52- Happy Birthday Rebecca!

Rebecca turned one on Tuesday!

She loved her birthday cake. :)

We had a big week! My granny moved to Blacksburg, VA and my parents came down to help her get settled in. Rebecca and I went up to visit and had the best time! While we were there we also got to see Aunt Anne and Uncle John, Laura, William and Rebecca. Rebecca was a chamer! Her latest trick is to cover her face up with her hands when we ask where's Rebecca then pull them away and grin. So cute!

Here is Rebecca getting wheeled around on Granny's walker. While we were at Granny's Rebecca said her first word! She was obessed with Granny's cat, Boo and started pointing and saying cat. So smart!

After visiting in Blacksburg we went on up to Woodstock to visit with my Grandma and Harry. Here we are in Grandma's kitchen for another birthday celebration for Rebecca. While we were in Woodstock we got to also got to see Uncle Walt and Aunt Lloydie. Rebecca loved her some Lloydine!

Here she is playing with Grandma's pie pans. So fun!

51- Full on Walking

Rebecca is 51 weeks!

So cute! This little girls has started walking around like it is no big deal. We are so proud of her! She just gets to be more and more fun the bigger she gets. She still loves to dance to music and eat everything. This week we started introducing whole milk. I am so excited!! I'm proud to have made it to a year with breast feeding but so ready to be done!

She wasn't too sure about being outside at first.

And then she was off!

Rebecca can also go up stairs all by herself. I really don't know how she knew how to do this since we have no stairs in our apartment. So advanced!

50- Happy Birthday Matt

Rebecca at 50 weeks!

We had another big week! Our friend Volker came to visit us before moving back to Germany for good. :(

And it was Matt's 31st birthday! We met friends for dinner and drinks at Fishbones on Friday.

And on Saturday we had a birthday party tailgate before the NC State/Wake Forest game. It was so much fun!! Marty made the best low country boil. So good! Matt's mom met us at the tailgate and took Rebecca back to Elkin for the night. There is no way she would have lasted at the game. It was so hot! But so fun. State didn't win but we had the best time cheering them on. H-O-L-D, Hold that line! There were 18 of us in a block and we ended up next to some older Wake Forest Fans who turned out to be really fun. At point we had a cheer-off, kind of like a rap battle.

Nick, Whitney and Greg

And Rebecca in the bath. Best bath ever!

49- Blowing Rock

Rebecca is 49 weeks!

We had a great week! Here is Rebecca in her new big girl car seat.

We made our way to Greensboro for a play date with Cassidy, Lilly and Caleb. Such fun! Lilly was so sweet with Rebecca and Caleb was such a cutie pie. I am slightly obessed with him as he looks exactly like my friend from college, Nick Hauser.

We went to Blowing Rock (for some reason I always say bowling rock instead of blowing rock, what?) for labor day weekend for our friends JJ and Stacy's wedding. So much fun! Here's a picture of Matt and Rebecca as the rehersal. I forgot my phone charger and right after this my phone died and I got no pictures the rest of the weekend. Such a shame! Blowing Rock is so cute and the wedding was beautiful. They wrote their own vows and I think JJ's were best I have ever heard. Matt's parents came with us for the weekend and kept Rebecca while we went to the wedding and reception. So nice! Joan and I had the best time walking around downtown and through the park. We held Rebecca's hands so she could walk throught he grass at the park. So cute!

Playing with cups- Yea!

My nephew, Maverick. His parents are the coolest.

48- Dash

Rebecca is 48 Weeks!

We've had a fun week! My Aunt Anne and Uncle John stopped by for a surprise visit on their way to Myrtle Beach. It was great to see them! This is seriously the only I picture I got. My little wiggle worm would not sit still.

Rebecca went to to her first minor league baseball game. She doesn't look too sure about things in this picture but warmed up to everything pretty quickly. By the end of the night she was standing up in Matt's lap and clapping for everyone sitting behind us. It was like she was trying to get them pumped up for the game. :)

Snuggling with Brandi and Jarrett.

This weekend we had big plans for visiting our friends in Kure Beach but with Hurricane Irene coming decided to stay here. It actually all worked out. Our friends, the Baucoms, were in town for a wedding and stayed the night with us on Saturday.

We all went to breakfast on Sunday. Here is Rebecca cheesing and doing some baby yoga in her high chair.

And my favorite picture of the week! Our future body builder picking up her walker like it's no big deal. It think it's the serious look on her face that gets me. So funny!

47- First Steps

Rebecca is 47 Weeks!

She took her first steps this week! She started on Tuesday night with about two. She's up to about 8 steps in a row now but will usually crawl wherever she wants to go. Here she is in the kitchen with her favorite toy, a Dora the Explorer microphone. "Come on, Vamanos! Everybody, let's go-o! Come on, let's get to it and know that we can do it!" No, it is not a collector's item. It's still in the box because it says for 3 and up. But I had to give it to her because it's from the ladies at her daycare in Alabama. They said they got her a microphone because she's going to be a star. :)

This week Rebecca also had her first sleep over! She stayed with Matt's parents while Matt and I went to the 76th Annual Fiddler's Convention in Galax, VA. Camping, bluegrass, fair food- so fun!!

Rebecca is still into making funny faces.

And eating pretty much anything I give to her.

So much fun!

46- Standing Up

Rebecca is 46 weeks!

We've had a good week! Matt went to Georgia this weekend to go white water rafting for his friend JJ's bachelor party and Rebecca and I went to Elkin for a visit. We had a great time!

Rebecca and Papa

Funny face! Rebecca has been into making tons of different faces lately. She is so funny!

On Sunday Rebecca and I went to Church with our friends the Robinsons and their little girl, Elexa. Here they are the girls at lunch afterwards at Village Tavern.

Hey! Let's try and pull up our mats. Ok!

Here is Rebecca in the bath. She has started standing up on her own without pulling up on anything. She figured it out on Monday night and would stand up then clap for herself then sit down so she could do it again. So cute! Also this week Rebecca's top two front teeth are coming in. It's about time! Fortunately they don't seem to be bothering her too bad.

Cheese!