Our One Year Old

I'm going to try to bask in this one year old age as much as possible. Having gone through age one once now with Kilynn, I realize how blissful and fun this age is and how fleeting. It is the age where they gain enough independence to give you a break, but still love the cuddles. Today during family home evening we watched videos of Kilynn when she was one. What a cute little face and a cute little voice! I then looked at Margie and got a little teary thinking about the fact that she will only be one for a year.  I love the sweet baby cheeks, the six tooth smile, tiny pony tail, wobbly walking, jibber jabber stage!

Margie is such a sweetie! She has always been a calm easy baby since day one. We love her so much! She is a walking pro now. She took her first steps at 10 months, but still prefered crawling until exactly on her birthday. January 21st was the first day where if she fell down she would stand right back up and keep walking rather than continuing to her destination by crawling.

Margie adopted this as her blankie a couple months ago. She loves brushing her cheek with it and sighing, "Ahhhh"
 

We took an impromptu trip to LaGrande the weekend before Margie's birthday and Grandma Waite ended up making an amazing cake!

...and she got her own cake to dig into. She ate so well at dinner though that she only reluctantly tasted a little lick of frosting that I forced upon her, but was totally uninterested.

and opened a few gifts

Our little doll in the dress Grandma Kerns made for her