What a big girl Shae is on the eve of her first birthday! (Not literally, but you know what I mean...) Our 12-month well baby doctor's appointment today tells us that Shae is 22 lbs. 6 oz. (74th percentile); she is 30.35 inches long (taller than 94% of the kids her age!); and her noggin is 18.25" around (85th percentile -- thanks to the Wrabetz genes for that one). She is happy and healthy and thriving, and she took her shots like a champ. Yay Shae!
As evidenced by her "Big Girl" status, Shae loves to feed herself. She's getting the concept of the spoon, but the execution is still a little lacking. Try, try again -- practice makes perfect!
As we have learned in the past few weeks, it is highly unlikely that Shae is ever going to properly crawl -- she would much rather scoot on her butt with her legs sawing in a crab-like motion (which I will try to catch on video for those of you in far-flung locations -- it's really something to behold!). She is, however, all about standing up nowadays -- Jody and I figure it's only a matter of time before she figures out how to take that first step and then she will be GONE!
Practicing standing at the living room table:
The infamous "Shae point."
"Hey mama!"
"Mama, you tell the **funniest** jokes!"
Yeah? Well up yer nose with a rubber hose!
"Mama, not only are you funny but also VERY interesting. Tell me more."
One gratuitous non-Shae photo -- they really do happen sometimes! Go Broncos!
Hey, mama. Just checkin' out the back yard.
See? Right there. That's what I'm talking about.
Zoey and Shae are becoming the best of pals, especially since standing at the back door looking out is the favorite place of both of them. 
Raking the 50% of leaves dropped from the front Sugar Maple created one of the largest leaf piles in the world -- it was approximately 20 Shae's wide and 3 Shae's deep. (New measuring system.)
She had a blast!
This, mama, is a pumpkin. You'll probably want to write that down.
