1 Year Old- ALREADY?!?

So many times you hear, "they grow so fast" and as a new mom, you never want to hear it.  You want those snuggly infant days to last forever.  But no one told me how much FASTER the second one would grow.  I can hardly believe that little sweet Alyssa is 1 year old!  She is sweeter and cuter than ever, but getting bigger and bigger.  Every morning when she wakes up, it seems as if she has grown overnight.  It is such a bittersweet time for us.  We are so thrilled that she is happy, healthy, and growing like she should.  However, with each milestone met, it reminds me of how fast she is turning into a toddler and no longer my baby.  She has 3 words: Dog, Dada, hi, and Ugh-oh (if that counts as a word).  She is waving, trying to sign I love you and using the signs for milk and more. This past week, with the help of our amazing nanny, we transitioned off of bottles completely.  Alyssa had no problems, it took 1 day!  She is drinking only from sippy cups now.  The bottles are packed up and ready for baby Kamden who will be arriving in the next 45ish days. 
Alyssa's first birthday party was quite the event!  She has been our little "chubba-wubba" since the beginning.  When she started crawling, Addison called her a "paterpillar".  She also LOVES to eat and always have, so we decided to go with The Very Hungry Caterpillar as our theme.  The food was themed around the book as well as the decorations and favors.  We had a bounce house, for the big kids. Don't be fooled, Alyssa enjoyed it as well.  All of our family and friends were here to celebrate.  I had the best time planning the party (as I always do).  I know, she will never remember it, but with over 300 pictures taken that day, I will be sure to document it all in a scrapbook for her to look back on.
It seems as birthdays in the Logsdon house always seem to last for multiple days and I have decided that I am perfectly ok with that.  We have so many reasons to celebrate; smart kids, cute kids, and most importantly healthy kids. So on October 3, her actual birthday, we headed to Disney World for the day.  Our day started with a parade, then we had lunch with Pooh and Friends and then rode the rides and celebrated all day long! 
The biggest news is FIRST STEPS!!!!!  October 10th, she took 4 of them and we caught them on video- thank God for the iPhone.  It makes it so easy to have a video camera at our fingertips at all times. Our next big step is moving her out of the infant car seat.  She is still small enough to be in in, but she may be more comfortable in the bigger seat. Mommy is just not so sure she can handle anything more this week
Here are just a few of the hundreds (literally)of pictures that were taken at the birthday celebrations!

All for an Animal Cracker!

Addison took her first steps on the beach for a Cheese Doodle, so it would only be fitting for Alyssa to follow her sisters' lead and do it for food as well. Today we were in the playroom just hanging out and Addison was eating animal crackers. Well Alyssa wants ANYTHING that anyone is eat- no matter what it is. So we gave her a little piece and of course, she loved it. So I stood her up and tried coaxing her with it. Much to my surprise, she took 2 steps. I yelled for Brian and he came running with the iPhone of course. We tried it again and it worked! 4 full steps! At 1 year and 6 days, we can see walking is in our VERY near future!

Alyssa just LOVES her big sister!!! She watches everything she does and is trying to copy everything she does. While it is really cute now, I am sure at some point it will cause some drama for their Momma! Today they enjoyed eating dinner that Addison cooked!