Noelle Anaya...almost 15 months old!

I can look back and say that motherhood is the best job ever! My baby girl is turning into a little big girl right before my eyes! Noelle is now eating table food, drinking whole milk (only with strawberry syrup), and WALKING! She loves fruits and veggies, potatoes, chicken, and water too! She's a good, happy baby. She's expanded her vocabulary a little. "Baby", "puppy", "hi", "mama", "dada", "hot", "bad" (don't ask), "gone" and babbling in sentences. She also knows what a lot of words are, even if she can't say them. Words just can't really express all of the joy I have with my little girl.

For her first birthday, we had a big cookout at our aunt's house. There were lots of family and friends to celebrate Noelle's first year with us. She got an entire new wardrobe for her birthday. LOL! It was a great and exhausting day.



Noelle also went to her first Caribbean Carnival at the end of June. She did so well considering the large crowd. She watched the parade, ate rice and peas, and danced to Soca. She's such a fun baby!



This year for the fourth of July, we went to Chesapeake Beach with the family...We actually went for the third of July, but who's counting? We spent a good part of the day looking for parking...no joke. After everyone was together, we sat down for dinner on the pier...the food was OK, but I've had better. In any event, as always, it was just good to be with the fam! After dinner, we watched fireworks. Again, Noelle did so well. She ate crackers and watched the fireworks intently. She even took a self portrait. LOL! It was a good day.




I've been home for two weeks after having traveled for work most of the summer. She did so well at home with daddy...or should I say daddy did so well with her? LOL!

So now we're getting ready for fall. It came so fast! I can't wait to see how much more she learns.