Anna is 1!!

Anna turned one yesterday!  She had a fun Peep-themed birthday party.  She was a little overwhelmed with the whole thing so hopefully she had fun.  She's accomplished a lot in the last year.  She can now walk (when she feels like it).  Yesterday she didn't want to walk during her whole party but as soon as people left she went halfway across the room.  She just doesn't want to show off.  Her favorite food is cottage cheese.  She likes her cats and is always trying to feed them.  She hasn't liked bottles for months now and doesn't like milk.  She only kind of nurses.  We never even tried to give her formula so I don't know if she would've liked that or not.  Her favorite thing in the world is a pacifier.  If it was up to her, she would always have one in her mouth and one in each hand.  I like to try to keep it out as much as possible though so that she can talk.  She can say mama, da, nana, cat and kick and maybe some other words like yeah and no.  When I tell her to kick in the bathtub she says "kick" and kicks her feet really fast.  She's a really good baby.  She likes to smile and is really nice.  She also really likes Lukey when he's nice to her.  When he's mean she has started to fight back and has been known to leave bite marks on him that last for days.

Anna with Maeve.

Lukey was really excited for Anna's party because it meant that Kent would be coming over.  He waited at the door for about a half hour before Kent arrived.  Luckily Kent was the first to show up.

Anna thanking Uncle Ben for her princess castle.

Opening gifts was a little hectic.  Maeve and Leah "helped" by opening all the gifts and giving them to me before it was possible to figure out who they were from and what went with what.  It was pretty funny. 

Leah helping with the gifts.

Maeve, happy to help.

Anna getting a little overwhelmed.

1st Birthdays are hard.

Anna didn't even want her cake when the pacifier was in it.

Anna didn't really like all the attention on her for singing.  She likes people and is a happy baby, but I don't think she likes a lot of attention on her.  Poor girl.  I made her a Peep cake.  This was the only picture I got of it in its whole form. Anna didn't even want to touch it.  

A family picture.  Lukey likes to demolish cakes.  Anna gets upset by them.

I told Lukey to give Anna a hug.  I don't think she really liked it though.  Sorry Anna, he wasn't supposed to hug your neck.