Happy Birthday Maren!!

Happy 2019!!  It has been a while, but we are hoping to get things started back up again, and for starters, our baby is ONE!!!!!!!!

We have had a busy month of birthday celebrations.  A week ago we invited a bunch of friends to Mama's work gym for a birthday celebration.

Having a great birthday celebration is pretty easy...all you need is friends...

balloons....

some easy games....

photo booth props...

 

 

 
 and of  course, cake!!!
 

It was a pretty great start to 2019, and we can't wait to keep watching Maren grow!
Linden

How big is Maren?!?

Happy Birthday Sweet Maren!!  Can you believe she went from a tiny, squishy baby to a big girl in just one year!?!

I thought I would share some of the fun and funny things she likes to do these days:

• Words (in the order she said them first): Mama, Dada, Bye, Hat, Sock, Amen
• Loves to play with her shoes and socks
• LOVES green beans and eating everything!
• Very happy baby except when she is hungry or tired, and then she might whine a little
• Tries to throw a tantrum but just whines a couple times and moves on
• Loves to pull all of the books off the shelf and only wants to read the big kid books
• If you say "Are you ready?" she will shake her head and wiggle (this started because she hated getting her carseat straps tightened so Mama made it into a game where she would wiggle and tickle Maren when getting her in her seat).
• Total Mama's girl
• Loves to listen to music and  dance
• Loves to climb on the couch and is so proud of herself
• Loves to snuggle 

Isn't it crazy how big she has gotten?!?

Have a great day!
Linden