Saturday, March 14, 2009

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!!

So, having a birthday party has it's ups and downs. Here you see the ups - party hats, laughter, balloons and overall good cheer.





Here you see the downs - very loud singing by the entire family that scared me silly!



I can't believe my Little Miss has turned one! Where does time go? Despite the above picture, Little Miss had a wonderful day. She was not happy with the birthday song, and really didn't care for her cake either, but she loved the balloons, the wonderful gifts, and spending time with her family. Still, I'm pretty sure I enjoyed the whole event more than she did. I had so much fun making her butterfly cake, decorating, and just watching her experience her first birthday in our big family. What a pleasure!











What an emotional day! I am overflowing with love for my little princess and want to savor every memory from this day. I am so blessed to be the mother of this wonderfully, amazing girl! Tonight as I thank God for the gift of this girl in my life, I will also pray for a woman who one year ago, half way around the world, gave birth to my precious daughter making my dreams come true!


Happy Birthday Baby Girl - I love you!

Saturday, March 7, 2009

A breath of warm air at last!

Today was the first trip to the park for Little Miss! She was just a little baby when we came home last summer and we've been waiting all winter to get out to the park. With 50 something degrees today, I knew this was our chance. So we took a walk with Auntie to the playground. It took Little Miss a few minutes to trust the swing and slide, but she got the hang of it. Then there was no turning back, and no going home - ha!







She looked so tiny in this "little" baby swing.












And this was the weather just a few short days ago . . .

Pizza is my new favorite food . . . ice cream isn't!



Little Miss crawled over to the oven, pulled herself up, peered into the window, identified that frozen blob as pizza, then turned to me and signed "eat"! This girl is crazy over her pizza.



Ice cream, not so much. Too cold!!