50 weeks

Can you believe how close we are to Rose's first birthday?!? One year ago I was freaking out about when Rose would arrive (she came with perfect timing), nine months ago I was freaking out about returning to work (I've since been promoted), six months ago I was worried she wouldn't roll over (now she's almost walking), and now I'm trying to relax and enjoy our time together since it all seems to work out in the end. :)

This past week Rose got to spend lots of time with several of her grandparents!

Ninja came to town Monday through Thursday. She brought along a "see and say" that Rose totally loves.

Grammy took care of Rose on Thursday afternoon, as per usual. (No picture, sorry!) Rose loves seeing Grammy on Thursdays, and we are so appreciative of the time they get to spend together! (Thanks, Marsha!)

Friday night we went up to the cabin, where Rose got to spend some good time with Grandpa Fly and Grandma Roles. Grandpa showed her all the photos of her cousins ...

...and Grandma helped her learn to crawl up the stairs! Rose also enjoyed pointing out all the knots in the wood to Grandma.

Rose also loved the big fish pillow at the cabin. She is her father's daughter, after all.

We came home early on Saturday afternoon, so we took our weekly photos at home, as usual. (Only two more weeks of weekly photos!)  Rose has been enjoying "cruising"...

...and walking (with assistance). Any bets on when she'll take her first solo steps?

I had a couple other really cute pictures to upload, but after multiple attempts yesterday and today I'm just going to give up and direct you to our most recent Snapfish album instead.  Scroll to the end of the album to see her making her adorable "where?" gesture, to see her stealing her dad's glasses, and to see her clapping for herself as she plays with the potty. For the past month or so she's been loving reading her Potty book, watching me go potty while she's in the bathtub, and playing with her potty seat in the living room. Then for the last couple weeks we've been setting her (fully clothed) on her potty seat while we read books. Sunday, just for kicks, we took her diaper off as we were reading - just a few minutes later, she peed in the potty! Whoa! Mostly I thought it was a fluke, but then she did it again tonight! Now, I have no unrealistic expectations that she'll be potty trained by a year old or anything like that, but I'm hoping we can just continue to give her positive experiences with the potty. It can't hurt, right?

Have a great week, everyone!