Video Slideshow of Bridget's 1st Year!

Make photo slide shows at www.OneTrueMedia.com

My baby is turning ONE tomorrow!

I simply can't believe that my baby is going to be ONE tomorrow! Here are some of the last infant pictures...

(above) Practicing walking. She loves going up and down stairs.

(above) Another walking picture. She's getting so close!

(above) Bridget climbing through our coffee table. Even though half her head is strangely shadowed, she still looks wicked cute.

(above) Bridget being super cute to try to get out of a diaper change.

(above) Got you! Time for that change!

(above) And here is Auntie Kathleen the wicked funion witch babysitter!

Halloween Costume

I got a Halloween catalogue in the mail last week so I started online browsing costumes for Bridget. The one below is the only one Ken liked. We could celebrate Bridget's Dutchness. This one is called Lil Dutch Girl. There were even adult male and female Dutch costumes (although the male one was for Hansel from the Hansel & Gretel fairy tale). What do you all think of this one (all parts are included on this one, even the hat with braids and wooden shoe covers).

Cape Cod Vacation

Consider yourself warned that there are many pictures in this entry (with more in the previous one entitled "11 Months!") but we were gone for a week and it was hard enough to cut it down to this few.

(above) Our rented cottage for the week

(above) Shopping in downtown Chatham

(above) Bridget is a born surfer!

(above) Bridget playing in the sand with me at the beach

(above) All the kids (and Ken) swmming

(above) Bathingsuit Beauty. You can tell by how pale Bridget and I remain in the pictures that we used copious amounts of sunscreen.

(above) The family sporting our new Cuffy's Cape Cod sweatshirts

(above) Bridget and Ken African drumming

(above) The family enjoying the African drum and dance show

(above) Mimi & Grampy came to visit for a few days so we all had a nice dinner together

(above) Grampy, Ken, and Tim proudly showing off the giant stripers they caught (23 lbs when weighed). I love this Charlie's Angels shot.

(above) Bridget and Mommy celebrating her Dutchness.

(above) Bridget loves the bunny we spotted!

(above) This is from sightseeing/hiking in Eastham. Nice view of the marshes.

(above) Bridget not so patiently waiting in her carseat.

(above) What Daddy? I didn't spill anything.

(above) Mommy and Bridget cheering on the Chatham A's!

(above) I love this one! This is from an outlook at an animal sanctuary we visited.

(above) Bridget making funny faces as Ken feeds her stale puffs to the fish.

(above) Cool boathouse behind Ken and Bridget.

(above) Posing on the Provincetown whale statue during our visit.

(above) Bridget and I with my completed Cape Cod puzzle. After I finished all three of the books I brought, I turned to puzzle making. Since Bridget naps twice and goes to bed early, we had a lot of quiet time and early nights.

(above) Jillian and Bridget at a Chatham playground. Bridget seems very confused that her cousin is pushing her now.

11 Months!

Bridget turned 11 months while we were away on vacation. She is now 28" and 18 lbs 8 oz by our home measurements. Here are some CUTE pictures from last week to commemorate the occasion:

It's been too long...

I kept not being where the pictures were and didn't want to update without pictures. I'm finally here to do an update though.

This Saturday we leave for Cape Cod but we'll take lots of pictures while we're gone!

Here's what Bridget has been up to in the last few weeks:

<-- Being Cute!

Eating Watermelon! -->

<-- Oooh.. loving the camera!

Floating in her car raft -->

<-- Swimming with Daddy, wearing her hat for once!

Posing with Daddy! -->

<-- Throwing balls!

Playing with her toys! -->

<-- Visiting friends!

Fourth of July

Ken set up her Disney Princess tent to see if it would work for our beach vacation at the end of the month. Bridget had fun crawling in and out of it.

Here's the family and some friends watching the Fourth of July parade at the Town Common. Behind us you can see some of the fun stuff they had set up. Bridget is too little for the bouncy castle but she enjoyed watching the Dog Show and seeing all the people.

We took Bridget to the park at the end of our street. She LOVES going on the swings!

This one I put up so that my friends can see the haircut that I copied from my sister Kathleen. I love it! This is Bridget and I playing in the shade after she was done on the swings.

Bridget also saw fireworks for the first time. We put Bridget to bed at her normal time Saturday night but the poor kid kept getting woken up by the fireworks outside! Eventually we picked her up and we all walked around outside watching the various shows. We could tell Bridget was a little nervous by how tightly she was grabbing us but she seemed enthralled and kept searching the skies for the next explosion. It was really neat to see her experience the fireworks for the first time.