Happy Birthday Sweet Maddie

Maddie celebrated her first birthday last week - how time flies! We had a fun day with her, including cake, presents, and lots of play time. She was a little unsure of how to get into the presents at first, but she was pretty quick to dig into her cake... and kept eating it until we had to take it away.

Norah was happy to help her little sissy, and the two of them had lots of fun playing with all of Maddie's new toys. (And yes, as you saw from Norah's concern in the video above, we eventually did give her some cake.)

In honor of her first birthday, we wanted to do a review of all things Maddie. She has developed a cute little sense of humor, which mostly involves her putting things on her head and laughing at herself...

...or blowing raspberries on my arm and laughing at herself (apparently the silliness of toot jokes is recognized early!).

Her favorite activities are climbing...

...and climbing some more.

Favorite foods are yogurt, cheese, applesauce, and popsicles. (Oh, and the crumbs she finds on the floor and the occasional snail from the garden. Luckily I caught the snail before she got it into her mouth - though it was quickly heading in that direction - but I don't always catch the crumbs.) And her favorite person in the whole wide world is her sister. (Especially when she gets to be in her sister's room and play with her sister's toys, but even when her sister "borrows" the toy she is in the middle of playing with. Oh, the toils of the youngest child)

It is fun to see Maddie develop her own personality. She is sweet, cuddly, curious, observant, and loving. We are so blessed to have Maddie in our lives. What an amazing year it has been!

 

Happy birthday sweet Maddie... we love you so much!