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Lots of stuff was happening this last weekend. Right before we left to go back to Iowa, Alicia decided to show off her stuff and started crawling up our steps in the living room. I have a video of this, but I’m trying to make it smaller still, it is too large to upload right now, so maybe later this week, I’ll have something.

Also, Alicia got to have her first birthday cake experience. It was nothing too exciting that’s for sure, I think Drew’s family wanted to see a bit more cake smashing, but that wasn’t up Alicia’s alley. So instead it was only like a finger or two that went into it. Maybe she knew it wasn’t her birthday just yet, so she is saving the big show for later.

But the real reason for the trip back to Iowa was for Drew’s sister Ann graduating from Clarke College. Way to go, Ann! In the one picture here, where Ann is holding Alicia, the dress that Alicia is wearing from from when Ann was a baby – Great Grandma Alice made that dress for Ann when she was a baby. How cool is that.. It fit Alicia pretty good.
Also at graduation, was my friend Jenny from work, whose sister Carissa was also graduating from Clarke. Here’s the girls getting ready to watch their Auntie’s graduate from college. I think both Reese and Alicia enjoyed the ceremony :)

Here's a pretty good picture of all of us from this 1st Mother's Day weekend.