Amalia turns one year old!

Amalia's birthday was April 5th. I cannot believe she is a year old. I have been thinking of all the things she can do and how fast it all changes. Here is a list of some of the things I noted.

• Arches back when angry – starting toddler tantrums!
• Loves animals, especially dogs and cats and will squeal with delight for them.
• Bounces up and down and squeals when J or I come home.
• Loves peek a boo
• Crawls, cruises, has tried to free stand a few times.
• Has 2 bottom teeth and one top one breaking through.
• Signs “more”, “all done,” “eat”and “bye bye”, gives high fives.
• Says dada, mama, and aday(Ansel).
• Puts everything in her mouth.
• Likes books and will flip through pages.
• When music comes on she bounces up and down.
• Takes apart duplo blocks
• In the car today she looked over at Ansel (she had to lean forward because she was half hidden by the seat cover) and yelled, he said boo back to her and she giggled, then she repeated to get him to say boo again. This continued a few times.
• Imitates behaviors like using comb, putting on bib or putting snot snorter up nose,
• Pulls book off shelves and anything else she can pull or push off a shelf.
• Drop things to test gravity


Unfortunately, Jeremy was out of town on her birthday but I couldn't just let the day pass so I invited my parents, Paulette and Allison over for dinner (P and A were at the birth, too). Paulette brought balloons, Allison brought her kids, and I made lemon raspberry cupcakes.

I took the day off work and we went out in the morning to a local park for a picnic and play time.
Ansel was a big help to Amalia opening gifts and showing her how to blow out the candle.