Today we attended our 2nd birthday party in as many weeks. This time it was the first birthday party of Mikey, a friend of a friend from Cradle Talk. Mikey is the son of Louise and John who have hosted the Halloween and Photos with Santa events in the past.

The party had a “Thomas” theme and there was a big blue train to ride on in the dining / sitting area, but more on that later.

We reached another major milestone today, again probably just by accident (careful how I use that word today) but Cezanne went from lying on her tummy to sitting all on her own and she did it again when we got home. So check that off the list… In fact Cezanne was a real little show-off at the party showing all her fellow infants just how well she can move and how much energy she has and that she does not need a nap during the day.

[1]  [2]  One of these 2 photos was taken at the exact moment she got into the sitting pose from lying on her tummy. I think it was the one where she is chewing on the red coin.

[3]  Dad, Cezanne, Diana & Kaden.

[4]  Louise, John & Birthday Boy Mikey.

[5]  The Welch Family

Now more about the train… The ride-on train was setup is a figure 8 and Cezanne took a ride on the self-propelled train, sitting quite still and managing to balance very well all by herself. Later we returned to ride the triain again and this time take some photos.

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Cezanne again did very well and both Lanelle and I took turns taking photos while the other one kept an eye on the little pink train driver. While Lanelle was taking pictures and I was trying to keep an eye on Cezanne while staying out of the shot Cezanne took one of the turns and decided to lean out to see if she could touch the pillar as she passed. Well gravity steped in and both Cezanne and the train left the tracks and crashed into the pillar. There was no real damage to the train, the pillar or Cezanne but she had to make sure everybody at the party knew that her parents had let her crash the train. After the 5 minute wail she calmed down. Here she is after a good cry but calm and ready to show off again…

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