Britta Eats Yogurt

This girl is an incredibly independent eater.  It's wonderful and cute and hilarious.

Slices of Heaven

 When the weather is warm enough for short sleeves in November, you take advantage of it!  For us that means heading over to a nearby park.  The girls had a great time exploring and soaking in that fabulous vitamin D!

I love the focus on Juliana's face.

...And the dismount!

She didn't stick the landing, but we'll give her the gold for her happy face!

 Then there's her counterpart, Miss Britta, lots' of funny and happy faces.

Britta ended up discovering some leaves.  Lots of good, crunchy fun.

 Britta then found the path and decided to venture out for a walk.

 Juliana joined her and I think that these two little sisters walking along are just precious.

Post-Nap Loves

Britta loves her big sis.  After she wakes up from her nap, she loves to see Juliana walk into her room with me.  Big hugs are usually on the menu.  It's just so sweet!

A Beautiful Mess

Britta LOVES to read.  And take books off of the shelves.  And read some more.  And take more books off of the shelves.  And basically repeat until she's surrounded by books and there are no more on the shelves.  It's lovely and frustrating all at the same time.  Some days, I will try and pick them up, but if she sees that the books are all back on the shelves, she gets excited to read them again and will pull them right back off and plop right back down and start reading again.  It's really cute.  And messy.

Busy Kids

 Never a dull moment at the Lindseth's.  Someone is always painting, building, or pulling out something or another.  Alas, I will never achieve that "clean house" look...but I'm sure I'll miss some of their more creative messes once they're grown up.

 Britta loves to play in the pretend kitchen (and even the real one for that matter).  She plays independently incredibly well and I am extremely grateful for that!

Bob the Builder(s)

I've posted and raved about our wonderful library before, so this post is really going to be repetitive.  But, it's my blog so I can be repetitive if I want to.  (See what I did there?  No synonym for "repetitive" needed.)  But I digress...

One Friday morning the library pulled out all of their blocks.  Big, small, soft, hard, whatever.  They all came out.  My girls thought their huge soft lego-esque blocks were AWESOME and had a great time building towers and houses and then knocking them down only to rebuild again.  Such fun!

I love my mornings with these sweet little girls!

Britta's First Birthday (Day and Party Pics)

Britta is ONE!  Wow!  A whole year with this sweet and happy little soul.  What a gift and blessing she has been in our family!  The smile on her face says it all.  

 The day began at one of Kari's soccer games.  (And just check out Kari in-goal...just thrilled at this point to be playing, eh??)  Britta played happily on a blanket in the shade.  The back of her little outfit is just too sweet--big bow and all!  It was a warm day so the light cotton fabric was perfect.

After naptime, it was time for the festivities to begin!  In keeping with the polka dot theme, we played a game of twister.  Daddy was a good sport and got in on the action and Britta really enjoyed getting down and playing too!

Dinner was served and Britta really liked the chicken and fruit!  (She is my best eater--in both variety and actual physical eating; very independent.)

Nom.Nom.Nom.

Grandpa Harvey may just be her favorite person ever.
Her face just lights up when she hears his jolly laugh enter the room!

After dinner, it was time for gifts!  Watching a one-year old enjoy their gifts is a gift in itself.  She honestly enjoyed every one of them!

Itsy-bitsy spider book

Tub of plastic zoo animals

Little play center

Little People's Farm (a big hit with all of the little girls)

A new copy of one of her favorites, "Pat the Bunny"

Ju Ju models her set up

Reading "Pat" with Grandma

 And then it was time for cake!  Would Britta be the "one" who breaks the cycle of not wanting to get into their cake??

 Hmmmm...does she dare??

 Yes!  She dares.

Nom.Nom.Nom.

The grand mess that I was hoping for?  No.  However, it was still the best showing by one of our babies!  Great job, Britta, and Happy Birthday!!!  We love you more than anything and are so thankful you're a part of our family!!