My Baby is 1!!!

Addilyn Marie Bingham

one year
19 lbs 29 inches
loves to look at airplanes and makes a distinct sound when she sees one
giggles all the time
adores her daddy and loves to have one on one time with him
favors her mommy! (what baby doesn't at this point?)
has to climb on EVERYTHING (I will post more about this later...)
loves to read books and hold them all by herself (her favorite is Dear Zoo, because of the flaps)
smiles when Haylee gets in the car after being gone at preschool
walks around the house pushing anything that will move (she doesn't walk yet, but is getting so close)
practices until she gets the task right (at Grandma Muriel's she went up and down a small step for about a half hour until she did it regularly without falling)
hates to be left out of activities
loves to eat just about everything... especially cantaloupe
is her mommy's little princess who reminds me daily that a love and a kiss can make EVERYTHING better!

On September 26 my Addilyn turned ONE!!! Ryan and I decided that we should do something special so when so woke up she would know it was a different day (or that is what we hoped she would think) So we blew up some balloons and made a sign. At about 6:45 AM on the 26th we woke to her babbling and the sound of balloons being touched. We hoped that she would go back to sleep with her bottle, but to no avail, the balloons were just too exciting.

After Haylee woke up we sang to her and she smiled. All day we reminded her that it was her special day. She was VERY happy all day. I think she enjoyed being the center of attention!

That night, I made two small heart cakes one for Addilyn and one for Haylee. We put the candle in front of her, and she immediately backed away. She never even tried to blow it out! Haylee did it for her. Then we removed the candle and encouraged her to "dig in." I thought she would destroy it. But I was surprised, Haylee tried to show her how to grab and eat, but Addilyn just delicately nibbled at some of the frosting and then cried to get out of the chair. Either she doesn't like cake or was just having an off day for eating, as she gets way more messy every night at dinner!

We gave her a spoon thinking it would encourage her to get messy... but it did not work!

This is all that she actually ate, and Haylee took one bite to show her how to eat it!

We didn't really want to go all out for gifts, as we have lots of toys in the house, but every little girl does need her own baby. So here is Baby Emma. Addilyn immediately knew that it was her doll and every time Haylee tried to look at it, she cried out. She snuggled it and loved it and really enjoyed her baby's bottle. She even loved the box with the pictures on it. At one point I was cleaning up the trash and was starting to pick up the box, and she came crawling over screaming at me as though she was telling me to stop taking away her box. So funny!

Addilyn loves a cuddly blanket. She is not to the point where she won't take any kind of minke/silky combination, but she is starting to recognize this particular one and smiles when she finds it on the floor.