Team O'Farrell: Happy Birthday Afton!!

Happy birthday not-so-little Afton! You are officially one year old. It is crazy that a year has already passed since that very long and beautiful day in the hospital. Over the past year we have had so many adventures. It is hard to picture life without your bright blues and your happy smile.

Since the last update at 9 months, you have done some pretty awesome tricks!

Around 10 months you started to master the crawling thing and started racing your brother Bear around the room. A few weeks after that, around your 11-month mark, you started to stand up on furniture and walk along it. Along the way you have figured out how to give kisses, wave, smack your tongue, and blow bubbles in your drink. Your giggles are still the most contagious thing you could imagine. Everything changed when you figured out how to crawl up the stairs. The going down thing is a little too daring for us now and you often try to just turn around and dive back down. We figure it is a sign of trust. On your birthday you took two steps while we were watching Ella's soccer game and we were all pretty excited. You haven't done much walking since, but we have been watching the 2016 Olympics and we think Thompson - the new fastest woman on Earth - was some inspiration to you. Your dad has been planning (maybe plotting is a better word) to see which event you will do in the Olympics when you grow up. We will leave it up to you, but research says equestrian events may be an easy in.

Here are some stats for your one year mark:

Weight: 24 lbs 3 oz. = 94%

Height: 31 inches = 96%

Head Circumference: 47 cm = 93%

Favorite Food: Just about everything. You seem to really like pb&j sandwiches, any kind of fruit, and carrots the most. You also LOVE drinking water out of a cup and you are getting pretty good at it. I guess it pays off that you didn't like bottles and started the sippy cup at 4 months.

Teeth Count: 10! Your first year molars on the bottom just came in. Game changer!

Total Steps: 3

Words: Dada, Mama, Bear (probably your favorite),

Countries Visited: Canada!! (you will be a citizen soon - maybe we can convince Dad to move there)

Best Joke: Dropping food off the high chair to Bear

You had three different birthday parties and each one included a lot of sweets and so many birthday kisses. Here are some pictures from the fun:

Party #1: Canada Eh!

Cousin Wyatt has his birthday on August 10th, one day after you, so you two celebrated together out at the land. We had steak, dutch oven potatoes and carrots, beans, rolls... It was amazing! You were a little sleepy and didn't quite make it to dessert and tipi time that night for presents, but you were spoiled while you slept. The balloons freaked you out a bit, but they got you ready for your other parties.

Party #2: Party with your twins!

Benny was so excited to celebrate your birthday!

Dad too!

You had a blast on the waterslide! It was the same type of waterslide that accelerated your presence on Earth when we had the same party last year. You had a lot of fun sliding down and even went on your own once.