Brooklyn turned one on November 5 and I can't believe it. She seems like she is such a little girl and no longer a baby. She has been growing by leaps and bounds these past couple of weeks and it has been so much fun to watch. She decided she wanted to start walking two days before her birthday and she is gaining confidence every day. She learns a new word practically everyday. Her list now includes; Dad, Mama, duck, dog, amen, thank you, ya, hi, bye, Nana, horse, baby, moo, baaa, uh oh, and I swear she says love you when I say it to her. She raises her hand in story time at the library and during Sunday school to answer questions because she sees everyone else do it. My favorite of all is that she gives us lots of kisses (on the lips!) Randomly she will kiss us and make the cute little mwua sound that goes with it. Sometimes after I am done feeding her she will give me kisses too! She loves books, Elmo, babies, music, and especially animals. She also LOVES to growl! We will have to take her to the zoo soon. She has her doctor's appointment Tuesday so we will see what her stats are, but I am excited to get her into a forward facing car seat.
Here are a couple of pictures from her little birthday party we had yesterday.
She got a set of animal puppets and loves them. She is growling in the second pic :)
Here is Daddy helping blow out the candles!
She had her own cake to smash and eat by herself. She was very ladylike when eating her cake, and made sure to take her time.
Here is her birthday cake I made for the rest of us. The theme was red and blue with birds.
We are missing Nana in this picture, but at least we got 3 generations!
We had a great day and look forward to all that Brooklyn will learn and experience in the next year!
