My Baby is 1

I can't believe Clarissa turned one (last month!!) Where has time gone? She's growing up way too fast and I hate it. She's the cutest, sweetest little girl. We just love her to pieces. We celebrated her birthday with 2 parties while we were in Brazil (more on that trip later).

First party in Sao Paulo with my family. Grandparents and great grandparents

 Big brothers helped blow out the candles.

 My best friend, Marina, and her mother

 Cousins

 Second party in Natal

 This party was a lot more kid friendly and it was on her actual birthday. These are some of the friends we made while there. (There were several boys there too, including the brothers, but for some reason they didn't get in any picture)

 My little cake queen!! She LOVED being able to eat the cake all by herself.

Clarissa started walking 1 week after her birthday. She's my little wonderer. She just loves to walk all over the house. She plays better with cars than with dolls (hum, I wonder why? I doesn't help that we have a gazillion cars and only 2 dolls). She likes to chase the boys around. Her newest thing is to "play" hide and seek with them. She totally thinks she knows what she is doing. She puts her ears up to a wall and starts "counting". After about 3 babbles she runs around the living room. It's super cute.
She's thinning out a lot (another thing I'm not happy about. She could stay chubby for a little longer). She's now in the 95% for weight (25 lbs) and 97% for height (31.5 in). It's the first time in her life that height has been greater that weight.
Clarissa LOVES to play with water (any kind, including the toilet). She's fearless in the pool, and I'm sure she will be swimming real quick (well, once we start her in swim lessons, which will be around her 3rd birthday).
She's my best vegetable eater EVER!! Even at this young age my boys weren't big fans of veggies, but she loves them. She's my only child that I've been able to hand her a green been or carrot and she eats it all gone.
We love you Baby Bel and hope you had a great birthday!!!