Elizabeth's 1st Birthday!!!

Our baby is ONE!! 

When did this happen? Where has the time gone? 

ONE YEAR- February 9, 2014

One Month- March 9, 2013

All week we have been talking about our lives a year ago; baby two weeks overdue, cancelled induction, grumpy pregnancy, induction and labor and then the NICU and post labor.  It feels like it all happened so long ago and yet at the same time, it feels like it was yesterday!  

 I am so grateful for Elizabeth in our lives and the little miracle that she is.  She has grown and developed so much and added so much love to our lives. 

The day before Elizabeth's birthday we went to the Stones' house for dinner and presents with Grandma Baker, Nana and Grandpa.  She got lots of music/noise toys from Mom and Dad (I could see the mischievousness in their grins, it said, "I get to give her these joyous toys but YOU have to live with them!") and she loves them. Grandma Baker knitted her some cloths for a cute stuffed monkey and she carried it around making monkey noises (which kind of sounds like a high pitched laugh).  It was fun to see them and for her to spend that time with them.  

She opened her presents little piece by little piece and handed Nana each piece... at least she cleaned up!

 

Elizabeth's birthday was on a Sunday so we went to the Newson's for her birthday dinner/dessert.  I have been singing Happy Birthday to her all week to get her excited and happy and it worked because once everyone started to sing her smile was huge- she is definitely a fan of the spot light!!

I tried to make dog cupcakes (she loves looking at dogs- doesn't so much like them up close) but the brown frosting (for fur) ended up pink and the dogs looked like weasels- so we called them fox cupcakes and wrote her name in the rest of them to spare me from having to make more weasles.  She liked the frosting (not so much the cupcake) but didn't get as messy as I had hoped- our delicate little thing- but she did throw it all on the floor to show that she was done (oh goodness- we are working on that)!  

Getting Daddy dirty!!

She got some fun toys (egg puzzle thing that squeaks and finger puppets) and Nedra made her an adorable doll.  She is spoiled and is loving it!!! We are so happy to have her in our family and have decided to keep her... at least for another year!!! ;)