A Year of Firsts

It's such a cliche - "They grow up so fast." Experienced parents always seem to offer the advice to embrace every moment of your baby's life - she's only a baby for a year, after all.  Despite the fact that we are on baby number two and are well aware of just how fast that first year zips by, it still has managed to catch me by surprise.  Little Capri is an infant already, well on her way to toddlerhood, and I'm left marveling at just how rapidly this first year has passed us by and muttering to myself, "They really do grow up so fast..."  In celebration of Capri's first year of life and just a month shy of of her big one year birthday, here's a list of some of her most memorable - and most adorable - firsts.

First Smile
We were holding out for this one for what seemed like forever - Capri was a pretty sad little newborn.  She suffered from painful acid reflux and had to take Zantac from about 3 weeks old.  Thankfully, Capri adored her sister from even a few weeks old and Dalila could always get a smile (and sometimes, even a coo) out of her baby sis.

First Plane Trip
Capri became a world traveler at a mere 5 weeks old.  We may have received a few glares as we strolled through the airport and boarded our flights with a tiny newborn, but that girl was a fantastic flyer!
(Sorry for the lack of photographic evidence - we were quite busy on Capri's first flight!)

First Giggle
Just like her smiles, Capri loves to giggle for her sister.  What a connection these two have!

Precious girls, having a few giggles.

SO Many First Holidays
And here's the photo evidence...

First Fourth of July - at the Menan parade, of course!

First Halloween as a kitty (and Dalila is Blueberry Muffin)

First Thanksgiving - with a trip to the zoo!

First Christmas

First visit to Santa!

First Food
Avocado - YUM!! And she hasn't looked back since starting solids.  This little girl LOVES food!

First Crawl
Little Capri has been determined to show how mobile she can be from as early as 5 months old.  She finally accomplished true crawling at around 6 months old - while I was on winter break!  Lucky me!!

First Steps
Little miss mobile wasn't satisfied with crawling (who can blame her with those hard marble floors - ouch!).  So she began cruising by 7.5 months.  She saved her true first steps for spring break, so I got to witness those, too!  What a thoughtful baby!

Demonstrating our new found mobility by scaling the stairs.

First Hike
Capri got to ride in a pack during a trip to the rock pools in Oman.  She LOVED it!

First Trip to the Beach
ALL she wanted to do was eat the sand.  How on earth is sand this delicious!?!

Mmmm.  Crunchy.

First Word
We're pretty sure her first word is "go," but have yet to catch this on video.  Instead, this is the typical response we get when we ask her to say her first word...

Tomorrow, Capri is exactly one month away from her first birthday.  I can't help it...they grow up SO fast!!