The Rauwerdink Family Blog: I am ONE!!

Gosh, time flies when we are having fun. It is hard to believe a year has gone by already. It seems like life before Hannah never existed. She is a true blessing in every way. She continues to amaze us everyday. She sure has her own personality, and it seems to shine even more and more each day. She has learned to walk about 10 steps at a time, and then decides it faster to crawl. Hannah has learned to shake her head no, so she now knows when she can say no too. She has 9 teeth and we think she is working on number ten as we speak. She is a drooling machine. She loves anything that sings and sings after it is finished too. Hannah will put up her index finger when you ask how old she is. She points at things she wants, and usually will say "da". She says hi to people and waves too. She will be moving to the next room at day care after the Holidays. We are very sad because we love her teachers in her current room, but hear great things about the next room too. Hannah had her first Thanksgiving in the mountains. She loved the turkey and stuffing. She could not get enough. She even tried some whipped topping off of mom and dad's pie.

Hannah had a fun day on her birthday. She went to day care and played with all of her friends. Then we picked her up and took her to the mall. She loves to people watch so we figured this would be perfect. We ate at the food court and got one of the mall's strollers to cruise around. She thought she was pretty cool. We realized it was "bring you pet to see santa" night so she had so much fun watching all the dogs. She giggled in delight. We then got home in time to open some presents that were sent to Hannah from people in WI. Then it was time for bed. She seemed to have enough presents to open all week long. She is one spoiled little girl.

Hannah had a birthday party with family and friends here this past weekend. She did really well. She is getting the hang of opening her presents, really could care less what is in them, but likes the paper. She had a blast with her cake which you will see below. In a few weeks she will have a small gathering in WI with family to once again have some cake and ice cream.