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Our gorgeous, spirited little chunk of chub turned one year old on Monday! We are SO glad she is part of our family forever!

I greeted Bianca multiple times on her birthday by calling her the Birthday Baby. That was the only day in her life she will ever have that position! She’s already only hanging on to babyhood by a thread. She now has nearly 8 teeth, can say “hi!”, and has taken her first few little steps!

Bianca’s birthday was blissfully simple. Since she has no idea what a birthday is, we celebrated exactly as much as we felt like. And with how exhaustingly stressful our life has been for the past 3 months, we felt like celebrating minimally. But the important things happened: the birthday girl had visits from her adoring grandparents, she got some presents, and she had her first ice-cream cone. What else matters?

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Some fun things to know about Bianca include, but are definitely not limited to:

• She makes the funniest faces! I wish I could describe them or that I had ever caught them on camera, but alas. Just come hang out with her sometime and you’ll see.
• She is BUSY! She loves climbing inside cupboards, up stairs and step ladders, dumping out things, walking around the house by pushing chairs, laundry baskets, etc., and all other mischief she can figure a way into.
• She loves people–from a distance. At church on Sunday she spent half of Sacrament Meeting telling the Peña family “Hi!” But if somebody outside of family tries to hold her, she loses it.
• Her hair has just a little bit of curl to it, which I LOVE!
• She LOVES to eat! Her favorites are pasta, scrambled eggs, yogurt, and whipped cream.
• She loves playing with all the siblings, but she and Helen have a special bond.

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Seriously though, this girl is just such a delight to have around!

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