She's Walking (and Running)!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a BUSY September!! Fin turned ONE and had a fabulous birthday! Jeanna's wedding was beautiful and so much fun too!

As of October 5th, Fin is Walking!!! Woo Hoo!!! We've already had a skinned knee (and cheek).

Fin had her 1-year-old photo shoot and was a PILL!! There are MANY head shots because she WOULD NOT put the ball down. The photographer did what Fin said (as does everyone else) because she wanted to avoid puffy eyes from crying! They turned out good though! We LOVE the Picture People!

Above is the ONLY picture of Fin that I think she resembles me more than Marcel.

Fin opening her presents (or should I say Livi opening Fin's presents).

Fin really didn't want anything to do with her "smash" cake (that we had to have specially made with Soy). After thinking about it, I really don't ever let her get dirty. My mom always let us get dirty and we loved it! I need to work on that!

My beautiful child before a horrendous doctor's appointment!

She still LOVES her books! Her favorite right now is "Princess Baby." The little girl in the book looks just like Fin too!

After my poor girl got blood drawn! She had 4 people holding her down! We found out that she is allergic to milk, eggs, peanuts AND DOG DANDER! She LOVES dogs too! Needless to say, she gets hot dogs and fruit daily! What else am I supposed to feed her??!!

Fin loves her tea sets! She plays with them very meticulously!

Pretty baby...

Our neighbors, Stefanie and Scott, just happened to have a big box that they needed to get rid of... Fin said "I'll take it!" She has now logged many hours opening and closing the "front door" and peeks at Mommy and Daddy through the windows! Boxes are still the best toys!

Our new game this week is to get Daddy's cell phone and RUN!! Daddy chases Fin and she cackles until he catches her! We love this game but most times it ends in a whipeout and tears!

Fin LOVES to play in the refrigerator! I figure that I'll let her because she gets tired of it within 5 to 10 minutes and leaves. I mean, how long can she be into playing in the fridge? It's going on a month now...

We found out at Fin's 1-year-old check-up that she is in the 75th percentile in her height. Is this really my kid? She's low in her weight (again, is this my kid?), but her head is big for her age (yep, this is my kid...), but I say she's just really smart. She is into everything now and doesn't say much because she doesn't have to. I can read her mind. She only pitches a couple of fits a day (yep, my kid) and boy are they dramatic. We still absolutely adore (and always will, I just hope it doesn't get worse, because we are pretty sickening about it) her and feel so blessed to have her!

This is a little video of Fin playing in the fridge...