What does a 1 year old like to do?

Climb up the stairs! So, here is our new gate :) Play with balloons and pull the sticky tabs on her diapers...

Pull herself up onto everything she can (in her new outfit from her friends Kaitlyn & Katrina)...

And, finally, a one year old likes to play with her toys! She'll even climb into her toy basket to get a better view!

Haley's 1st Birthday Party!

Haley turns 1 on the 25th but we had her birthday party yesterday. The house was filled with family and Haley couldn't have been a more perfect birthday girl. She had napped for 2 1/2 hours before everyone arrived so she was all smiles until the end. The party had a rubber ducky theme if you can't tell from the pictures... It is hard to believe that it has already been a year! Here are some very proud parents :)

Haley with Grandparents Steve and Karla...

Haley with Grandparents Nancy and Gary...

So happy playing with her Great Grandma "GG"...

Making funny faces in her ducky bathtub...

Climbing into the presents :) She couldn't wait to get her hands on the bows and tissue paper!

Haley's very first cake. She needed a little help blowing out the candle from her Daddy and wasn't quite sure what to do with the cake after that.

Not much cake actually got in her mouth but she did have fun mushing her hands into it. We were prepared for a disaster with plastic bags over the chair and a catch-a-mess mat on the floor below. She surprised us all though and was very dainty with her cake :)

"I'm one" and I'm done!

Thanks to everyone for the great gifts and fun time!

Family birthdays

Happy birthday Auntie Nana! (Feb 7th) Happy birthday Grandma Karla! (Feb 12th)

The latest cute thing...when you ask Haley where her blankie is, she crawls over to it and lays her head down.

First tooth!

Haley's first tooth has arrived! It is barely poking through but it is there and is sharp! She had a fever of around 101 two days last week and we were just sure it was teething because there weren't any other symptoms. We're guessing the rest of her teeth will come quickly but who knows. We've hit another milestone :)

The latest

Haley can climb up stairs now! Check out the video for proof :) She also says "all done" when she is finished eating and she means it! She loves that she can crawl to wherever she wants to go and she wants to put every little thing she finds into her mouth. She also likes to pull herself up to a standing position - we just moved her crib mattress down to its lowest setting and it was just in time...she was standing in her crib when she woke up from her nap yesterday! Haley is our awesome little lady and we just love watching her learn something new every day.

Haley & Benjamin

Haley's friend Benjamin (and my friend Cari) came to visit today. They live in Alaska so we don't get to see them very often - it was a fun time! Haley and Ben were great with each other and we had lots of fun watching them. Ben is 4 months older and showed Haley what some fast crawling and walking looked like... Sitting cute...

Ben showed Haley how much fun it is to pull DVDs off of the shelf. Guess I'll have to learn how to have un-alphabetized DVDs :)

Ben and Haley did great at Gunther Toody's for lunch. Here is her new pucker-up face that she started doing in between each bite...

Somebody's crawling!

Haley has learned how to crawl and loves it! She just giggles and laughs as she comes toward us, chases (a bit slowly) Hemi or reaches out for her toys. She is so excited that she can go places!