Mari Is now ONE!!!

We are a little late on this post, but Mari is officially ONE!!! Wow, what a big girl. We celebrated with Grandma Keating and all our friends from around here. Thanks to everyone for coming and celebrating with us.

On a side note Mari has been fighting a cough for about a month now. Up until about 3 days ago her chest was clear and there wasn't much we could do but wait. Well, we ended up at the doctors again yesterday to find out now she has wheezing in her chest. So we ended up having a chest x-ray, thankfully everything was okay, she doesn't have pneumonia. However, she was put on an antibiotic and oxygen. Let me tell you what, it is not easy getting a 1 year old to wear nose tubes. Needless to say we have not succeeded so please pray this all goes away soon, since they want her on oxygen till everything is clear. Thanks to everyone who is praying and thinking of us. We will keep you undated. We love you all and miss you!

Mari wasn't as interested in her cake this time.

We had lots of helpers to open the gifts.

Our friend Ben made her this wonderful tissue paper hat.

We got some great books and many other cute outfits and great toys. We love them all!!

Mari loves her Lovie, it is usually carried around in her mouth so she can still play.

The car Grandma Keating got her. It was the hit of the party and is still the best now.

Grandma Keating did lots of babysiting for us since we had a busy weekend at work. Thanks for everything, it was great to see you.

Celebrating Mari's Birthday in Missouri

I can't believe that our little girl is almost 1 year old. My how fast the time really does go. So we went to Missouri to celebrate for one of her parties. All the Aunts and Uncles came and Grandma and Grandpa Nienhouse came too. It was so much fun to be home and be surrounded by all our family. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us.

We ended up extending our stay due to the weather that Denver and the mountains were getting and it was a nice relaxing time for us.

We had so much fun as always with Liam. It amazes me to watch how well the two of them play together. Check out those hairdos!

Mari and Liam both love to sit in the chair like big kids. Mari thinks it is fun to stand too. We are trying to learn to only sit on our bottom.

So Greg and I decided to have a monkey theme for Mari since she is a little monkey. Here was her adorable cake that I couldn't have done without the help of the baker Grammie Quirk, and the decorators me, Greg, and Auntie Sarah. Unfortunately this baby has not been easy on me so my energy levels dwindle quickly and food looks gross (when I have to cook it). So thank you everyone!!

This was Mari's own personal cake. Thanks Daddy for decorating such a cute cake.

Our Birthday Girl before the party began.

Look at that cute girl and her birthday hat!!

So we discovered that Mari likes her sweets. She went to town on her cake and we paid for it that night because she didn't sleep well at all. Oh well it was fun to watch.

Opening gifts was fun she actually knew what to do. Of course the paper was the most entertaining, but we loved all the great gifts. Thanks everyone for everything. It is fun to watch her play with everything.

Here is Mari the Monkey and Liam the Lion. This is what they were going to be on Halloween, however both of them ended up being sick. So we did nothing and Liam dressed up and passed out candy. Oh well, next year!!

At least we got some cute pictures of the two of them together with the pumpkins.

I was actually shocked that Mari didn't mind having her costume on.

Reading one of her cards in one of her new outfits.

This might have been the cutest and best thing. Being pushed around in a basket. Weeeee.