Autumn the cool cat with her Aunt Lindsay and Aunt Lauren.
This is Madeleine, my boss/aikido teacher/friend Stephan's daughter.
Can you see the terror on Autumn's poor chubby face?
Once Autumn got over the shock of the cold water, she was pretty happy again.
Sophia played herself out :)
Cathy, Eric, and Donnie declined to participate in the very wet and cold fun.
So did BC and Stephanie although Aedin played a little in the water.
Autumn made out like a bandit with the gifts. I hope everyone got their thank you notes! She sent them out late last week.
And, after it was all over, Autumn topped off her day by bothering Tyler.
All in all, an awesome first birthday!
We've been the house of sickness off and on all year. Twice it's been Mike and Autumn but the last week it has been all three of us. I'm still kicking off the dregs of what might have been a cold or sinus infection and Mike is just about completely well. Autumn is doing better than she was but she's had a really phlegmy cough and some wheezing. She has to use a nebulizer for five days and is exceedingly unhappy about it. Poor Miss Autumn did better with the treatment the second time than she did the first time in the doctor's office. Part of that was probably having both of us there to reassure her but part of it was probably the super awesome Baby Einstein video she got for her birthday. It helped distract her a bit.
Anyway, funny thing, whenever anyone sees Autumn when I think she is sick, they tend to think I am crazy unless it's the doctor and he's listening to her lungs or something. She just goes on flirting and giggling and making friends up until she passes out or just can't go on anymore. Ha. Funny kid. Here she is in a happier moment.
