Mischievous

Susie always keeps us on our toes. We have a gate to block off the kitchen, because she climbs on everything and there are so many dangers in the kitchen. Well, the other day someone left the gate open, and she snuck in there and climbed up to find a doughnut. When I came out of my room, she was in the hall, shoving it in her mouth as quickly as she could. Then she smiled at me with a huge, sneaky grin. We're in so much trouble!

Susie Q

This girl makes me laugh every single day. I love that she sucks her thumb (I know I won't love it when we try to get her to stop). She can be such a cheese, and she's always happy.

Ice Cream

As I've said before - Susie loves eating. We decided to see how she'd do with an ice cream cone... let's just say it was in her ears, hair, nose, diaper, EVERYWHERE! But she was so happy!

Walking

She's been walking for quite a bit, but I forgot to document it. So, Susie is walking. And getting into all sorts of trouble!

Susie's Sunshine Party

As soon as I saw the idea for a Sunshine party, I knew I had to do it for Susie's first birthday. I call her Susie Sunshine, and she's always so cheerful and happy. This was the funnest party to plan!

Here is the invite that I ordered from Etsy:

Someone discovered the cookies before the party started.

Oh... fire!

She was a very dainty cake eater. She ate the face off the sun first, then took little bites. It took forever for her to really dig in.

Emmett even took a break from the water outside to eat a cupcake:

Outside, we had our picnic table on the deck, and some tents set up in the yard. We had some kiddie pools and a slip and slide. The kids had a blast!

One of my favorite pics - So many happy kids!!

 Susie impressed us all with her tissue paper throwing abilities!

It was a great day with friends!

Susie's 1st Birthday

Susie is 1! This year FLEW by. We love this sweet little girl so much!

And here are a few pics that Tina took. I love them!

Miss Personality

Susie is really developing her personality. In the last few days, she has made us laugh so much. First, we had this little incident with my flower pot. She explores everything!

 And then we went to the park another night and she was giving me some attitude. She makes the best faces...

We love our Sassy Susie!

Susie - 11 months

Susie is 11 months. She loves exploring her world. She's taking a few steps here and there, and she'll be taking off any day now! Her smile lights up a room, and she is developing quite the stubborn personality.

Here are some pictures I took for her invitation for her party. Like I said...

Smiles all the time

Personality

Stubborn

Susie's Easter

Ok, so I'll admit that little girl clothes are way more fun than little boy clothes. Tina was kind enough to take a few shots of Susie in her Easter dress for me. Love them!

Great shot of the second tooth that FINALLY showed up!

Sibling Love

How most of my pictures really turn out.

Susie 10 Months

Susie is 10 months. She loves to play with her brother and scoot around the house. She stands up all the time and will be taking off any day!

Susie 9 months

My little baby girl is growing so fast! 9 months old, 20 pounds, and still extremely tall!

Always smiling!

Loves being outside!

Has learned that she's not happy with strangers!

Blue eyes!

Sweet smile

Loves her brother. Tries to wake him up when he's not playing with her!

Standing up. ALL THE TIME!

Still just one tooth!!