We have ourselves a 1-year-old!

And here she is!

She's certainly come a long way from Day 1.

Here she is modeling her birthday shirt.

As of just after 1 p.m. April 26, Allison has been with us for a full year.

I can't imagine a sweeter, happier baby, although she has been asserting herself a little more of late. And climbing...I could definitely do without climbing.

But other than that, there's very little one can complain about when it comes to Allison. She's been such a good little girl who has brought us so much happiness.

Although we're keeping it low-key for the actual birthday celebration, Ally has been busy in recent weeks.

First, now that she's almost 1, we decided we'd let her dye her hair blond.

Just kidding...but Ally's first professional haircut did shear off all the brunette "baby hair," revealing the new growth and rendering her as blond as big bro. So, here we have our blond-haired, blue-eyed little sweetheart. If you need to find Brandon, he'll be busy polishing his shotgun for the next 30-some years.



Ally also enjoyed her first Easter. While Anthony asked for his "Easter toys" for every single day of the two weeks between the time he sniffed them out and the day of the actual holiday, the proceedings were a little less exciting for Ally, whose celebration mostly amounted to wearing cute dresses and an Easter bonnet.


Brandon dared to say he doesn't think this Easter hat is cute.

Ally begs to differ.





I think Javier approves, too.



What exactly am I supposed to do with there?









Not sure why, but this is one of my favorite pictures of Allison.

We also took a trip to the zoo in recent weeks.


Ally was mostly confined to her stroller, but didn't seem to mind too much.



We let her out to drive this old truck...

...get eaten by a dragon...

...and enjoy the relative safety of Daddy's arms.

Now, she's looking forward to year two of adventures. While she may not quite be the complacent, super-easy, always accommodating baby of old - and that climbing...ugh! - she's still as sweet as can be, and we can't wait to join her on those adventures.

Besides, we like her to have a little spunk!

I am woman, hear me roar!