Pictures of Mattison 2

[darlaj2]

Here is Mattison Christmas morning waiting for Daddy to get up.  She is drinking her juice and watching Mickey Mouse....






...and then one of her opening one gift last night (Christmas Eve)




....and then trying to ride her horse while Daddy was still putting it together




A friend of mine and I took our kids to a holiday train here in town and took pictures:

[darlaj2]

One more of Mattison taken just a few minutes ago:

[amanda16]

Is she walking yet? 
She's getting to big to fast. I need to come on this website more.

[darlaj2]

She'll walk for miles as long as she is hanging onto a wall or something.  She took about 4 steps yesterday going from one toy to another.  I figure by her 1st birthday she will be walking all over the place.  Maybe in a few days??

[mesipie]

lol...landons the sameway...he took like 6 steps the other day...and has a cpl other times...i dont think hes realizing it ...or maybe its just faster to crawl...idk...lol

[EmmazMommy]

http://www.birthdayinabox.com/lobby.asp-page-theme-dept_id-154-lk-1255-id-1154



look at this cute ladybug birthday stuff!

[darlaj2]

I did see that yesterday.  I like it!  I am in a quandry of which theme to go with:

1) Lady bugs
2) Cabbage Patch
3) Strawberry Shortcake
4) Care Bears
5) Little Einstein
6) Just the regular "I'm 1" theme.



I'm thinking about seriously doing the regular "I'm 1" because she will never be 1 again.  All the above themes I can do for birthday #2, 5, 7, etc.  But I can never do "I'm 1"

[EmmazMommy]

Yea, im thinking of the " Im 1 " stuff too but idk....im not sure yet

[acjmom]

i agree.... i did the "i'm 1" stuff with both girls, but did "thomas the tank engine" for jonas.  i really wish i had stuck with the "i'm 1" for him too now.

btw.... abigail's was with carousels/rocking horses, and jolie's was "classic pooh"

[EmmazMommy]

well....Ryan said he would really love the "little people" so were doing that but mixing in the lil people zoo animals and "im 1" stuff...hard to explain but i will post pictures!

[darlaj2]

Mattison's birthday cake:



This cake was her own little smash cake.  It was still too big for her:

[darlaj2]

[littlegal]

how sweet! I can't believe she is one already!

[Jennie-lynnie]

1 already! wow. She looks like she had fun with her cake! lol. What a doll!

[nicolejoy]

She's adorable - and the cake is AWESOME - We've had two photo cakes - one for our engagement party, and one for our farewell - it was awesome!! I love photo cakes!!

[acjmom]

cute cake, and i love the outfit she's wearing too!  hope that dark pink icing didn't stain it permanently 

[darlaj2]

cute cake, and i love the outfit she's wearing too!  hope that dark pink icing didn't stain it permanently 

I had a bib on her--but she hated wearing it (it was paper bib thing) so I took it off and thought "If is stains then so be it..." But believe it or not I got it clean & stain free. 

[acjmom]

 

[NessasMama]

Awww......how cute!!!! I love her photo cake.....I had never thought of doing anything like that, but, I might do it for Janessas birthday this year.  I adore her outfit!!!! I love black and white checks......

[EmmazMommy]

aww her cake is adorable!  Shes getting so big, so fast! I cant believe our babies are this big!  Looks like she had a great bday! whatd she get?

[Courtney]

She's such a doll! And growing up so fast! I am a little scared of Aiden getting his hands on a birthday cake. LOL!

[darlaj2]

whatd she get?

She got mostly clothes (18 mons.)  She got one doll and several books.  But the rest were clothes and pj's. 

[amanda16]

Aww she looks so innocent and sweet! YOu are blessed to have such a perfect little girl Darla!

[darlaj2]

Innocent and sweet?  Well, those terms do fit her when she is asleep 
Right now she is into EVERYTHING!  Nothing is safe in our home or others.  She is a bundle of energy....and testing me on every level.....but I wouldn't trade it for anything!

[darlaj2]

Here is Mattison cooking with Donny




Then here are some of her last Sunday