My little baby.

So here it is the end of February and I am already making plans for Cara's first birthday. It will be the last first birthday I have to plan and of course we have family coming down for it. Cara turns one on April 23 which this year is a Saturday and lands on Easter weekend. We are going to have a party in the afternoon with a potluck style supper after for our out of town guests. It is a long 2-3 hour drive to come down for a 3 hour visit and I figure if they are all here then why not celebrate Easter too. Hoping and praying for nice weather that way we can be mostly out side. There will be a Easter chocolate hunt and egg shaped cupcakes and of course visiting for the family and friends. I plan on making the Easter baskets for the kids to collect the chocolate in and then put some parents in charge of separating it all later to make sure everyone gets some. I cant believe my baby will be a year soon. Time sure does fly while they are growing up.
Finally past the no sleep stages. She doesn't like to sleep during the day except for about 2 hours in the afternoon. She is only up about twice a night now and hoping that by the time she is a year that will be down to once or non at all. She is an early riser, which surprises me that she doesn't want to nap in the morning. She loves music and moves and groves to it. Plus she enjoys clapping along with you. Her biggest pleasure right now is pull herself up and walking along the furniture and even sometimes standing with out help. Cara adores Veronica and will climb all over her and pull her down to hug and kiss. It is so cute, I sure hope that continues and they are close. She has really bonded with Fred and lights up when he comes home from school. She would rather sit with him then her oldest sister Michaela. No longer the mom's girl is Cara although if she is missing me she will come and crawl to my scrap book room to see me. Playing with dad seems to be in her top 5 things to do. She giggles so much with him it is wonderful to see them bond so well. Her personality becomes more vivid every day. I love all my children so much and can't wait to continue watching them learn and grow to become incredible people.