Julie's Big Day

Last Thursday was Julie's 1st birthday. We didn't actually celebrate until Friday since my mom and younger brother came in. We made her a small cake and made a bigger one for us. She was so cute eating it. She wanted to share it with all of us and kept grabbing handfuls and trying to stick it in our mouths. She's so sweet. Here are a lot of pictures that I tried to condense.

She also had a doctor appointment today. She is 18 pounds 6 ounces. She was 9 pounds 6 ounces when she was born so she really hasn't gained a lot of weight. She has grown, she's now 29.5 inches long compared to the 20 inches when she was born. She started crawling a day or two before her birthday and cut her 3rd tooth. She is still super happy, doesn't sleep as long but does sleep through the night. Andrew and her play in the car and sometimes when she's crabbing Andrew will be great at keeping her laughing. She can even say Andrew (da dew). She's also saying "daddy" and "mama" and "do..." for dog. She's great at mimicking, she wanted to see the fish so I took her over and said "fishy"...she would copy me saying "di dy". She's growing up so fast. The doctor even said she was mentally at a 15 mo old level. I know that's not a big difference but it sure does make a mommy proud. Sorry to keep going on so I'll end it here.