Home for 1 year....

We did some celebrating this weekend with our little Danielle. Saturday marked one year ago that we welcomed our little princess home for the first time. Looking back, Brad and I remember what a glorious day it was. Being able to all be in the car for the first time as a family and bringing our little girl to the place we call home. Introducing Danielle to her surroundings was such a momentous day, one that we look back on and smile from ear to ear with a little tear in our eye, we remember back to the day our family became complete, and everyone was home!

This past week we have worked more on crawling. It is so adorable to see Danielle up on her hands and knees rocking from side to side shifting her weight back and forth and beginning to move one hand, then one leg, then the other hand, then the other leg. We are really enjoying seeing our little girl move towards these big milestones. Daddy was so proud of her last week, he was clapping and grinning from ear to ear. It sure was cute! We will still be working on this, but seeing her up and starting to feel what crawling is all about is very exciting! We are still working on sitting up in the Bumbo and she is liking it. She is sitting on the floor with hand support and we are working on getting her to lift up her head to figure that she needs to strengthen those mid section back muscles to pull her body up and figure out she can do it with out her hands down for support. We are getting there, and for all of these fun things and our little girl working so hard....we are thankful!

This weekend our friends the LeConte's came down from Wisconsin for a visit. We were so excited to see them and our kids were excited to see Drew and Allison again. We figured what a better way to continue our fall traditions then to venture with the LeConte's to the Pumpkin Patch. This was Danielle's first visit to the Pumpkin Patch and she really enjoyed herself.
We headed to Bloomsbury Farm, they offer so many fun things for the kids and adults alike. We took Danielle on her first hayrack ride and we saw the little pig races, the big kids ran around and did their own thing and we came home.....with 4 big round pumpkins to add to our Fall decor! We took advantage of the mild temperatures to enjoy each other, let the kids be kids and search for the perfect Pumpkins! We are excited for our Fall Family Traditions to continue...

Thank you Danielle for being the best little girl that any mommy and daddy could ask for. One year ago we brought you home. What joy you have brought to our lives. You have warmed our hearts and made our days brighter. Thank you for fighting and believing and never giving up. We love you sweetie!~