Faith Turned 1!

Happy first birthday to our special girl! (It was a month ago, but I just got to blogging it.) This first year went by way too fast. People tell you that all the time, but it's so true. This age is so much fun! Her strong, independent personality continues to show through as she learns to do more and more on her own. She has an amazing determination. It's so cool!

Faith had two birthday parties, one at the Gundersens and one with the Fischers on our Grand Forks Sioux hockey weekend.

On the road to Grand Forks.

She really didn't care much about the cakes. Maybe next year.

Another big milestone... her first trip to Buffalo Wild Wings! She's become quite the dipper. She started with celery and ranch.

She had a blast!

One of the servers thought she needed a balloon. We left it there as it was covered in macaroni and cheese by the time she was done. Check out her hair sticking straight out - more macaroni and cheese.

Her first stay in a hotel. Jumping on the bed is great!

Who is that beautiful girl? She needs kisses.

And they had so conveniently placed boxes of tissues where a one year old could reach them and pull all of them out. We got our money's worth.

Life is eventful and the house seems to get a little messier each day.

Seriously, how could we possibly be upset with her. It was a mess, but so funny.

And still finding new places to explore.

I'm so glad we're getting more use out of the bumbo chair. So proud! It took her a while to figure out how to get herself in the chair without sitting on one foot.