Birthday parties and standing

It might not seem like those two things have anything in common, but in Brenna's world they do. Both were big events in her life this week! Last weekend, we attended two 1st birthday parties. One was for our friend Sydney (her daddy is Justin's friend from college) - we had fun watching the other little kids play and watching Sydney eat her special cupcake with lots of frosting. Then, we left that party to go to our friend Maya's party (she goes to daycare with Brenna) near our house. We got there just in time to wear a princess hat that we personalized for Brenna, get a special blow-up wand, and watch Maya tear into her cake, and dance in it too. Brenna is learning new things every day and standing is one of them. She has had strong legs from birth, but now can hold herself up for short periods of time without any support from us. This picture was taken tonight when daddy let her stand at the table while he was close behind. She is definitely more of a wiggle worm than ever before. It is getting more difficult to change her diapers since she squirms around so much, she doesn't want to sit still in our arms, she rolls all over the place when she is put on her floor mat, and her baths are soaking mommy - so much splashing and kicking! But we are having so much fun with her - we can't wait for more!