Raegan turns One!

Raegan turned one on Sunday. We made her a small cake, set it on a plate in the middle of a sheet and let her go at it. Out of all our kids, she is the first one to actually get in and get messy with it. We were quite impressed. As you can tell with the video, she quite enjoyed it herself.



We had a fun birthday party for Raegy with just our family. The girls gave her a little swimming pool and Bri and I gave her a dump truck that she can sit on and push herself around. She loved it, or at least the box.

We had her favorite dinner, mashed potatoes (we also had roast beef, but didn't think she would appreciate that yet). When she saw those potatoes she threw a fit waiting for them to cool off. Who knew you could love potatoes so much. She also likes broccoli, so we threw that in and just for fun some watermelon. Well, basically she ate the potatoes and searched around on her plate until she found every last little crumb. Everything else ended up on the floor. She was in heaven...



It seems so unreal that it has actually been a year since we have had our little Raegan. We are so glad she has joined our family.
So, here is our tribute to our little Raegan for her first birthday and some things that I love about her and hope to never forget...

• When she eats something she likes, she says, "mmmm.... " through the whole thing.
  
• She loves loves loves string cheese and will jump on her knees for it.
• She gives awesome hugs, especially in the morning and after nap.
• She can say "Hi!" and will to just about anyone.
• She waves bye bye at bed time.
• Loves her bink and will steal if she has to, so watch out...
  
• Favorite foods are mashed potatoes, string cheese, strawberries, and crackers.
• Picky eater unless she is really really in a good mood.
• Will eat anything on the floor though....
• Loves loves loves to play with her sisters.
• Says, "mamma, dadda, bye, hi, doggie, uh oh (when something falls), and num num (when she's thirsty).
• Crawls everywhere (has no qualms about mud, grass, concrete, etc. etc.)
• Knee walks with the best of 'em.
• Favorite thing to do is climb on Ashtyn's bed and jump up and down.
• Favorite place is on the arm of the couch hanging on to the railing and yes, tackles all the pillows to get there.
  
• Loves outside and will do just about anything to get there.
• Pretty amazing stair climber.
• Every time we laugh, she does too.
• Starts to blow while she's waiting for her food to be ready.
  
• Dances to music and tries to sing along.

We sure love ya Raeg!