My Baby Turns One!

Oh my word, baby girl, you are already a year old. Time has flown by and I am rather melancholy at the fact that my baby is growing up.

We didn't get to celebrate on your actual birthday because we were spending the day at Silver Dollar City, but the following weekend we threw you a little party. I am so very glad we did because you seemed to know it was your day. You wore the sweet little tutu Nora wore on her 1st birthday and were just adorable.

You pretty much love to get into everything right now. You aren't walking, but standing on your own pretty well and walking with assistance. You seem cautious about trying to take any steps on your own and promptly sit down if we let go of you.

The best part of your celebration was seeing you open gifts. You knew they were YOURS and you were delighted. You did not want anyone to mess with them or take them away from you and were very vocal about it. You loved the attention too!

 I made a chocolate zucchini cake and homemade raspberry icing. It was a delicious combo even though you fussed so much for a taste and abandoned it shortly after. You did demolish your cupcake though!

It is so hard to believe that you have already been here for a whole year. You are so much fun and continue to be a nice little mix of spitfire and sweetness. You definitely have some good lungs and a high pitched scream, but you are also so giggly and cuddly too. We love your fun personality and all your little dancing. You love music and you love to have fun. Watching you interact with your siblings is a daily pleasure and I love your independent spirit. You are anxious to communicate more and more and point your little finger at whatever you want (pretty much everything!). You love to eat and you love drinking peppermint tea! You constantly say something that sounds kinda like "enna" as you point at what you want. You do say: baby, bath, uh-oh, night night, mama, dada, and repeat a variety of noises and sounds. You also nod your head yes and no when asked questions and seem to know exactly what you want most of the time. You hate getting your diaper changed, you love your thumb, and you sometimes love sleep and sometimes don't. You are such a delight and bring so much more fun into our crazy family.

Love you,

Mama

One year stats: 19 lbs. 11 oz. 30 in.