Rain, Rain, Go Away

For her birthday, Mary Pat got a monkey rain hat from Katie and Nick Faleris (Mommy's friends from college). Since it has rained many times over the past two weeks, this new rain hat has come in handy going to and from school every day. As you can see Mary Pat LOVES the hat and doesn't even try to take it off! It has also been a big hit with all of the day care employees!

Thanks Katie & Nick!
I'm ready for the rain!
Do you see the monkey on my head?

Say Cheese!!

Mary Pat LOVES cheese. It doesn't matter what kind of cheese it is (she has tried american, cheddar, provolone, mozzarella) or how it is used. She loves sliced cheese, cheese sticks, cheese quesadilla, grilled cheese, mac and cheese. She will pretty much eat anything we give her (fruits, veggies, meats, breakfast foods, etc) but gets very excited when she sees the cheese come out at either lunch or dinner.

The day these pictures were taken, Mommy just gave Mary Pat an entire slice of cheese to eat instead of tearing it into pieces. Mary Pat did not know what to do with herself! As you can see, she shoved the entire slice of cheese in her mouth at once!!

The Birthday Shirt

We saw this idea somewhere and decided to use it ourselves. We bought Mary Pat an adult size "I love NY" t-shirt (with an irish theme) to wear for a picture on each birthday. This way we will have a way to see how big she has gotten each year.

As you can see, the shirt is HUGE on her this year, but that makes the pictures all that more enjoyable! She had no idea what we were doing when we were trying to take these pictures but she thought it was hysterical.
A full length shot (although you can't see the shirt very well)
A little better. She is getting more teeth so her finger is pretty much always in her mouth!

More Birthday Pictures

As promised, here are two links for more pictures from Mary Pat's birthday weekend. I will warn you up front that there are a bunch of pictures! Here's a link to Mommy's pics and here's a link to Papa's pics. Enjoy!!
Mary Pat LOVES her new stroller car from Auntie Leenie and Auntie Moe.

Mary Pat got this fun Winnie the Pooh train from Papa & Nana. She picked it out in the store herself!

Mary Pat Turns One!!!

We can hardly believe that Mary Pat is already one year old! She had a very eventful and fun filled weekend of celebrations beginning on her actual birthday last Thursday. The events began with Mommy and Daddy singing "Happy Birthday" to Mary Pat in her crib Thursday morning. She laughed and bounced up and down not really sure what was going on.

Thursday afternoon, Mommy took some Dunkin Donunt Munchkins into Mary Pat's class at daycare where they had a birthday party for her. Everyone sang and clapped and Mary Pat wore her Birthday Crown and enjoyed all of the attention. When we got home that afternoon, Nana, Victoria, Aunt Shawn and Papa arrived at our house for their weekend visit. Mary Pat was very excited to see all of them. After Daddy got home from work, we all went to Grimaldi's Pizzeria for Mary Pat's birthday dinner. She enjoyed noodles and pizza for dinner followed by ice cream with a candle in it!

Saturday was the big birthday party. Unfortunately the rain caused us to move the party from the park to our house, but a good time was still had by all. Mary Pat was very happy to have so many friends and family able to come and celebrate her big day. She was not very interested in her cake, but had a great time eating one of the cupcakes we had for the party! Below are some pictures from the weekend. A link to MANY more will follow shortly!

Mary Pat in her class getting ready for her party!
She loved wearing her birthday crown at school.
And was VERY excited to see Mommy earlier than usual!
Mary Pat and her classmates singing Happy Birthday.
Enjoying her birthday munchkins.
Mommy & Mary Pat at Grimaldi's Pizzeria for her birthday dinner.
Daddy & Mary Pat the day of her birthday party.
Mommy & Mary Pat awaiting the arrival of her birthday party guests!
Trying to crawl in her pretty party dress.
Seriously observing the party.
Mary Pat was very happy to have her Nana there to celebrate turning one!

I'm ready for CAKE!!!!

Family photo with the cupcake shaped birthday cake.

Mary Pat liked the small cupcake better.

Tasting the icing.....

YUMMY!

Technical Difficulties......

Due to technical difficulties with our home internet, birthday pictures are taking longer to get posted. I will try to have some pictures up by tomorrow morning!