Penny's Birthday - tjandlily.com

So Penny turned 1 year old on March first, and I have not forgotten to document this, it has just taken me a while. Penny is such a light in our lives. The whole time I was pregnant with her I thought she was a boy, with a surprise and a relief I was so grateful that it was Penny who joined our family, and she fits perfectly. I have enjoyed every day that she has been with us. I have added a picture for every month of her life… it’s crazy how fast she has grown.

Lately Penny has been so close to walking but hasn’t quite made the plunge, she’ll crawl all over then right in the middle of the floor she’ll just stand up, and does that constantly. She’s cruising the furniture quite quickly, but has not decided to just go on her own… she’s taking her time I suppose. She has become very vocal in expressing her opinions to us and to her sister, through shaking her head no, or yelling excitedly… or angrily, she just talks in her cute baby voice, she hates to get her diaper changed, and must be distracted in order for it to be done :/. Her new defense mechanism against Ava is biting, which seems to work quite well, but of course we are intervening… 🙂 Penny is eating all sorts of food, she is so different from Ava, she eats almost anything with Apple Sauce, and is moving on to other food items as well, things Ava never liked early on like strawberries and blueberries, and apples.

We had a fun birthday party for her. We had dinner with some friends, and then watched Penny eat her cake which she absolutely loved! I made strawberry chocolate chip cookies, because well…. they looked girly and fun!

Happy Birthday Penny! We love you!