Eden is ONE!

Sunday was Eden's first birthday. What started out as a small bbq on Saturday turned into a big birthday party with cake and presents! We were surprised with how many people showed up, but we had a great time and Eden loved having so many friends in her house to play with! I barely saw her during the party because she was scooting all over the house playing with people. (I think she got that from Luke!) She had on a cute little dress with boots, but the boots only lasted for a minute!

Eden loved her piece of chocolate cake (thank you target) and all of her fun new presents.

We found a sand box and slide on craigslist last week so she had some fun playing with Lachlan before he went home.

She is still learning to not eat the sand....

The 25th is also Dale's birthday, so we went out to dinner with Luke's family to celebrate both birthdays and then came back to the house for some more yummy cake.

Eden at one is:

-into Everything! She loves to move around and explore. No high chairs for this baby.

-understanding "no". This doesn't mean that she always listens, but she will shake her head "no" as she is reaching for things she knows not to do. She even shakes her head "no" if she hears someone say it, even for "know".

-imitating everything she hears. Sometimes we aren't sure what she is saying, but she is talking a LOT. Other times, you can really tell she is imitating what you just said.

-saying Cat, dada, sprocket and signing "all done" as well as shaking her head "no" when she doesn't want something.

-loving cheese! She would live on mac and cheese and cheese cubes if we let her!

-thinking about walking. She stands without holding onto anything, and will take a few steps, but then falls to a crawl or we catch her. She usually finds a way to cruise around the room instead of crawling!

-so fun! Eden is usually in a great mood and loves to laugh along with us! We are so lucky to be her parents...she has been good to us!