Joelle

Sometimes I like to pretend I'm a professional photographer. :) I think I did pretty good with this one! This is just in our backyard against the fence with a little old wicker chair from the front porch.

Joelle Turns ONE!

Okay....so blogger is not letting me put my pictures where I want them!! So frustrating!! I wanted to have her birthday pics first and then take a look back, but I am not starting over in a new post so here you go with birth first :)

AND A YEAR LATER WE HAVE.....

Joelle turned one year old on Saturday!! Wow, that year sure flew by!! I told her Happy Birthday when she woke up that morning and she just smiled really big! I think she knew it was her special day. We had her party with a Winnie-the-Pooh theme and my mom even flew in to help celebrate. Joelle wore the same pink dress that I wore for my first birthday and also Sonya and Sage. I think my mom got her money's worth out of that one! We had lunch with our guests, then cake and ice cream, and opened presents. Joelle took little dainty tastes of the icing on her cake with her finger, but that's about it. I tried to encourage more, but she just wasn't going for it. Oh well, my other two weren't cake smashers either. :) She stayed in a good mood the whole time and enjoyed opening her presents and playing with the kids at her party. Some things she is doing these days.....DaDa is still her favorite word and person :), she does say MaMa some and we think we have heard something that sounds like her saying Sonya. She knows what CAT is and calls banana a nana. Joelle knows how to walk and will do it a little bit, but her preferred method of movement is still crawling. If you ask her "how old is Joelle?" she will usually hold up one finger. She also loves to dance and just learned to wave and say bye-bye. Some of her favorite foods are bananas, avocados, cheerios, and now goldfish. Definitely loves fruit, but vegetables are hit and miss sometimes. She is independent yet still loves to be around people and just adores her sisters. To read her birth story again click here.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch this week and had a good time. I strived for the perfect picture, but with three kids and a bounce house nearby....perfection just can't be reached :) I think I got a few cute ones though. My girls are growing so fast....

We didn't bring this big pumpkin home, but it was fun to pose with it. It's hard to get a baby who is almost one...with a mind of her own already....to be still and pose.

I just love these girls to pieces!! Joelle just makes me smile! She is full of life!

Oh! That Sage! Pure cuteness, but don't you trust that little grin!!! :)

Sonya, my serious little rule follower :) Sweet as can be.

Me and my three beauties!!!

A Few Pictures

Refrigerator

Sage left the door open and Joelle saw an opportunity while my back was turned...