The Big One!!

Happy Birthday to our baby girl! One year old today! (More to come on the Puppy Birthday Paw-ty in a later post). One of the neatest things Raegan is doing right now is communicating! She does this by signing, pointing, gesturing, and sometimes words. She loves to point to everything, and she notices new things right away. She hands over toys, as if to request help or to "do it again." She points to pictures, and if she knows the sign she will do that. She requests water, and to eat (although she sometimes mixes these up because the signs are so similar). She understands "no" and will crawl away from me as quickly as she can so I won't take something from her. She is becoming more and more social, and now likes to meet new people. Although she will sometimes scowl at first, she then quickly smiles, as if it is a game. She can take 5 steps independently! She can stand on her own for a good length of time, and loves to hold onto her train or her dolly stroller and push them all over the house while smiling and squealing and chasing Roxy.

I really can't believe all of the changes we have seen in Raegan in this first year...from this tiny helpless baby to this animated, mobile tot! It is amazing to me watching this human being grow and change right before my eyes. Sure, there have been trials and tribulations, but someone got it right when they said, "There is nothing like the joy of a child."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAEGAN!!! :)