Marian’s First Year

This past week we celebrated Marian’s first birthday! This past year has just zipped by, I can’t believe our little baby girl is one year old already! She has been such a joy and a blessing to us. One the one hand I don’t know if we are still quite used to the idea of being parents, but on the other hand we don’t have any idea what we ever did without her!

She’s growing into quite the little girl – its so interesting to see and help her discover new things each day. On her birthday morning I had her in the kitchen to help with her birthday muffins. (since she isn’t having a lot of grains yet I used this flourless recipe)

Those sweet chubby hands! She tries to be such a big helper – she wants to be involved in everything!

I’m about killed with cuteness.

She thoroughly enjoyed watching the process (and tasting the batter)! As a special treat we also added her favorite ‘prizes’ – unsweetened carob chips!

We had a nice lunch and the muffins afterwards with Jordan’s family coming over from across the creek. Marian certainly didn’t mind being the center of attention!

And she loved getting to eat the same food everyone else was eating. The muffins were a hit with her – though after the first one she got full and just picked out the carob chips!

Later in the afternoon I gave her a little present I had been working on for a few months – a little ‘Princess and the Pea’ doll and playset. So far she just wants to knock the mattresses down, and not stack them up!

The rest of her birthday was spent by her taking two long naps. (I think she must be in the middle of another growing spurt!)

We are so very thankful to have her – and we are SO curious to know how she is going to react when the new baby arrives next month!

(To read about the day of Marian’s birth, click here.)