Exciting Week

So it has been an eventful week at the Casey household. First of all, we have suspected that Hannah has been teething for quite some time now, but nothing was showing yet. I mentioned it to Hannah's babysitter and she pointed out that she could see/feel four teeth coming on the top. The next day, we were talking and checking Hannah's mouth and it is actually six teeth at the top! Today one is finally starting to break the skin so hopefully some more will follow and Hannah will be a tad bit happier. Crazy that she is about to go from having two teeth to eight!

The other excitement this week is that we are really close to having a full time walker around here! Up until this week, Hannah has not done a lot of steps with out holding on to us or her push-walker. Thursday night, Hannah and I took Daddy some dinner at the wrestling match. Before we left, she was doing 2-3 steps back and forth between us. She was really starting to gain her balance. On Friday night, Hannah became a little more stable and walked between my mom and I taking about 7-8 steps. Sometimes she didn't even need help to start. Today, we practiced some more and Hannah got up to almost 20 steps! I don't think it will be long before she takes off running! Here is one of the videos of Hannah perfecting her walking.

It's Party Time!

Today was Hannah's first birthday party! We kept things low key and had a lot of family make the trip to help us celebrate. I decided to use cupcakes as our theme and it was a lot of fun! I found invitations, plates and even cupcake thank you cards at our local Hobby Lobby that gave me my inspiration. Then, instead of a big cake, we had lots of cupcakes including a giant one just for Hannah. To continue the theme, I bought a cupcake-shaped cookie cutter for sugar cookies and for jello jigglers. It was so much fun! I was even convinced to try my hand at home made icing and decorating which I had tons of fun doing! It was so nice for many of our family to come and help us celebrate. Many helped with food which made for a fabulous meal. There were a few kids there who all had fun playing with toys and helping Hannah unwrap her gifts. Hannah dove into her cake in 1-year old style and had a ball. It was a fabulous day that we will always remember! Family shot before the party started. The table of goodies -- it was fun making the cookies, cupcakes and Hannah's giant cupcake! Hannah enjoyed opening her presents!Hannah wanted to play with her presents as soon as she opened them! She got tons of fun new toys to play with!

Hannah already likes her wagon we got her for her birthday. I can't wait for spring so we can try it out!
Hannah getting ready to blow out her candle of her own, personal giant cupcake.
This is pretty good stuff -- I like playing with it and eating it!