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First Birthday Recap: Monkey Cake in the Face

Posted by Pamela Vaughan

Jan 20, 2010 11:12:38 AM

I'm happy to report that Emmett's first birthday party (Theme: Mod Monkey) was a complete success.� There were very minimal freakouts or snafus, and I think it's safe to say that everyone had a great time.� A huge thanks goes to my parents, Niki and James for helping out and to everyone who attended and sent gifts, cards & Happy Birthday wishes to make his day special.

[caption id="attachment_1147" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="The Birthday Boy in his Mod Monkey Party Hat"]Birthday Baby[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1150" align="aligncenter" width="549" caption="Balloon Boy"]Balloon Boy[/caption]

It goes without saying that Emmett made out big time with all his presents.� He received not one -- but two -- ball pits (you jealous?).� However, oddly enough, Emmett's favorite present seemed to be a cupcake-shaped Target gift card from Uncle Shawn, Aunt Sara and cousin Ben.� It must have been that whole give-a-kid-a-present-and-he'd-rather-play-with-the-box mentality.

It took Emmett a little while to master the whole cake-eating concept, but eventually he got the hang of it.� Check out the video (though I'm warning you, it's kind of long)...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRTbBqAyt80&hl=en_US&fs=1&]




[caption id="attachment_1148" align="aligncenter" width="549" caption="Cake to the Face!"]Baby's first birthday cake[/caption]

*Fun Fact: Emmett is sitting in the same high chair I sat in on my first birthday.

James took Emmett to his 1 year checkup on Tuesday, and the little man is doing just fine.� He's now 22 lbs. 10.5 oz. (49th percentile) and 32 inches long (96th percentile), and he even got the go-ahead to start substituting whole milk for formula.

I still can't believe it's been a year, but I've enjoyed every single minute of it!

For more photos from Emmett's first birthday party, check out the Birthday set on Flickr.

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Topics: Milestones, video, Firsts, Toys, cake, happy birthday, cupcake, first birthday, birthday party

Happy First Birthday, Baby Lump!

Posted by Pamela Vaughan

Jan 16, 2010 12:00:57 AM

I have a million things to do to finish getting ready for Emmett's party today, but I couldn't leave his first birthday without a post on the blog, so here's a quickie...


I'm going to be completely trite here and just say it -- man, does time fly!� Exactly a year ago today I was being admitted to my hospital room at MGH in excruciating pain, waiting to welcome my little baby lump into the world (at 11:47 a.m.), and now he's a whole year old!� Happy Birthday, Emmett!


I spent most of last weekend putting together Emmett's baby book (yes -- an actual book, with pages), which meant I spent a lot of time reviewing Emmett's major milestones within the past year, mainly through pictures.� While I realized I have about a googolplex's worth of photos of Emmett, James and I both agreed that the following is one of our favorites (he's about 9 months here).� And feel free to leave some Happy Birthday wishes for Em in the comments.� It's been an awesome year!


[caption id="attachment_1141" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="RARR!"]baby snarling[/caption]


Stay tuned early next week for a birthday recap.� I'm assuming there will be tons of messy cake pictures to enjoy!


Age Timer: 1 Year!


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Topics: birthday, Weekly Updates, Milestones, Firsts, party, first birthday, 1 year

First Steps and a New Year for Baby Lump

Posted by Pamela Vaughan

Jan 3, 2010 9:02:11 AM

2009 - what a year!�� I became a mother and an aunt, James graduated from BU and Emmett hit some major milestones.� I think most of my immediate family members regard 2009 as one of - if not THE - best year yet, and I could not agree more.

Emmett's first Christmas was great.� We headed up to Maine for Christmas Day with James' family and then back down to Boston to meet my parents and sister for Christmas round two.� Needless to say, Emmett got a lot of good loot.

[caption id="attachment_1112" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Emmett's first Christmas, in Maine"]baby's first Christmas[/caption]

New Year's Eve was pretty quiet.� I co-hosted my company's Internet marketing podcast in the afternoon, which was a lot of fun.� Then James, Emmett and I spent a relaxing evening at home that included some yummy Thai takeout, a cozy fire, watching the ball drop and drinking champagne at midnight.

Perhaps the coolest development of the past couple of weeks, however, was the fact that Emmett took his first steps (literally fewer than 24 hours after my parents went back to New Jersey after Christmas)!� In fact, in less than a week, he's become a real pro.� Check out a video of some of his first few steps below ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFTYofjMDSI&hl=en_US&fs=1&]


Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over, I have to focus on my next big project -- Emmett's first birthday party!� Considering it's only 2 weeks away and I still have a lot to do to prepare, I should keep myself pretty busy.� I'm getting excited though; I just bought some pretty awesome themed decorations online :)


family at Christmas


Check out the various Baby Lump photo albums on 2009 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlebabylump/sets and videos at http://www.youtube.com/pamelump.


Cheers to 2010 and to more milestones, happiness and love for Baby Lump, and thanks for reading along in '09!


Happy New Year from LittleBabyLump.com!

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Topics: Weekly Updates, Milestones, holidays, video, Firsts, New Year, first new year, first steps, first Christmas

And The Crowd Goes Wild!

Posted by Pamela Vaughan

Dec 2, 2009 9:35:27 AM

Well, maybe just Emmett.� He's learned to clap in the past week, and honestly, it's all the kid wants to do, whether the timing is appropriate or not.� Whatever - it's darn cute...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qanSnwGXSM&hl=en_US&fs=1&]


Emmett was learning to clap while we were visiting my family in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving last week.� It was the first time my family was all together since Emmett and Gus were born, and the first time my extended family met Gus, so it was a lot of fun.� Gus is a lot more interactive than the last time I visited with him, so it was interesting to see the two babies get along.� Although most of the interactions between them involved Emmett sitting on and poking at Gus' face, it was great to have them both in the same room.


Some highlights in pictures:




[caption id="attachment_1087" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Emmett attempts a game of Patty Cake with Gus"]baby cousins[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1088" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Gus tells a very engaging story to Emmett, Aunt Lulu & Gran-D"]Gus tells a very engaging story to Emmett, Aunt Lulu and Gran-D[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1089" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Gran-D jumpstarts Emmett's gambling problem"]baby, slot machine[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1090" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Nana causes Gus to make odd facial expressions"]grandma, grandson, baby[/caption]



[caption id="attachment_1091" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Emmett practices his clapping"]grandfather, grandsons, babies[/caption]


The babies' first Thanksgiving was a big success in my opinion.� And if Emmett were still in my belly, he would've been about the size of a 20 lb. turkey :)� Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving!


To view more pictures from Thanksgiving, check out my Thanksgiving '09 set on Flickr.


Age Timer: 10 months, 2 weeks

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Topics: Weekly Updates, Milestones, family, holidays, video, Firsts, holiday, clapping

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