Celebrating one year

It has officially been a year since Bella joined our family and I still can't believe it. It has been so much fun (and a lot of work), but I wouldn't have it any other way. I am so glad that I have had the opportunity to be her mother and I love every minute of it.

Bella is the cutest little girl and she still amazes me daily. She is walking like a pro now. Usually she prefers not to crawl. She loves to laugh and even when she's not in the best mood you can still get her to smile if you're goofy enough. She loves to eat and likes to eat whatever anyone else is eating. She is still fairly small (we'll have an official update on that later in the week) for her age, but it just makes her all the more cute. She loves playing outside especially with her friends. Today she got to have a party with a bunch of her friends and Grandma Sue, Papa and Aunt Kellie. Then got to go out to dinner with Grandma Rogerson and Papi. She had a lot of fun being the center of attention (she usually is the center of attention, but today it was over the top). She had a special #1 cake decorated by Aunt Kellie of which she promptly ate all the frosting off. Surprisingly she still had a pretty good nap and then got to play with her buddy Maddy. All in all it was a pretty fun day.

Bella is our little present.

We got to see Bella's buddy Tucker today. He's about 6 months YOUNGER than Bella.

Bella had so much fun with her cake. Thanks Aunt Kellie for making it look good.

She LOVED the frosting.

The kids had fun at their own table. And here's Isaac, just one of the kids... he also provided some slapstick comedy for us.

So nice to see all our friends.

Here's a little video of Bella being silly while I was trying to take her picture. Aunt Kellie was being silly so Bella followed suit.

Bella is our little sugar-britches and we are so lucky to have her in our family. We love you, Bella.