The Wheelwright Tushy Loves: Penny turns 1!!!

Last week our little Penny-Tallu turned 1.

I can't believe it's been a year since I had her!! That year went by SO fast! This last year has been full of adjustments and challenges, but even more full of laughter, joy and love. I love my little girl and I'm so happy she's a part of our family. I couldn't have asked for a more sweet, well behaved baby. She really is such a blessing to us!! At one year old Penny is almost 23 lbs, 29 in. tall, has eight teeth, and will have some molars pretty soon. She's starting to take several steps on her own and is learning how to use eating utensils. She knows how to sign "more", "all done" and "bath". She can also wave, clap, give high five and blow kisses.

Likes: Food, giving kisses, pushing buttons, snuggling with mom and dad, her grinch doll, peek-a-boo, her binki, riding in the stroller or the car, and anything soft

Dislikes: getting her face and nose wiped, sitting in the high chair without having food in front of her, people around her eating while she's not, and time-out

On her Birthday we had a party at our house with a bunch of family and friends. My mom and sister were there along with Brad's entire family and my best friend, Candi. It was a lot of fun and I know Penny had a blast.

Here's the Birthday Girl in her new birthday outfit. Isn't she the cutest one year old around!?

This is just a shot of how many presents she got. She's so spoiled...I mean, loved.!

Penny's cousin, Myles, was there to help her open her presents. He also showed her how all the toys worked. Thanks Myles!!

It didn't take long for Penny to get the hang of opening presents. I have a feeling she's gonna LOVE Christmas.

Here she is giving one of her new dolls a kiss. Aww, she's so sweet!

She had a lot of fun pulling and eating the paper out of the gift bags.

And then it was cake time...

I didn't take a whole lot of pictures of her actually eating the cake because we video taped that. She really didn't EAT very mich of the cake, Grandma Wheelwright wanted to feed her lunch one last time before they go on a mission. And needless to say...she was still really full from lunch, but she sure did play in it. Although it might not look like it from the pictures, she made a MESS!! here's a picture of her profile so you can see just how full her belly is...