1sts

So the past couple of weeks have been full of firsts for our little Anne:



For family home evening we went and got Anne her first Happy Meal! We were rather dissappointed that she didn't get a box with the cool handles and her toy was a book meant for older girls....but Mom took her to get another one on her birthday and got a cool toy car :)

First sewing project: Anne was in charge of making sure the tape measurer was well-lubricated.

First fashion decision: while "helping" Mom fold clothes Anne did this twice with two of my shirts all by herself.

First pet: Dad caught a fish at a scout fishing trip and thought it would be fun to bring it home for Anne to see and play with. She is still very shy around adults...but boy does she love animals and other little kids. (And by the way, the fish only remained our pet for a few hours...thank goodness Anne is not old enough to get attached.)

We had to keep her from jumping in the sink. She even petted it.

First cruise: Anne is starting to take steps along the furniture.

First spaghetti dinner.

And the big one.....Anne's first birthday!!! I've learned now that the anticipation I used to feel for my birthdays has shifted to being excited for my kid's instead. We had a blast celebrating our special little one. We are truly blessed to have been given such an amazing daughter. We threw her a little party and bbq for our friends and family. We decided to make it pumpkin themed since we have 15+ pumpkins coming from our garden. We were going to have everybody carve one but ended up running out of time...but that explains the decorations a little bit.

And one of our proudest moments of the day was Anne devouring her cake. We totally thought, given her shy, non-aggresive personality, that she wouldn't even want to touch her cake...but no. Anne picked it right up and smeared it all over her face. Though once she was finished with it she was very anxious to get it off her hands.(We have a video of it but blogger won't upload it cause it's a little longer. I've got to find another way to post videos that are longer than a minute..anyone have any ideas?)

Anne was given some awesome presents at her party but I accidently deleted the picture on here and it's kind of a pain to move pictures on this blogger program...so thank you very much to all who were so generous in giving Anne presents.

After the festivities we opened some family-sent presents starting with a cute turtle from Auntie Jennifer. Her expression says it all.

And she's given it lots of hugs since then.

She also got some stylin beads from Grandpa Thatcher and Pat that have been a big hit not only with Anne but with her friends as well.

And she just looked so cute in her pj's that night I decided to take another picture.

Birthday Song

Birthday Gang

Eating all by herself.

Touchdown!

And the best for last....it's been a long time coming......she's crawling!!! (We get a kick out of her sensitive feet that hardly ever touch the floor while she's crawling.)

Campin And Fishin

We had a fun week in celebration of Zac getting a job!! Wahoo! We took off for the weekend with Zac's cousin Dylan and his friend and had a fun camping and fishing trip up at Strawberry Reservoir. Unfortunately the fish weren't biting, but as you can see in this picture...the bug sure were (all the little white dots in the picture are bugs).

Anne was a great little camper once again. She loved talking to the cows and seeing all the four-wheelers.

Our little trooper :)

We had a little tangle with the fishing line, so cousin Dylan got a little wet....and boy was it not warm. :)

Cookin some grub.

Our pretty campsite.

Anne's new favorite perch. She likes to play with Daddy's hair.

A week or so ago we took a Sunday drive down one of the canyons and found this cool spot to eat our home-grown watermelon.

Good handles.

Great shot ;)

I love my baby.

Anne had a fun time at our family reunion hangin out with a second cousin.

We are amazed every day at how much Anne is improving in her mobility. She stands great, sometimes without holding onto anything, rolls around like crazy, can sit up from laying down, and can get into the crawl position. We're so proud of our almost one year old!

Toothy grin....this week a molar came in...soooo not fun.

And here's some pictures of this year's crops. From the not so impressive.....

To the ...holy cow...(watermelon)

and pumpkins

Bathtime fun.

Brings back memories...huh Gordon?

Anne has a fun new thing of tasting foods before she eats them.

And saying mmmm when she likes it.