Watching Our Children Grown: Celebrating 1!!!

I can't believe we celebrated Blake's first birthday this week. The year has gone by so fast and with so many changes. Blake is such a joy to have around and we are blessed by him! We celebrated his birthday very quietly because his "big" birthday party will be next Sunday when BeBe and Papa are coming down. He got to eat a cupcake for his birthday. He wasn't sure about the frosting but did enjoy most the actual cake part. As you may have guessed, he was a mess afterwards.

The kids have really enjoyed playing in Blake's crib lately and Blake really enjoys jumping in it.
Here is a link to a video of him jumping...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhWF30cCaqU

Last Sunday Blake started to say "uh, oh." It's so cute to hear him say and and 9 times out of 10 he says it at the appropriate time.

We listen to a lot of music at our house and in the car. We have the song, "If You're Happy and You Know It..." Blake recognizes this song even before it starts and he starts clapping. It shows just how much kids pick up on things and how smart they are at such a young age.

The kids are so funny. When they are together they rarely get along as they should. But when one of them is sleeping they are always looking for the other. If Blake gets up before Samantha he will crawl around calling for her and then eventually pound on her door. If Blake is still sleeping when Samantha gets up she immediately asks where he is. If he gets up then she often wants to go get him right away.

Samantha is finally getting another one of her two-year molars. She still hasn't complained about them which I am so thankful for.

This past week Samantha has managed to sleep all night in her bed several times but then she'd wake up around 6:30 in her bed and come to our bed but wasn't able to get back to sleep. This meant she was getting up to early in the morning. By Friday evening she was so tired that she fell sleeping during her second story! I don't think this has even happened with her before.

She continues to love to cook and help in the kitchen. Sabbath lunch she decided to set the table for us and even told us where to sit. It was quite cute to watch her set it all and plan it all out.

Thursday was our last day at the library for story time. We so enjoyed Teacher Shelly and her stories and activities about foods. Samantha loved to listen and interact with Teacher Shelly and the other kids. In April she will be old enough to go to the other story time and we will probably start to go to that one again.

Random shots...