Berken Family: July 2012

Monday, July 30, 2012

I've got a cell phone!!!

Grandma gave me an old cell phone! All for me! :)

Sunday, July 29, 2012

July 22, 2012... I'M ONE YEAR OLD!

Our traditional monthly "chair pose". This may be the last one of these photos... :( I planned on only doing the blog until she was 1. Well, I've decided to keep going with the blog, but I am not sure I will keep doing the monthly "chair pose". I can not believe we did 12 of these already! Stop growing, Finn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Saturday, July 28, 2012

BBQ, buddies & washers

Finn & Gma DeeDee Bird

3 of my favorite things~

Buddies

Finn trying to kiss grandpa

Cheater

Friday, July 27, 2012

Music class

Sweet! The teacher gave me the Packer-colored bean bags!!!

Shaker eggs!!!

1 year doctor appointment...

Passed with flying colors. Besides being a tad bit anemic (we will be giving her iron supplement/multivitamin drops every day), she looked great! Her stats:

Head circumference: 46 1/2in, 85%
Weight: 20lbs 7oz, 35%
Height: 30 1/2in, 90%

Tall girl with a big head, to hold all those brains! :)

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Learning, learning, learning....

Finley amazes me every minute of every day! The amount of "stuff" she recognizes, repeats and does is incredible. The last few weeks there has been such a HUGE amount of growing! She understands so much, it seems. Like how to blow kisses when asked, wave hello & goodbye, clap when asked and when she hears clapping. Knows how to say dog, dada, mama, duck, night-night... but understands so many more words that we use. She is a very fast crawler, also. She gets herself to where she wants to go, in lightning speed! Hard for mama and dada to get anything done! She likes to play in the dog & cat food/water dishes, try to get everything she isn't supposed to, and KNOWS when she is doing something she shouldn't! Little shit. :) She points at things all the time and is SO, SO curious! She screams like a crazy woman, laughs all the time and has a smile on that cute face of hers constantly. She started pulling herself up more and more, but isn't great on her feet quite yet... I figure she will be late to walk as she was late with everything else! I can wait. :) She is a food garbage disposable eating everything! I just tried whole milk (by itself, no mixing with formula) and she liked it! Big surprise. She LOVES being outside & also in the water. In fact, if you even THINK about opening the door to let Axl in or out while you are holding her... watch out! She will scream at you to go out! She is a social butterfly enjoying the company of most everyone, big and small, human or animal! She really is an amazing little girl! This age is so exciting and I am enjoying having all this time with her! (I start school on Aug. 20. Boo.) Tomorrow is her 1 year dr. appt. so I will post some stats tomorrow! I must go now. This update has taken me very, very long to write as my little tornado has been terrorizing the cat and the dog, eating crumbs off the floor, trying to play in the dog's water bowl and trying to push out a turd. hahaha

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Little Miss Finley & Little MIss Harper

Finley had a fun afternoon today playing with Harper! She is too stinking cute! These two together spells TROUBLE!!!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Finley's 1st birthday vacation!!!

We went on an adventure... First to LaCrosse, WI to see our good friends, Adam & Katie Kendle and their kiddo Harper and VERY soon to join the world, baby Henley! Then we drove to Otter Tail, MN to a lake (Lyndsey's parent's lake house) for 3 days with a bunch of amazing friends! Pontoon boat rides, swimming in the lake, jet ski, fires on the beach, fishing, wine, beer, birthdays, but mostly an amazing time! Then to St Michael, MN for a night and celebrated Finn's birthday with Nick, Lynz, Keegan & McKenzie and a VERY messy cake! After that we drove to Minneapolis to visit our friends Randy & Marisa and their 9mo old, Porter! It was more than a good time! We are finally back and settling back into our "normal" (I use that word lightly) routine!

Here are SOME pictures, with more to be added soon...