Happy Happy Birthday Millie Girl! We sang to Millie lots of different times during the day and every time she would get a big smile on her face and bounce up and down. It was so fun to see her be excited and enjoy everyone’s attention!

we played with birthday balloons in the morning

and made the cake

and opened a present from Grandpa and Grandma Nettesheim

Millie learned how to turn around and go backwards! This is a life changing skill for a 1 year old and her mother! I am so excited. No more getting stuck on the stairs or the fire place or kitchen chairs or the front porch. She is still hesitant but has learned to turn herself around and go back on her tummy. I love it. I love her. And I love that she can do stairs all by herself now!

we opened presents after dinner

this ball was the only thing Millie knew what to do with

Grandma and Grandpa Robertson sent a present too

the older kids were very helpful with unwrapping her gifts

She has 6 teeth now! She is still a great sleeper. We will take her for her well check and weigh in on Monday.

dancing to her birthday song

Whenever she hears music she bounces and dances. This week she had the best little upper body wiggle and she would kick in the moves with the beat of the music – Adorable!

I took her to get her 1 year pictures and she was a little stinker. I say stinker instead of beast because she wasn’t in beast mode- she wasn’t crying or whining. She just wouldn’t cooperate and wouldn’t sit for more than 1 second and she was just crawling all over the studio exploring and having fun. I bought a few pics and I’m sure they’ll be cute enough.

this girl loves sitting on the toys. She almost always climbs in the box and plays from there.

She has also been climbing into this toy and getting herself stuck.

This little baby has also learned the fake cry. She throws little tantrums and can turn the tears off and on. We love our Millie Marie. I can’t believe she’s already been a part of our family for a year!

all cleaned up after eating cake!

but not quite ready to end the fun birth day…