Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

We've been busy for the last little while, first taking a trip to Glacier National Park for a little family reunion, and then Josey and I left our kids with their grandparents in Montana and went with the youth in our stake on a pioneer trek to some historic sights (Sixth Crossing, Martin's Cove, Rock Creek Hollow) in Wyoming.  Both trips were awesome, and hopefully I will update more on these later. 

Before we left to Glacier, we had a little birthday party for Jaycie.  I can't believe my baby girl is one year old.  She weighs 17 lbs. 5 oz., which puts her somewhere between the 3rd and 5th percentiles.  She's in about the 10th percentile in height, so she's not very big, but she definitely makes up for it in attitude.  She is bossy and definitely lets us know when she wants something or is upset about something.  She is a really good eater, and about the only food I've found that she won't shovel into her mouth nonstop is carrots.  She's finally mastered going down the stairs with some help from grandpa (she's been climbing up them for a couple of months but couldn't and wouldn't attempt going down).  She's never been a cuddly baby and she won't let me rock her.  She tries to squirm out of my arms every chance she gets.  It was really hard for me to leave her for a week with her grandparents, but I knew she was in great hands and she did just fine. 

She has been such a joy and it has been so fun having a baby girl.  Even though I can hardly believe she's already one, I remember that with my boys I always loved all of the stages between ages 1 and 3.  I'm looking forward to the fun we're going to have watching her continue to grow and learn new skills.  As you can see from the pictures, she enjoyed her birthday cupcake.

She was a little too quick for me and might have actually got her finger in the flame a little before I could stop her.  Then it took her a minute to figure out what she was supposed to do with the cupcake.  But once she got a little taste, she quickly devoured the rest, leaving no leftovers.  Typical Jaycie.