Pati cakes

Hard to believe that Patagonia is one year old already. Pati is the first one of the kids to suck her thumb. She finds her blanket very comforting. She likes to snuggle and she likes Daddy best of anybody. All the older kids want to take care of her and carry her and make sure she is OK. Sometimes it bothers her and I think she learned to walk at 10 months out of self defense. If she wasn't so big I think Anne would carry her around just like Alec and Jan do.
She fell down the basement stairs in November. I was at the bottom and I heard a sound like a cat yowling and poor Pati was bouncing her way down. I stopped her a couple of steps from the bottom. She had bruises but that was all. Scared us both. David installed a hinge on the basement door that makes it close unless it is propped open by something heavy.
Pati is a good sleeper and has never been the demanding sort. She is patient and waits her turn without much fuss. She is stong willed in a quieter way, so that it is easier to miss. I was especially grateful for an easy going baby last year since we dealt with so much sickness.
She does her best to keep up with the older kids and even goes outside to play in the snow with them. They love her and try to take good care of her...although sometimes she would do better on her own!
Pati missed being a Christmas baby by just two days. My Grandpa and his Father were both born on Christmas, but we were happy with the 27th. David's Aunt Bee and another of my Great Grandfathers were born on the 27th. That day was the first day that month that David was available to be there for the birth, so I was happy that she came on the 27th. We missed having Heather Judson here for Christmas since she came last year for Pati's birth.
David got to be home this year too on Patagonia's birthday and we had a little tiny party.