Meredith's First Birthday

Meredith is one! She loved opening presents. Her face just lit up when she opened her presents. She was so cute. I have no idea where all that time went. She is always discovering something new. Since the last time I wrote in my blog she has done so many new things. She folded her arms for the prayer for the first time about two weeks ago, and then wouldn't repeat it again for a little while. Now when we say "it's prayer time", or "time for a blessing" she just folds her little arms. And then at the end of the prayer she'll say "amen" with us. It's so fun to see her volunteer to do this. She sees sister say her prayers every night, and a last week she wanted to try to say her prayers too. So, I tried to help her and she repeated what I was saying (to the best of her ability). The one word I could really decipher was "amen" at the end. She follows Emily into every mess. I am finally just keeping the bathrooms locked so I don't have to dig stuff out of the toilet and clean toilet water hands.

We got Meredith the Little People Zoo set for her birthday. She loves to push the button on the train that makes music and then she dances to it. Her dancing is bouncing up and down.

The girls love to dance. Emily will point to the cd player and say "dance, please". Meredith will start bouncing (dancing) as soon as she says it. They both want to dance with me at that point, which usually creates jealousy, but most of the time I find some way to dance together, or we create a train and dance around the living room.

They are so much fun. I'm so glad I get to stay at home with them and see all of their progress and the new things they do every day. I love the way the girls' faces light up when they see me. I am so blessed.