Anna is 1!

Well, we had a great birthday party for Miss Anna over the weekend! She had her party on Saturday so everyone from out of town could be there. It was so much fun! She LOVES people, so loved having all the people there to play with and see and she loved having other kids there too. She is obsessed with saying baby (baybay) to any kid that is around her age and younger, she says it to her own pictures and any kind of picture she sees (magazine, tv, and in real life). It is too funny. She also says 'bye-bye' and waves at her self, we are working on blowing kisses, she puts her hand to her mouth but leaves it there:). She says hi, mama, dada and makes a 'beh/ba' sound at Boiler, birds, ball, but Beth thinks (and we let her) that she is trying to say Beth and she says 'oh' whenever she does and 'uh oh' and when she gets excited about something, she'll point at it and say 'oh'! She is cruising around all the furniture and will stand by herself for a bit before she plops back on the ground. She got a walker toy for her birthday that she is using now to walk around, so I'm sure before long, she will be doing it on her own! She loves to read, take everything in and loves to point things out in books (she points out the little mouse in Goodnight Moon on every color page, she loves it), she is brillian (not that we are biased or anything). She is officially on regular milk now and her favorite vegetable is broccolli (weird), her favorite fruits are strawberries and blueberries and she loves ice cream, which might stem from her mommy eating it everyday while she was pregnant:) She loves to give hugs and snuggle and will lean over so you will give her a kiss, it's so sweet! Just wanted to share some of Anna with you all! And I know that there is so much more we want to share, but we'll save it for the next entry. She has been such a blessing and a joy for us and we are still trying to figure out where the year went. Hard to believe that a year ago, she wasn't even a week old and we were just trying to figure out what being a mommy and a daddy was all about. We are so lucky to have such a sweet little girl and she is SO lucky to have so many people who love her so much, that was the best thing about her party on Saturday. Having so many people there who love her!!! Well, just wanted to give a little update for you all. She is doing great! We go for her 1 year check-up on the 23rd, so we'll let you know how that goes!