Thirteen months!!

Amara had her first birthday party in January. We waited to celebrate until after the holidays to make sure that friends and family could attend. It was a lovely event held at our local park at Morley Field. The theme was "Picnic-- BYOB (bring your own blanket!). Amara has quite a few little friends these days who are the same age and seeing them crawl and play in the park was a delight! Amara seemed to have a great time and enjoyed visiting each blanket :) She also seemed to enjoy her first birthday cake! It was a white cake with vanilla icing -- very light tasty!!

She loved the balloons too!

Just to add a few more words about Amara these days-- new WORDS and MOVEMENTS are happening every day! Amara now says "Moon", "Bubble", "Bath", "Done", and a few others. Sometimes she will repeat a word right after you say it to her. The other day she did this with "Cheese" (which she loves to eat). Amara has begun to climb stairs (with help! yikes!) and pull herself up to standing. She carefully watches other kids run and climb and walk at the park and plans her next move! It is so much fun to be her parent :) And here are a few more photos from Coronado beach. Forgot to mention that she is a sand lover!!