Finley Milligan: September 2012

We almost have a one year old! I will be so happy when I can just say, “she is one”, rather than try to figure out if I am rounding up or down to the half month or full month when someone asks her age. We don’t have any extravagant plans for Finley’s birthday, I think we will just go out for Mexican food. This will be the first year that we get to celebrate both Todd and Finley’s special day together.

Finley is constantly on the move getting into everything but her toys. She has become obsessed with the Iphone. She can spot one from a mile away and do whatever it takes to get her hands on it. She has also started standing on her own, she can get up from a seated position and stand for a few seconds and then she will seat herself back down. Walking is right around the corner. Finley is getting better and better at eating. She loves spaghetti and meatballs and goldfish crackers (just like her daddy).

The past few weeks have been filled with lots of travel. Finley is great to travel with; she enjoys airports as there are so many people to smile at. Todd was pushing her in her stroller and noticed as we walked everyone was smiling – she was putting on a show in her stroller. Getting to the destination is the easy part, when we arrived she got so excited that she didn’t want to sleep – at all. Our first trip was to Park City so Todd could play in a golf tournament. Park City was fun because it was a trip filled with family. Finley got to spend a week with both her Grandmas and her Papa. She also got to play with her cousins Andrew and Piper. Our next trip was to NYC and to East Hampton. It was so much fun to take Finley to the beach, she loved eating the sand, lots of it! Finley got to play with the dog named Finley which was lots of fun. When Finley sees a dog she gets physically excited and her whole body shakes with glee. On our way back to the airport we rode the Hampton Ambassador bus, there were about five people on our bus one of which was Hoda! She was so friendly and looked right at Finley and said now that is a cute baby!!!

This past week we have been playing with the twins. Oh the big girls are SO much fun. Finley loved going to the museum, swimming and out for lunch with her girlfriends. I also got a chance to hang out with my girlfriends as Allison and Nicole both came over for a sleepover. Five baby girls later we still know how to have a good time, even if it was a Sunday night!