Brad and Elly: Welcome to Toddlerhood!

Tacy is officially one now! Can you believe it? It is so crazy that she was born a year ago. I made a book of my favorite pictures of her over the year and it is crazy to see how much she has changed. Watching her day to day it doesn't seem like much but looking at all those pictures you really realize all the changes from her hair (how much, how long, and color) to the shape of her face and her funny faces she makes.

Brad had a final for his chem class the morning of her birthday, so he worked for a few hours, took his test, then came home early to spend the day with us. We went to Cafe Rio (hello free quesadilla) and Tacy all of a sudden decided to start standing on her own. She will now stand up from sitting (or kneeling as she loves to do). She does it long enough that I have been able to get pictures of it. That is saying something since before she only stood when she was distracted and did not realize she wasn't holding onto anything.

We had a little family party on her birthday. Aunt Jody and Grant(Uncle Eric had to work), Aunt Kimber and Uncle Sam, Aunt Melissa and Uncle Barry, Grandma and Grandpa Taylor, Great-Grandma Taylor (Great-Grandpa was working), and Great-Grandma Stevens all came. Tacy loves seeing family, especially her aunts and Grant of course. Tacy was a little tired (to say the least) because she refused to take an afternoon nap. So when it came to opening presents, Tacy was kinda out of it and struggling to cope. So I had to help a lot. I told her that her next birthday she is on her own (jk but seriously I sure hope she wants to tear everything open by then). Grant kept trying to come and open all her presents for her. I should've let him. Ha ha oh well. She got lots of cute clothes, 2 books, a pull telephone, some shapes, and we gave her an elephant that spits balls up out of it's trunk. Aunt Christine mailed Tacy some cute clothes. The day before her b-day my Aunt Carolyn mailed Tacy a card and baby puzzle.

I made some raspberry filled white cupcakes with raspberry cream cheese frosting (thank you pinterest). I worked all morning on them and they tasted delicious! I made a lot (47) cause I wanted to make sure there were enough. Well everyone loved them (except Tacy) so they were gone pretty quick. Tacy as it turns out is not a big fan of cake. It could have been that she was so tired. She tried the frosting but made a face when I put cake in her mouth. Tacy does not tear into cake. Aunt Kimber took pictures for her bday a few weeks earlier and I made Tacy a big cake for that. All she did was poke at the frosting and eat it, so I cut some cake out for her and she ate some of it but had more fun just dipping her finger in the frosting and licking it. Oh well.

As for Tacy's updates:

She officially weighs 19.5 lbs (47%) and is 30 inches long (81%). This is why 12 month clothes are baggy on her and 9 month fit perfect (and she can still wear some 6 month onsies).

Tacy loves graham crackers! If you give her cheerios and graham crackers, she will find all the graham crackers and eat them all first before even touching the cheerios.

Tacy still only has 2 teeth. Her doctor said that most likely the rest will all come in together.

Tacy now tries to get into everything - especially drawers.

Tacy has become fascinated with her baby car seat. Since we have it sitting in a corner of our living area, she will crawl over to it and climb on in. Then she will sit there, drink water, dance and sing, and then try to come up onto of it to get to the bookcase behind it. Now there is a basketball in the car seat to deter this.

Tacy can say Dadda, Momma, Mom, Dad, Hi, Whoa, Oh wow, and sometimes dog. Hi is one she says sometimes (typically she says "hi dad"). We are working on helping her learn more words.

Tacy still loves bread and ice cream. She also loves pasta. Eggs were okay. She still likes refried beans. She still is not a big fan of gold fish.