The Almy Family: Happy First Birthday Ellery!!!

I can hardly believe that Ellery is ONE already! This past year just went by soooo fast! She is getting soooo big and definitely becoming a little girl and not so much a baby anymore :( She is not quite walking yet, unless she's pushing her baby in the stroller, or one of the other push toys that we have. The only words she says are mama and dada....I have a feeling that the chronic ear infection that we battled for two months did not help in that area at all. She babbles all the time though and knows how to get what she wants by pointing or yelling at us to get our attention :) She is a fabulous eater! She will eat anything we put in front of her (hopefully this will help Jackson to try new things by watching his sister) and she loves to feed herself! She also LOVES to play with her brothers toys....which he is not so fond of but is going to to have to get used to....especially since he thinks that all of Ellery's toys are also his ;)
At her 1 yr Dr appt she weighed 20 lbs 13 oz (50%), was 28 1/2 inches (45%), and her head was in the 95%.....another big headed child...which hopefully means extra smart :)
The day that Ellery had her one year pictures taken she was not in a smiling mood at all....definitely can be a lot more serious than her brother! We still managed to get some cute pics though and her are a few of them....

We somehow managed to fit close to 40 people in our little house for her birthday party (oh the disadvantages of having a winter birthday). I will admit it was a little cramped and at times chaotic but we had a great time celebrating with our family and friends!! Ellery received a lot of fun GIRL toys....move over trucks, the dolls have arrived :)