1st Time Playing Outside

We took Sarah out in the cul-de-sac to play with her favorite toy for the moment.  She had so much fun!

She would just take off and start going.

One time, she went so fast that she fell, which is why you see her crying.  Her shoulder protected her head from the fall, and we had no scrapes.

A little later, we tried to get her to play again, but she was done.

Kayleigh and Silas had a joint birthday party at Planet Pizza. 

Sarah did not know what to think about the mini carousel.

Madison and Kayleigh

Mr. Silas

Heather, Luke, Sarah and Me

After Daddy won Sarah a bunch of tickets, we got her a tamborine and beads.  She really enjoyed the beads at my Dad's last time we were there, so I figured they'd be a hit.  You know how it is at those game places; the prizes aren't that grand unless you have a million tickets or something.  The beads kept her content the entire ride home.

Just a funny face by Sarah; showing how much in admiration she is of her Daddy

After Sarah's birthday party, we had to find something to put her toys in because they multiplied.  Sarah has definitely gotten used to going to the toybox to pick out what she wants to play with.

She's been pushing her musical table around the house lately.  I have to hold it with my foot or put it against something in order for her to actually play with it the way she's suppose to play with it.

Sarah REALLY enjoys our walks/runs in the mornings.  This week, the temp was in the high 50s/low 60s though, so we had to wait until later to go running.  We tried it one morning, but I just felt silly putting a winter hat or gloves on her already; like it wasn't that cold yet.  When we got back to the house, her face and hands were pretty cold.  So, I guess I can't do that anymore.  She's looking out the window instead hoping I'll give in.  Either that or she was just looking at her reflection; who knows, but I thought it was pretty cute!

First Trip to the Zoo!

Last Friday, we took Sarah to the zoo.  She had a blast, and Mommy and Daddy enjoyed the trip too!

 Sarah would point at all of the animals she saw; she was checking out ducks with Daddy here.

The petting zoo was a hit; especially the goats.  You can tell how excited Sarah was to see them!

Doing a good job at being "gentle".  We had to leave this area though because those goats were eating my hair and nibbling at Sarah's dress.

Wanting to go get the ducks

Enjoying looking at the colorful fish

Not a big fan of sitting on the statue things

Sarah enjoyed feeding the birds.  Mommy was a little weirded out by it all though; I'm just not a bird person, and to have them land on my head and such was not fun to me. All was good with Sarah and the birds until...

one bit her finger; poor girl!  After that, she wanted to get out of there, which was fine with me because I wanted to get far away from the birds too.

All better watching the camels

Our sweet sunshine! 

A white allligator!

We decided the giraffes were Sarah's favorite animal.  She even got to take one home as a souvenir!

Well, Well...

 Sarah found the toilet paper roll...just look at that face!

This was the original face; she knew she was busted.

When she wants to push her stroller, she'll get irritated.  This is about what the face looks like when that happens.

Sarah just loves this riding toy.  She will point to it almost every time she sees it.  It is quite amazing how quickly she is getting better at riding it.  She can turn and go over different parts in the floors.  It's a hit!

Sarah had her 12 month check-up with Dr. Nail this week.  Other than having a cold, he said everything is great with her.  She weighs 18 lbs 10 oz (10-25%), is 29 1/2 inches tall (75%), and her head is 18.3" round (90-95%).  I thought this picture went well with the stats on Miss Sarah.  We have yet been able to wear shorts on her other than cotton ones with the elastic.  All of the others fall off on her.  Dr. Nail says she is just going to be slender.  I guess Sarah won't mind this at all when she gets older though.

1st Birthday Party!

We had Sarah's party at our house, and I decided to get creative (for me) with some of the decorations.

It's kind of hard to see, but these are pictures of each month of Sarah's life. I went through all of the pictures we've taken of her, and I found the ones that just stuck out as being extra special and cute.

Rusty and I made Sarah's cake; it was very special and neat to do that for her.

Sarah ended up getting sick on the night of her birthday, and it continued to get worse the next day (her party). She was a trooper, but as the day progressed, you could tell baby girl just wasn't her normal self.

Addison and Summer

Sarah LOVES this toy, and she doesn't want to get off of it.

Time to open presents!

The girls could not wait for the cake to be cut; they patiently waited though!

PaPa is all smiles holding baby Sarah. By this time in the day, Sarah was beyond tired, and she just wanted her crib. She kept on putting her hands in her mouth, rubbing her ears, coughing, etc. So far, I think it's just a cold or teething. We go for her one year check-up on Tuesday, so we'll see.

From this picture, it seems as though Sarah really wants to dig into her cake, but...

it was a completely different story once everyone was surrounding her, singing to her, and once she put her fingers in the cake and got all of that frosting on her. She did not want to have anything to do with it.

Addison wanted to help out, and once she started going for the cake, it actually did calm Sarah down for a bit...

Daddy also tried to get Sarah to eat more of the cake by sticking his face in it, but that didn't work.

Sarah continued to not really be into this whole cake thing; I'm not sure if she ever even got a bite of the cake.

This was the end result.