A YEAR

FROM THIS


TO THIS




My baby girl is ONE! I can not believe how fast time has gone. Maylee has been so fun to have around, I'm anxious to see how she develops even more this next year. Already she's such a little comiedian, and a feisty one too! She loves making funny faces and laughing. Her trademark is her scream. We call her our little Pterodactyl... every time something (usually Kaleb) happens that she doesn't like she lets us know by her scream! Thankfully her cute laugh and smiles make up for those moments! :) She says a few words now, "Hi" since about 9 months, "Up" and "Hey". Sometimes she says "dada" to Blake, but not consistently enough to where I know if I should count it as a word or not. This morning she started to say "mama" so I'm hoping that sticks too! She's learning to walk right now, she takes more and more steps each day, but we haven't gotten to the point where it is the chosen mode of transportation yet! She will walk all around the house pushing her baby stroller or bus. She loves her baby dolls. Pretty much every time you see her she will have a baby in her hands or her purse! Such a girl! Which makes me so happy! I love stuff like that! I don't ever want her to be prissy, but I can't wait for the day that she puts her pretty dress on to go play in the mud! I can definitely see that personality in her too! She loves playing with her brother and daddy. I've never seen a little girl go so quickly to be a part of the wrestling match! But she also sees a bow and "ahh"'s over it and tries to put it in her hair!
So naturally for her birthday party we decided to have a princess theme! Blake carried on the tradition of making the big birthday cake for the baby to tackle... this year it was a frog. :) It turned out great! I think he just needs to be deemed the cake maker in this family! With his artistic skills there is no way that I can compete! Her party turned out so fun! She has three little cousin girls that all wore princess dresses too, then all the boys got to wear crowns (from burger king) :) She was so happy with all the attention, loved every toy she opened, and couldn't understand why I would take them away right after she opened them! Here are some of the pictures.....




The Princess and her royal subjects... no one was quite cooperating for the picture!


Riding her new bus with the help of Kaleb and Callie



THE FROG




The princess had to kiss it... just to see :)









Getting all cleaned up in the kitchen sink!