Brynn had her first birthday this week but it was a very low key event. David was out in California so I brought her into work with me and we had a mini-celebration in the cafeteria with a couple of my work friends. I bought her a cupcake but she refused to even taste it. Crazy baby! She did however polish off a cold jar of peas which is her second favorite food so I guess that counts as a treat (bleh!).

Here is a picture of her showing off her amazing ability to walk. About 10 days ago she decided that she no longer crawls and is only going to walk where she wants to go. Unfortunately this new policy was hampered by her inability to actually walk more than a couple of steps without falling over. Her travels would involve standing herself up, falling over again about 50% of the time, standing up again, taking a few steps, falling and then repeating the whole process until she got where she wanted. The funniest part was when she was literally a step or two away from her destination and she would fall. I would wait for her to crawl the last couple of feet but she'd insist on walking. A very stubborn little girl.

We had a string of bad luck that started when I broke my toe two weeks ago. I have never broken a bone in my body before and apparently that was some kind of good-luck talisman that I no longer have to protect me because it opened the flood gates of bad luck. Next Brynn got very sick and we ended up taking her to the ER. She had strep-throat and was very sick for about 4 days. This coincided with the "walking-only" policy but she had absolutely no balance or strength in her legs so she couldn't get around anywhere. She was infuriated. As soon as she got better she was an absolute pro at the walking so she's happy as a clam now.

Dave caught her strep throat the day he was due to fly to San Francisco for a conference but he got on antibiotics straight away and was well enough to fly the next day. He got back yesterday. Oh and he won some ridiculous prize that I'll let him post about. Basically a nerd toy so over-the-top that even he thinks it's too much. Maybe that signals the end of the bad luck. I hope so because I don't need any more illnesses, dentist appointments, doctor visits, prescriptions or broken bones.

So that's been our week - our little girl is growing up fast! Still, it's been the longest year of my life and people who say it's going by so fast are crazy. 1 year down, 17 to go!