Happy 1st Birthday, Alaethia!

I can’t believe a year’s already gone by. My little baby girl is a whole year old today :). It’s so weird, the weather’s exactly how it was last year when I went into labor with her: cold and gray with misty rain.

Since we’re having a little get together for her during the weekend we just had a little cake I baked for her (chocolate with pink and purple sprinkles!) after I ran all my errands (going to the store, bank, Sprint and then dropping off Rolando, who’d come over for a while due to canceled UIL practice). We gave her the “small” present we got her, which was a Taggies ball. I love those things. I totally need to get her a blanket. I’m just sad I didn’t see them any sooner, when she was still into sucking on her blanket/stuffed animal tags. Mario got home early, Mom was here, my in-laws, Noey and Andy, and the boys of course. We let her go crazy with the cake — it was everywhere! She had fun, I think.

She’s blabbering like crazy right now and using her bottle as a telephone (one of her favorite things at the moment). Obviously, she’s fighting her sleep. Poor thing caught someone’s cold. Just about everyone’s sick right now except for Mario and Eenan. Crossing my fingers they’ll stay healthy. I currently have laryngitis. It’s awful. I can’t yell at the kids at work when they’re running through the library =\.

I weaned Alaethia off of her formula around Monday or Tuesday. She did great! We’re not having any problems in the poopie department, either, thank goodness. Next is weaning her off the bottle completely. Eek. It’s going to be tough since I’m working. I think Mom would gouge her eyes out if I left her with the task. As for walking, she’s not walking completely on her own yet, but we’re thinking it’ll happen soon.

Okay, time for bed. They finally installed our computers in the library and they installed the electricity into the walls. Yes. We didn’t have any plugs along any of the walls AT ALL. That contractor/company are geniuses, I tell you. There’s so many things wrong with that place it’s not even funny. But anyway. I’m just happy things are getting better and not worse, as glacially paced as they are.