Penny's First Birthday (cupcake)

As Emily posted below, today is Penny's first birthday. Here's a video of her enjoying her first cupcake as a part of the celebration.

1 Year Old

Penelope is officially 1 year old as of 3:20 this afternoon. I cannot believe that a whole year has gone by, it has gone by so fast!! I am very thankful to have been a stay at home mom since she was born and I would not trade it for anything. She has gone from a brown eyed little thing of almost 7 pounds with crazy hair to a 20+ pound girl who is constantly on the move, with huge beautiful blue eyes and hair that actually lays flat. It has been a great year.

First Christmas and "walking"

Penny had a wonderful first Christmas. We started extra early this year on the 23rd so that we could celebrate with Uncle Joel, Aunt Abbie and cousin Ellie. Then we celebrated Grandpa H's birthday on the 24th with his traditional breakfast feast.

Penny got to play a sheep in this years impromptu Christmas pageant at church. She thought about crawling down the aisle but in the end daddy had to pick her up.

She received lots of fun toys from both sets of families. She now has two new toys that are helping her learn to walk. Here's a video from one of her first attempts:

Christmas Time

Penny loves all the Christmas decorations around the house!! When we walk around she points things out and says "please" because she wants to play with all the decorations. Yes, she says please, it is her first word, with her insane appetite we had to teach her a nice way of asking for more food rather then screaming. We are very excited for her first Christmas and her first birthday!!!
Penny and her 1st Christmas Ornament

From Penny December 09

From Penny December 09

Actual Crawling

Penny started crawling over the Thanksgiving holiday. She can only do it for short distances at the moment but she's getting better. Here's a quick video showing her progress.

Trunk or Treat

We took Penny to Kyle and Krista's church for Trunk or Treat. Here are some fun pics of Penny is her Giraffe costume. SO CUTE.

From Penny October 09

Ryne loved running around collecting candy, then was very sweet about sharing with Penny.

From Penny October 09

From Penny October 09

Reverse Crawling

Penny still isn't crawling in the traditional sense, but tonight she decided to try something a little different.