Our birthday girl

For Taya' Birthday we went to the zoo. This is in the butterfly pavillion. Taya was too overwhelmed to smile, but I think she enjoyed it...

Mr. Turtle in the aquarium. We hadn't seen him before.

Stopping at the penguins; there is a little smile behind that hand :)

Since Taya turned one, she can now have her car seat facing forward. She loves being able to see everything that's going on.

Grammy, my grandma Cena, and niece Jayden came to visit for Taya's birthday. We went out to eat one night. Taya was not very thrilled with her birthday hat or having her 'evening routine' messed up.

We had Taya's party on Saturday the 8th. She had her first bite of cake the weekend before because we had some professional pictures taken of her. Her reaction was about the same both times...she really didn't know what to think and she wasn't that excited about it. She loved the watermelon so much more.

Papa Les taught Taya how to do "fish face". She is really good at sucking in those kissable cheeks!

Jayden was our party mascot. Taya had a blast playing with her big cousin.

This was taken two days ago. Taya absolutely love to swim. I don't get a lot of pictures of her smiling (she usually smiles right after the camera flashes) but this proves that she does smile and she is a VERY happy baby.

Taya is looking at me holding a new "toy". You will see the "toy" in the following pictures. Guess what it is...

We have had a busy few weeks preparing for and recovering from Taya's party. She has been "busy" playing with all of her toys, especially her new ones. We will hear her just jabbering away and she is starting to mimic what we say. Her current fave is saying "one...two...THREE". She can't really say it but she does the voice fluctuation that Ethan and I do. It's very neat to see her grow and develop.

Speaking of growing, she was 20 lbs 4 oz and 29 inches long at her 1 year appointment yesterday. She is developing right on track (and maybe a little ahead of the standard).

Next weekend we have uncle Wade's wedding and I have two presentations to do at work so it will be busy.

God Bless!