Birthday GIrl

Mandy had her First birthday and what a great participate! We had 12 cousins come plus two other friends. We did a Lady bug themed party with a "pin the dot on the Lady bug" and Find the lady bug in the pile of leaves (we had 5 piles of leaves around the yard and hid two small bean bag bugs in two different piles. It was fun watching everyone dig through them HA HA.

Grandma and Grandpa Anderson made a surprise visit up it was so good to see them!

At presents time Mandy did such a great job i didn't even have to help her open the gifts she just ripped at them right away. Her favorite was a soft plush baby grandma Anderson gave her...

Then the cake. She shoved that cake in her mouth without hesitation it was so darn cute! I made her lady bug cake it took a good hour to finish since i was also working on cutting out the butterfly and flower sandwiches and jigglers. Everyone had fun and i cannot believe she is the big ONE!

We got her one year pictures today. My little girl just doesn't like to smile for the camera lady. She looks at her like she is the biggest tard! i think its funny ... eventually we got some smiles after i coaxed her a bit!

Holidays

Well we are finally going into the holidays! how exciting! Christmas is my favorite holiday and this Thanks giving will be Mandy's first "real" one.

Mandy is taking steps but she likes to be lazy. She says Momma, Dadda, boo, uh-oh, hi and she loves to scream when you chase her.

Kate she is just growing so tall. She loves to sing and dance and princess is what she likes to be called.

Both Mike and I are still in school and keeping really busy with that. No more updates for now i will post pictures of mandy's birthday as soon as we have it.