HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!

Its hard to believe, but Natalie celebrated her first birthday last Saturday. Where does the time go? We had a fantastic party at Grandmom and Granddad's house and Nana, Aunt Tricia, Aunt Elizabeth, Aunt Janmarie, Aunt Annalouise, Uncle Thomas, Uncle James, cousin Praetorian, and lots of other friends and family were able to come to town. Three or four inches of snow made it a little difficult for some of our guests to make it to the party (we were supposed to get less than an inch of snow), but everyone seemed to have a great time. Michelle picked out a giant cupcake shaped cake (we only just finished eating it) and Natalie loved her smash-cake. It wasn't quite as messy as we thought it would be. Of course she loved sharing her cake with Daddy.

Wagon Ride

Since it was a relatively "nice" day on Saturday, we finally got to take Natalie for a ride in her new wagon. As you can see from the photos she loved it! Ally was pretty excited about it too. :)

Natalie's First Christmas

Visions of sugar plums?Look what Santa brought!

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we went to Aunt Patricia's church in Berkeley Springs, WV. It was a small service but a great celebration! I was especially excited because Natalie FINALLY got to wear her adorable Christmas outfit. :)

First "Real" Snow

Now that we live in Maryland, Natalie has experienced two "real" snowfalls. She enjoyed "playing" until she fell and got wet and cold. The second time she went sledding which she also liked until she fell off face first! Hopefully she won't grow up to hate snow like her Momma!

Picking Apples

We went to Baugher's farm yesterday and picked apples. As always, we picked WAY too many! I guess it's time to start making pies. :) Natalie had a great time especially once Daddy found her a baby-sized apple to suck on.

First Trip to the Ballpark

To celebrate Father's Day (belatedly) Natalie "treated" Ryan to an Orioles game at Camden Yards. I think Natalie's favorite parts were trying to get everyone's food (in fact she made a noise that sounded just like "oh wow" when the hot dogs arrived :)) and trying to get into the purse of the woman sitting next to us. Oh well...I guess she will have to learn to love baseball just like Mommy did!