One year...

Today dear girlie is your birthday... I can't believe you've been here that long! I remember just like it was yesterday, the morning you surprised us greatly and decided to join us 20 days early! I was sooo excited!!!

Remembering the last year... It's makes me a little teary.

You were the sweetest, most happy and content baby girl that any mama could ask for! You didn't smile easily at first but you warmed up to it and when you flashed that little smile it completely melted my heart into a puddle. You had my heart from the first second I saw you, but have continued to dig deeper in the soft places there, and you've found a spot that is so special. I can't imagine what we did without you!

As you got a little older you started showing us that you may be sweet and happy most of the time but you are also full of spunk and don't mind showing it! :) Especially when your big brother teases you! You like to try to keep up with him. If you don't see him you go find him to see what mischief he's up to and what trouble you can get yourself into :) Cleaning out shelves, drawers and cupboards are some of your favorite things... Along with closing doors and then shrieking till someone opens it to let you out again. Your first word was uh-oh. At 8 months old. If you want something - anything - you say Mom-mom-mom-mom-mom - because apparently I can get you anything?? :) You say da-da. Your universal words are ba-ba, da-da or ga-ga but you can inflect them so it sounds like lots of different words, you use it to say "thank-you" and even "Evan". You say, pu-pu-pu-pu for puppy. You also jabber alot and it's the most adorable thing when you jabber to your dolls :) You are VERY lovey. You love to give hugs and kisses and snuggles, when you do you say "aaawwww". I love all your hugs and snuggles and very wet kisses :)

You are such a copy-cat. You can make the most hilarious scrunched up faces :) I wrinkle my nose at you and you wrinkle your's back. I make a noise, and you try to make it too. Evan says, NO with a shake of his head, you say, AH with a shake of your head... (oh boy) You have your own wonderful version of Ring-Around-The-Rosy. I could watch it all day :) And the "All Fall Down" is the best part! You can sign "please", and really, who can resist you now when you say it for something you want?!?! You know where your nose is, where your tongue is and where your hair is. You can do pat-a-cake. And you do it anytime we say "Yay!!" about anything at all :)

You just popped your first 2 teeth through in the last couple of weeks. They may be small but they are mighty and you use them to chew your food quite thoroughly :) You CLIMB. You climb onto anything and everything! Keeping up with you and making sure you don't injure yourself is a challenge! You've become my little shopping buddy :) You are a GREAT shopper if it's just me and you and you're brother isn't along to pester you or for you to pester him! :)

You love your Mama and Daddy. Your face lights up when I go to get you out of bed and when Daddy comes through the door. Melts. My. Heart. You've started to occasionally call Ma-Ma if you can't see me or want something.

You're thinking about walking, you love to walk back and forth between Daddy and me and when we hold your hands you walk and walk and walk. Any day now I expect to see you just get up and go!

I love you little princess. I love your sweet. I love your spunk. You're my little girlie girl. And I love you to pieces!

 Mama