pictures i should have posted of iris awhile ago

one year old!

It's been over a month now, and I still haven't posted about Iris turning one. She's getting so big so fast. She has so much personality now. She's definitely a girl--which is funny since Elsa has never been interested in girly things. She loves to hug and pat baby dolls; she knows how to put on necklaces and bracelets and rings; she is obsessed with shoes; she got her fancy church dress out of the ironing basket and wanted me to put it on her; and she will even leave bows and clips in her hair most of the time. She has been walking since she was 11 months old, so she's getting pretty confident and thinks she should be able to do stairs and climb up slides and ride on scooters. So, she gets hurt a lot (as you can see from this picture sequence) but she doesn't seem to learn her lesson.

It's a good thing she's so darn cute because she likes all things naughty--playing in the toilet, climbing on the dishwasher, pulling things out of the fridge, etc. She has started throwing things in the garbage like her shoe, her pajamas, and the hairbrush. And, anytime she thinks she's getting her way she starts to chuckle deviously.

But, we all adore her, and she can tell. She's a charmer.