Baylie Jae at One Year Old

pokes people just for fun

eats and eats and eats

cries relentlessly for my cell phone

pets everyone down the middle of the face

pet her own face after smacking it (pretty hard!)

loves her brother

fears to let go and walk independently

makes a dirty diaper EVERY TIME she goes to sleep

still waks for one bottle through the night

naps less and less each day

calls Brayden "Bubba" :-]

melts our hearts every day

WE LOVE YOU, LITTLE GIRL!

Birthday Bliss

Brayden is five,

and Baylie will be one.

We celebrated Saturday

with some birthday fun!

Wishing your family a blessed Christmas

Our Great Blessings

These three darlings have enriched our lives beyond explanation. Isabella came to her family in 2006 and Drew and Brayden followed in 2007. Every year, we meet up at the kids' birthday parties, and I never tire of reflecting on their stories.

Thank you, God, for these great blessing.

Beautiful Baylie Jae

She is a gorgeous, happy, happy, happy baby. Even when she is tired or sick, she seems content to commando crawl around the living room, trying desperately to snag her brother's little cars. He has made a game of letting her get oh-so-close before he snatches them away, warning "Sissy, you will get choked on the tires. No, no!"

She waves bye bye and claps along with music.

She has never met a stranger.

It's hard to believe she is ten months old and we're starting to plan her birthday party!