For those who are interested, we have already begun the planning for her birthday celebrations and have narrowed it down to 3 parties in order to accommodate everyone! The first of which will be on Saturday, August 21st at North Forest Campground in Tomahawk, WI from 11 - ?. We will be providing lunch and cake by the playground. The second will be held at our house on Sunday, August 29th - times still to be determined. Will most likely be later in the evening, tentatively from 4-6pm. The theme is "Octopus's Garden", we will have supper and cake :)
The 3rd party will be held at a family friend's home in Santa Ana, CA on Penelope's Birthday: September 5th. We hope that everyone can come to celebrate our sweetie's first birthday with us!
She has developed so crazy much this past month, I don't even know where to begin! We now have a crawler! She gains a bit more momentum every day! She can also pull herself up on furniture and has started to cruise a few steps at a time and has even attempted to stand on her own a few times. She is gabbing like nothing else, the pediatrician said it's pretty much unheard of for a 10 month old to be talking as well as she does - she is already putting 2 and 3 words together! Generally, you want them to be doing that around 2 years old, so to be doing it at 10 months is pretty amazing. She says, "all done", "I like that", "Hi dada", "I like dada", and even told another baby, "good job!" the other day! She can also say, "Mama", "Hi-ya", "bye-bye", "nigh nigh" (night night), "na na na" (banana), "ball", and "ya" (yes).
We have also been working on doing sign language with her. She knows the signs for: hi/bye, thank you, milk, banana, dog, more, and all done.
Penny also has a bunch of new tricks up her sleeve. When asked to bounce, she will bounce up and down, she can clap her hands and knows how to "cheer", she has learned how to make a fake laugh, knows how to use drawers, when she gets tired and fussy, she starts to yell, "all done! all done! nigh-nigh! nigh-nigh!", she can pull herself up in her crib, is starting to use a sippy cup (finally!), can play peek-a-boo (she puts her head down and when you say, "where's Penny?" she pops up so that you can say, "peek-a-boo!", she can wave and say, "bye bye" or, "hi", will ask for more food, and now knows how to stick her tongue out and lick things :p
We have been super busy this past month, so here are some fun pics of what we have been up to:
Splashing in the pool at cousin, Ava's Baptism party with cousins Breleigh and Anna!
Finally getting to meet her Great-Great-Grandma Annie at the Geurink Family reunion! The youngest and oldest members in attendance: 9 months old and 94 years old!
Our branch of the Geurink Family (still missing at least 2 dozen who couldn't make it)!
Penelope all tuckered out at the family reunion :)
Mommy was in charge of taking photos and had to run youth activities - she was such a good girl for daddy and hardly fussed all day!
Penelope and her cousin, Zoe Jane!
My brother, his wife and their daughter, Zoe Jane came down to Milwaukee for a Brewer's game - Uncle La La (Alan) and I got to babysit while mommy and daddy went to the game. Both of my parents have June birthdays, so we took the kiddos to The Picture People at Mayfair Mall to get their photos taken as a special birthday surprise!
Penelope on the move!
Sweet smiles at the Milwaukee Zoo!
Oh yeah, Mommy had a birthday too! I am now 24 years old! Alan took Penny and I on a weekend get away to The Wilderness in Wisconsin Dells!
Daddy and baby on Mommy's Birthday vacation! Penny had loads of fun at The Wilderness' waterparks - they had 8 in total! We may have to make it a yearly tradition to go :)
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