Birthday Girl

Kennedy had her birthday yesterday.  I can't believe she is already a year old.  She is such a joy in our home. We celebrated today at Nate's parents house with Cincinnati Chili and Butterfly cupcakes.  More pictures to come of the event.  Our camera's battery died after taking the first two pictures of the festivities so Nate's brother took pictures on his phone that I'll be getting soon.

Kennedy is so much fun.  At a year she is crawling, cruising along things, and standing for brief periods.  She is very happy and willing to go to most everyone, but is often shy for the first few minutes in a new place.  She clings to whomever is holding her and loves to be carried around by her brother.  She is a very persistent little one who manages to get what she wants most of the time (including me-ma's eyeglasses).  Her determination often leaves me exasperated as she manges to circumnavigate the baby gate way easier then should be possible.   She waves, claps, blows raspberries, shakes her head no, and says "done" when she is finished with a bottle or food.  She has also started sucking her thumb a lot more and is usually playing with her hair with the other hand.  Here is a picture of what she looks like in her car seat pretty much all the time.

 We love you baby girl.  We are so glad you are part of our family.  We are so grateful for the miracle of adoption and the life that we've been entrusted with.  You are loved by so many.  Happy Birthday!