Meredith's 1st birthday party...

We decided to celebrate Meredith's 1st birthday the week before Christmas. She had the best time opening gifts, eating cake and ice cream and spending time with family. Here are a few pictures from the party.

Meredith got a new chair with her name on it...

So excited about the gifts...

Not sure about this hat...

Has to eat a cracker before opening gifts...

So excited...

Loves to open cards...

Not sure what to do...

Aunt Dedda making her dig in!

Doesn't like dirty hands...

So she fed Aunt Dedda...

Just cute!

Poor Hogan got the hat!

This is what she ended up playing with after the party...

The next morning! She loves her chair and her new laptop...

Just a few pictures...

I just wanted to post some of my favorites from the month of December. More to come soon!

Santa...

Last Sunday we took Meredith to meet Santa at The Valley downtown. There were so many distractions, she didn't even notice Santa. Once it was our turn to meet Santa, the photographer was waving her hands and a stuffed animal so much that Meredith still hadn't noticed Santa. The photographer was keeping Meredith's attention so well that I don't think she even realized that someone was holding her. Once the photographer was finished with pictures, all of the commotion stopped. Meredith looked over and finally noticed Santa was holding her. Her bottom lip started to tremble and I grabbed her before a huge scream came out. Here is the picture with Santa and some other pictures that were taken that day.

Meredith loves to play in the leaves...