Darci's first camping trip

We went on our first camping trip of the year this past weekend. And it was Darci's first camping trip ever. I was a little worried how she was going to be cause she has been teething and real fussy, and has NOT been sleeping well. And to my surprise she did GREAT! And she loved it! She didn't want to go to sleep but she never cried the whole time, even when she fell on her face in the bark.
We went to this place called Cascade Park. Its owned by the LDS church and is very family friendly. We camped in the grass, so it was a great place for Darci to run around. And there was a couple little playgrounds and a zip-line and a little river. We went with 4 other couples that also had little kids. It was a lot of fun. Here are some pics and videos.

Sittin' in her little chair by the campfire eating her gold fish crackers.

Merrill finishing off the cobbler (which was sooo yummy, it was our first time using our dutch oven, we made a blackberry/raspberry/boysenberry cobbler, YUM)

Running around, eating snacks, and helping set up the tent.

OK, here is a video that is hilarious. Although if you are Grandma Calder you will not think it is so funny. Watch what happens at the end. Everyone there could not stop laughing. And just so you know before you watch it, she did not get hurt, she didn't cry or anything, she is one tough little girl.....

She loves the slide, Merrill had let her go down by herself before and she just dropped down the end on her bum, but this time her foot caught before she could get to her bum.

There was this little sand area block off right next to the water. I set Darci down in it with the other kids and she had a blast. They dug a hole and got to some water and Darci splashed around and got sand everywhere. It was so fun to watch her. Then Merrill just dunked her in the water to clean her off.

Here is a video of her splashing in the little hole. she got soaked on her front from splashing. And her bum was soaked and cover in sand.



When we were all done in the sand it was around 3 and she had not taken a nap, so we got her all cleaned up and put her in the tent, and she was out..

We had such a fun weekend, and we are going camping again this next weekend (in lodges and campers) for a family reunion and we are excited. Especially now that we know how much Darci likes it all. YAY!!!

This is the best purchase I have made in the last year. I debated whether or not to get it a few months ago. I was tired of scrubbing the carpet when Darci would spit up. I got it around 5 months ago, and I use it often...

especially for things like this:

Look at that innocent face. "Mommy it wasn't me, the cup is leak proof, I don't know how it happened...!"

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Darci is started to get picky with her food. Although its a little different than what I would've expected. Here is what I gave her the other night. Sweet potatoes, green beans and carrots...

All done.....

After 3 servings of green beans, she barely touched the rest. She is so funny. Her favorite foods right now seems to be peas, green beans, gerber meat sticks, mac and cheese and bread. Any of those, she will eat any time, but other stuff she barely gives it a chance. But I love that she loves the green veggies. She is her Daddy's girl.

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Gotta include another video of Darci dancing. she loves to dance! Anytime she sees me go to turn on the radio, even before the music starts, she starts swinging those hips.

Video

I posted this video on facebook a couple months ago, but apparently I never got around to getting it on the blog. So, here it is... Darci trying to "catch" the DVD screen saver.





Here are some more pictures from our birthday trip to Oregon...

This picture cracks me up... After church, I was making cookies and Darci kept climbing on this chair, and I would tell her no and get her down, and after a few times of this, when she would climb onto the chair and stand up, and as soon as I looked at her she would start to cry, cause she knew she was in trouble and I was going to get her down.

Gotta love the sleeping baby on her knees with her butt in the air.

She loves the slide

Darci and her 2nd cousin Ruby (my cousin Chelsea's little girl). What little cuties. Darci is 12 months, and Ruby is 9 months. Don't they look a lot alike.

Getting ready to go swimming. Next time I will get some pictures. She loves the water.

Darci had her 1 year check up today. Here are her stats:
length: 29 1/2 inches 75th percentile
weight: 21 lbs 15 ounces 63rd percentile

She grew almost 2 inches and gained 1 pound in the last 2 1/2 months. She has been walking for almost 3 months. She is a very active little 1 year old.

Happy Birthday Darci!

Today is Darci's 1st Birthday. We came to Oregon and celebrated on Saturday. It was a fun day. We had some family over for a BBQ. Darci opened her presents (with the help of Mommy and Wyatt). And we had some cake and ice cream. She wasn't too sure about the cake, she hesitated at first. And she actually didn't make much of a mess. We kind of helped her by putting her whole cake to her face, for her to take a bite and get it on her face.
Thanks to everyone that came, we had a fun day!

She had her own little cake all to herself and a big one for everyone else.

Playing with the bunny, but not liking sitting in the grass.

Wyatt gave her a ride in the power wheels arctic cat


Wyatt kept going and stopping and then asking Darci if she was having fun.

Shake that booty!

Darci loves to dance!

And here are some pictures from Memorial weekend. My parents came to visit and we went to the Seattle Aquarium, and to the Air Museum, and rode on a ferry. It was a fun, long weekend!

Stuffed bear outside one of the shops in Seattle

Touching a starfish

Watching the diver feed the fish. He gave Darci a "high five" through the glass!

On the ferry. She loves to look out the window.

So tired after a long fun weekend!

Her reaction when the balls fall is too cute.

climbing on the couch

The other day Darci climbed onto Merrill's tool box and then on to the couch. The best part was her trying to get down. This video is her coming down from the couch.




And here are some random pictures, from the past couple weeks...

Sittin' on her little car backwards

Feeding herself.... what a mess....

laughing at Daddy

Park/Another trip to Oregon

I took Darci over to the little playground we have at our apartment complex today. We've taken her to the park before and she's gone down the slide and swings on the swings, but never really got excited. Today she did get excited going down the slide. She even did it by herself, and I would catch her at the end. So when Merrill got home from work, we went back to the slide to show Daddy how she loved to go down the slide like a big girl!




Here are some other Cute pictures of her from the last couple days.

She likes to climb in her little chair thing.

These ones are from the other day at the park. I think she had fun. But she didn't smile or laugh while we were there. Silly girl!



These ones are from our trip to Oregon for Mother's Day and My nephew's blessing.

Wyatt and Darci "jumping" into the pool.

Denver/Wedding

Last weekend we went to Colorado for Kelly's (Merrill's sister) wedding. It was a lot of fun. Everyone was there. The first day we were there we were going to go to the zoo, but we woke up to it snowing outside! So, we went to the Denver aquarium instead. (the snow had stopped, but still too cold for the babies)
Darci loved the fishes. She started to get more interested in it all, once we got to the big tanks with the really big fish. She wanted to stand right up to it and she got mad when I tried to pick her up to move on to the next thing.



Then Saturday was the wedding, the forecast had said it was going to rain, but luckily it was really nice, a little windy at times, but mostly sunny and nice. Here are some pics from the day.


This is a video of Lance and Kelly dancing to Lance's Dad singing "I cross my Heart". Aparently Lance's Dad sometimes sings with George Strait's Band, or some of them, I'm not totally sure the whole story. He sang a few a his new songs, and this one. It was awesome.