Saturday Anna celebrated her 1st birthday. We had a low-key day doing things Anna likes to do. Anna was quite excited to have a mango–banana–passion fruit smoothie for supper and she especially enjoyed the mango on her cake. (Anna wasn’t too thrilled with her birthday crown.)

Yayyi bought Anna a beautiful birthday dress. It was cute to see Anna’s face light up when she saw it. I had been wanting a fancy dress for Anna’s birthday (this is atypical for me) and it was a blessing to see God use Yayyi to answer that desire. Anna loves Yayyi and Dta (her husband). It’s so sweet to see her greet Yayyi each weekday morning. She’s one excited little girl when Yayyi comes through the door.

This past month Anna’s two lower front teeth came in. Anna weighs 19.4lbs (19th percentile) and is 28 inches (13th percentile) long. Guess it’s time to pack away the 0-3 month size clothing. (Anna is close to the size Isaiah was at 9 months, and to what Becca was at 15 months.)

We’re so thankful for God’s gift of Anna Grace to our family. In her birth we saw God answer many prayers: a safe pregnancy after two miscarriages, and a VBAC after two c-sections. She is the sister Becca prayed a year and a half for. She continues to grow into a sweeter blessing to our family. She has had the perfect disposition for our transition to Cambodia.

For Anna’s birthday Becca gave her a bunny purse. Becca was given this purse by her friend Amaris when we lived in Texas. A few weeks after Anna was born Becca decided she wanted to give the bunny purse to Anna for her first birthday. Yes, somehow the purse made it all the way to Cambodia and Becca was delighted to give it to Anna. Anna seemed pretty pleased with it.

We gave Anna a doll for her birthday and she already seems attached to it. It took me a while to find one with brown eyes and we were very thankful that the Dersch family brought it over for us.

In the afternoon Becca, Isaiah, and I looked at pictures from their first birthdays. So blessed to have these three precious gifts from God.