2.25.2008

Portia's 1st Birthday


I can't believe our baby girl is one! Sometimes I feel like I just had her. We had all the siblings and our neighbors, the Owens, over for cake and ice cream last night. Portia loved opening her presents (she was pretty good at it, too!).

As you can see, she progressed from the dainty girl to full-fledged finger-painting!

Her favorite presents seem to be her multi-racial baby dolls. I had to laugh because both grandmas bought her dolls in the appropriate color.


This morning Portia had her 12-month check-up. Here's her stats: 20 lbs. 5 oz. (35% weight), 30 in. (80% height) and 43.5 cm. (20% head). I'm happy to report (for those of you who don't read baby charts) that Portia is still long and getting leaner.


Portia's latest accomplishment is her walking. She's getting better every day and is currently able to walk across our family room. She stands up on her own and tries to run. She says about five words and signs about fifteen words. Her current favorite signs are "baby" and "more". She is so fun to have around, even though she's a tad intense!

10 comments:

Jim Hutchings said...

Happy birthday little Portia.

Gina said...

She is such a cutie pie. Thanks for inviting us!

california smiths said...

I can't beleive she is one! Happy Birthday Portia, you get cuter every day. It looks like she had fun with her cake. I am sure Palmer enjoyed it too!

Ben, Rebecca, Natali, Isaac, Spencer said...

They grow too fast! She is so cute! The baby dolls made me laugh!

The Lindsays said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PORTIA! Man, she is growing up!

Crystal said...

She's so cute! I can't believe she's already one. It seems like you just had her

Chantalle said...

Yay I found your blog...and like everyone else in the ward! How exciting. I can't believe Portia is so big...but then again, she's been big for a while :)

the Kasallis family said...

hi cute blog!!! i can't believe portia is already one. time flies! i cracked up about the dolls. that's awesome! when is play group? we'd love to come!

The Fletchies said...

Hey,

This is Devin. I must say that my wife and I heart your kids. Our blarg, almost exclusively run by the Mrs., is devandlolly.blogspot.com. Anyway, it is good to find you all on here. Keep in touch.

winter said...

Happy Birthday! It is a bit late. I can't believe it has been a year. wow! Time flies by. She is really cute and big.