Alyssa is ONE!

Wow, Alyssa's first year flew by! We are more in love with this girl than I could ever express in words.












1st Year Stats:
Height: 30.25" (80%tile)
Weight: 20 lbs 11 oz (60 %tile)

Here are some things she was doing around her first birthday:
*Says, "Dit-a-doo" (peek-a-boo)
*September 10, 2013: Lyssie took her first steps!!! 2 steps and then 1 step! :)
*Says: "all done", "thank you", "bye", "hi", "mimi" (milk)
*Signs: all done, please, thank you, milk
*Started screaming/screeching very loudly (teething? keeping up with siblings to be heard? likes the loud sound she can make?) … not super pleasant ;P
*Gets really sad when mommy leaves the room
*Wants mommy when she's tired, big time mama's girl
*Started pointing
*Climbed the stairs at the park
*Climbed stairs at home and took 6 steps (September 27th)
*September 28: officially started walking, she still prefers crawling but tries to walk and can walk across a small room!! :)
*Can feed herself with a fork (after some help getting food on the fork)
*October 1: Prefers walking, walks all over a large room!!

Pictures from Alyssa's special day!































We took Lyssie to Dizzy Castle for her birthday (our first time)… she loved it!










































These slides were pretty fast! Looks like maybe I had more fun than Lyssie on the slide :P















Lyssie gets lots of help opening her presents :)

























Eating dinner:











Cupcake time! I made some sort of healthy muffin/cupcake (it's been so long I can't remember exactly what it was) …

Happy Birthday to YOU, Lyssie Lou!











Birthday bath:













We love you with all our heart, sweet girl! This has been the best year with you. Thank you for bringing us more joy than we knew possible. You truly light up the room with all your sweetness and we cannot imagine our lives without you. Love you, Lovey!