all day long. The Metz family loved celebrating Clementine!

Hope you enjoy the slideshow! I threw in a couple photos of our trip to the zoo (on the carousel) last month, and the random blond girl is our neighbor & Clark's friend, Gabbie. They spend just about every day together so it was only fitting that she be there to assist in opening Clementine's birthday gifts.