Magdelyn's Party Part 4 - The Family

Magdelyn's Party Part 3 - The Company

The only thing that devastates me about these pictures is that somehow BOTH MY PARENTS managed to evade the camera. SO SO sad!

Magdelyn's Party Part 2 - Decor

The centerpiece doubled as the birthday gift, below









Party Favors

Magdelyn's Party Part 1 - Birthday Girl

If Maelyn had a Uniform

This would be it.

Do I smell?

When does a baby learn when something smells good vs bad? Apparently today. Maelyn made the most incredible stink face this morning when I got close to give ooey gooey morning love. I laughed and wondered if we'd turned a corner, so I blew on her face just to check.

Sure enough. She definitely responded to her mommy's bad morning breath. Poor thing. At least she doesn't appear to have inherited my anosmia (very weak sense of smell). I constantly worry that I have B.O. since I can't smell a bloody thing. Maybe soon my daughter will be able to help answer my "do I smell?" probes. Her answer was quite clear this morning!

Drowning

I swear my baby is going to drown herself. I can't keep her face out of the water! A few days ago she dipped her face in past her nose (leaning straight over forward) and before I could grab her she had breathed in a chest full of H2O. Next bath, she leaned so far over her whole body flipped so she was lying face down in the tub -- being that I was right there (my hands were on her whileshe was on the way over) I grabbed her right out. She was hysterical on both occasions and calmed down only when I put her back into the tub to play. She loves the water and gets so excited about it she's pretty sure a lung full is a good idea. The more the merrier right? She even goes straight into the shower already. I gotta get this girl swimming lessons or she'll kill herself. How early can a kid learn to hold their breath?