Almost One Year Old!

I Love Grandma and Grandpa!My hair is so spikey and cute!

Eating snow with Daddy is so much fun!

Check out my new big girl car seat and Mommy's new hairdo!

We can't believe how close it is getting to Sequoia's first birthday. She is almost walking (random steps here and there for the time being). It is kind of like big foot--we can't seem to get it on film.

Aside from almost walking, she is starting to understand a lot more words, she can see the difference between cats and dogs now, and she can put things in boxes instead of just emptying everything (even though the emptying activity is still her favorite)--on top of all that she can also drink fairly well out of a cup! Lately she has also started crawling and walking around the apartment with blocks or her teething ring in her mouth roaring--it's hilarious--and she wants to be carried around so she can point at things so we can tell her what they are called. Now she can say Daddy, Momma, duck, cat, dog, dat (her word for that when she wants to know what it is called, or if she wants something that she can't reach), toe, and down. Plus she loves clapping, so anytime she does something exciting (like throwing a block) she claps for herself, and she claps along with people on tv shows.

We have been going to Gymboree for about a month now, and she loves it there. She does pretty well with the other kids and mommies, but the sight of any other daddy makes her cry. We love how none of the toddlers in her group have normal names--the only other girl is Monroe, and then the boys are Brody, Cole, Seth, Jackson, and Justice--can you tell that this is Eugene?

Well, we are having a great time with Sequoia and watching her master all of her new tricks--which also includes being tall enough to climb on top of the coffee table by herself (she's about 29" tall and 20 pounds). We miss all of you and are looking forward to upcoming visits during Spring Break (we don't expect any snow then). Enjoy these pictures in the meantime!