While in California Natalya had a birthday and turned one. Its amazing how big she is getting! She is getting close to walking, and her little personality is beginning to show. If she wants something she will make sure you know it and will not take no for an answer. She got a new pair of shoes from Gram for her birthday and won't take them off after the first day I put them on. One day when I was dressing her I took off the socks that she was wearing and just put on her shoes. She did not like it one bit and picked up the socks and held them out to me and then held them to her feet. She wanted those socks back on and she got it! We will go for her 12 month visit to the doctors on Monday to see how she is growing. Since we were in California on Natalya's birthday we decided that she needed to have a little party with cake when we returned to Phoenix. So I made her a bunny cake and had some friends over (Juile, Paul, Coleman, Donna & David) to help celebrate. Natalya was super excited that she was able to eat M&M's off her cake and loved eating the cake, unlike Raquel who would hardly touch her cake at her first birthday party. I guess its tradition after 2 kids having their first birthday's in Phoenix we will have to do it for any other kids we have.
Natalya and her pink bunny cake
Enjoying picking M&M's off of the cake.
Mmmm Cake!
After another fun filled week at Gram & Papa's house with cousins (who were amazing entertainers for the girls, Raquel was sad the next day when Charlotte, Claire, Sophie and Henry left, she walked around the house asking where all her people were.), swimming in the pool, shopping, good Thanksgiving food, great movies and picking oranges we headed home to Virginia.
The girls did great on our cross country trip, sleeping on both plane rides, letting me run them through airports and a 2 hour car trip home arriving at 2:15am. Its good to be home and sleep in my own bed for the first time in almost a month.
Picking oranges in a neighbors backyard. We made fresh squeezed oj with them!
Natalya collecting oranges.
Playing at the Phoenix airport waiting for our flight.
Heading home!
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