Happy First Birthday!

Wow, a year ago today at 4:47pm our lives changed so dramatically as we welcome little Rebekah Ann into our family. I still remember it all so vividly (and I've been thinking about it quite a bit as some friends of ours had a baby today - yay for 8/23 babies!)

One year apart...almost to the minute!


Our little baby girl has turned into a walking, gabbing toddler. She has more smiles and giggles in her than anyone I've ever met and she is so willing to share both with everyone we meet. I love seeing the smile on peoples' faces when her smile lights up! Rebekah truly brings love and joy to everyone we encounter. And you all have been following along with all the Monthly Updates.

Through the Month...
The last month has been a whirlwind with a trip to Minnesota (still need to sort through all 200+ of those photos), a quick schedule with the ENT to get tubes for Rebekah, then just trying to settle back into our life.

getting ready to get tubes


In the last month, Rebekah started walking, she caused some trouble here,

naptime fail

here,


and here.

And she finally got her first tooth!


And for the Birthday Today...
We had a great day today!
We had lunch with great-mammaw (my grandmother)


We went to Party City and the nice lady gave her a balloon to match her outfit (which she proceeded to carry all over the house - literally, I have photos of her in every room in our house with this balloon.)
click on image to see video


We had a fun little dinner at The Purple Cow.


Then we came home for a birthday cake ball


which she loved!

(from this adorable little shop called Creme de la Cookie)

Then we finally got around to opening presents!


Whew! This has been a long post. If you've made it this far and want to see more (not too many more, but some gifts and more cake ball shots), you can click the image below for the album. Also the final Bee Photos of the year are updated here!

2011.08 - Rebekah Month 12