Drawers, cabinets & crumbs

13 months.... The age (at least with our two girls) where their little world begins to rapidly expand, curiosity leads them to explore the unknown rooms, cabinets, drawers and and place anything that is smaller than their fist into their mouth. Lately it is a constant battle to keep any and every crumb, dirt, scrap of paper off the floor.  It is as though Maggie has a sixth sense about where these items might be and immediately gravitates there! She is cruising along the furniture & crawling at rapid speeds!

Clara at 14 months

Maggie at 12 months

 I love looking at pictures of the two of them at the same ages. It is fun to see their similarities and differences in appearance, as well as personality!  Thankful for these two!

Celebrating Maggie

Just a few pictures from Maggie's little birthday party! I was planning on having the party inside, but much to my surprise it was a beautiful day! The temperatures were in the 70's and 80's that weekend. (A friend reminded me that the weekend that Maggie was born was a beautiful one, too. So maybe she just brings the sunshine!) We were able to take the party outside. The kids brought swimsuits and we set up the water table and sprinklers. Matt grilled and we enjoyed a great afternoon.

A little pre-party picture of Matt and the girls.

Natalie and Clara came out pretending to be firefighters in snowsuits and raincoats (yes, it was 75 degrees at the time). They  ran around putting out the fires in the yard. It was quite entertaining! They have such great imaginations!

Our friends, Ben & Molly (and Will, who should be making an appearance soon!)

Lily, standing by, watching the "firefighters" work

Eating some birthday cheerios

After a quick wardrobe change, these two were ready for the sprinklers.  Here, Clara has them "warming up". I don't think Clara ever actually ran through. Natalie, however, was up to the challenge!

Maggie loves the water table and was happy to have Natalie playing along with her!

Out came the swim suit (after the dress was soaked!)

Fitz & Laurel hanging out with the birthday girl

These three looked so cute all lined up on the picnic bench patiently awaiting cupcakes & ice cream.

Maggie was ready for action the moment we set the cupcake in front of her!

Totally focused

The girls on Maggie's actual birthday. Clara wanted to wear her pink dress to church to match Maggie's. Sweet girls.

I think we could have just gotten balloons for Maggie for her birthday and she would have been totally content! I love her face here.

Love these girls!

Happy 1st Birthday, Maggie!

Happy 1st Birthday, Maggie!  I can't believe our little baby is already a year old! We have been so blessed by this sweet girl. She is a gentle, smiley, curious, happy girl.  Her smile and laugh melt my heart. She dearly loves and pays close attention to her sister.

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Birthday Celebration #1 with Grandma B!

No holding back when it comes to her first cupcake!

A few notes about Maggie at one year old:

Sleeps: 7:30pm - 6:30 or 7am, sleeps through most nights, takes 2 naps

Moving: Crawls everywhere (quickly!), cruises along the furniture and will walk holding hands

Eats: Loves cheerios (of course!), bananas, pears, prunes, beans, eggs, rice, pasta, applesauce, muffins, and as of today, cupcakes!

Plays: She will play with anything that her sister is playing with at the time! Blocks, farm house, trains, dolls, Little People & animals

Favorite books:  Shake a Leg, Moo, Baa, La, La, La, Smiles

Teeth count: 0

She is such a joy. What a good and perfect gift from God. So thankful to be her mom!