Deborah 1 year

It is hard to believe that Deborah is a year old. Time has gone by so quickly. I am not ready for her to not be a little baby anymore. She is such a joy to have in our home. She makes everyone happy in our home. She loves to play with all her siblings and it is so much fun to see her laugh with them. She still is not walking which is fine, except when she wants to go in the backyard with Dean and Julia. She will watch them through the window. She is still pulling herself up on furniture but has not shown signs of walking. I am curious to see what happens this coming month. She still is good at taking 2 naps. She is even able to miss her morning nap at times and will take a long afternoon nap. She usually sleeps from 7 pm to 7 am. She is great with babysitters. She has been getting sick lately with fevers and a cough. She seems to catch whatever the other kids get but a little worse. I think she is teething again. I never knew the other kids were teething until I saw the tooth. Deborah gets a fever and it really affects her for a week while she is teething. It makes me sad for her. We just love this girl!

Deborah's Birthday Party

Even though Brian was gone for Deborah's birthday I still wanted to do a little celebration. I was originally going to have my local family come over to swim and then we would just do dessert. Unfortunately our downstairs A/C unit decided not to work the day before and we did not have it fixed yet. My sister Emily was kind and let us move the party to her home. We did dinner and dessert. The kids jumped on the trampoline with the sprinklers. Deborah did not really care about her presents. Julia thought they were her presents. She also did not know how to blow out her candle or even cared too much of the cookie brownie. It was fun to celebrate her life and we hope to do more celebrating when Brian gets back!

Rain

It rained and the kids went in the back to play. Deborah just watched at the window enjoying their fun.

Papa Visits

We had a quick visit from Papa for the night to start off his trip to Africa. The kids were very excited and loved every minute they had with him. Deborah warmed up to him very well. She loved having him hold her and sat on his lap later in the evening and just talked her baby talk to him. The one thing they wanted to do with him is play a game. Chutes and Ladders was the pick for the night. Papa was able to tell a story to Dean and Julia before they went to bed. He made the story of the 3 Bears super exciting with all of Dean's favorite characters from Toy Story and Kung Fu Panda. Noah walked with him to Walgreens to pick up last minute items for his trip. He just stayed over night and left early in the morning (kids were still sleeping).We are so glad that he was able to stop in AZ for a quick stop. Brian will be joining him soon. 

More standing

Deborah has finally started pulling herself up on furniture again. She had gotten sick and stopped trying but the past few days she has been doing it wherever she can. The only problem is sometimes she gets stuff or afraid to sit back down. She is so cute to watch! We might have a walker soon time will tell!

Daddy Pile

The kids love their dad! The are always excited to see him when he has been gone. He was on his monthly scout camp out and when he got back they all desired his attention. It is fun to watch and I am glad I could capture the moment with this picture.

Bath Time for the Girls

Deborah likes her baths and Julia always wants a bath or shower if she knows someone else is taking one.  Sometimes she gets multiple a day if she is lucky. Deborah enjoys it when someone is with her because I usually let her play longer. She is such a happy girl right now!