Miss A Turns One!

I can hardly believe that an entire year has passed since our baby girl joined the family!  She has grown so fast and is such a spunky, precocious, vibrant, joyful little girl.  She had been playing around with walking for a month or so before her birthday, but about a week out she REALLY got the hang of it and completely gave up the crawling/walking phase.  She hasn't looked back since.  

I will admit I shed a few tears over this birthday.  We are pretty sure Miss A will be our last baby, and with turning 1 and walking she is not really a baby anymore.  Mommy had to come to turns with that phase of life being over.  I am super excited about watching her grow, but I do miss the newborn coos, and sweet sleepy cuddles of a small baby.  Miss A NEVER stops moving now unless she is sleeping.  LOL!

We were very lucky and Gigi was able to fly into town to celebrate with us.  YEAH!!  We held her party the weekend after her birthday.  I'll do another post on the party.

She was quite interested in the cake.  She really had not ever had anything like it before this day.

Hmmmm....this might be good!

Oh, yes....I think I like this cake thing!

I think she enjoyed it!

A little birthday balloon fun.  She kept walking around waving the balloon.

Present time!

Some one likes her new ride on.

Mr. P is a wonderful big brother.  He saw this way back at Christmas but she wasn't quite ready for it.  He remembered and bugged me for a month before her birthday to get it for her.  He was convinced she would love it (and that he might like to play with it too).  He was quite right!

 A year ago when Mr. P became a big brother and now a year later and he is still just as smitten with being a big brother!

Well, most of the time!!  She wouldn't sit still for the picture so he finally just gave up and let go of her.  Not to worry, she is very tough and hardly squawked at all when she rolled off.

We love you so very much Ani-bear!  You complete our family, and while you provide your share of challenges for mommy and daddy you also provide a million smiles for us too.  I pray that your relationship with big brother is always as sweet as it is now!  I know there will always be those moments when one of you might let the other "roll off the pillow" but I pray you always remember how much you love each other and how much mommy and daddy love you!  I can't wait to see what the future holds for you Miss A!

Love, Mommy ~ Daddy ~ Big Brother