September 17, 2012-You are ONE!

 

Today is Monday, September 17, 2012. You are now one year old. I was awake at 4:46 am and thought about how much has happened in a year… and how quickly it has passed.  Your parents hosted an amazing birthday party for you on Saturday! You ate cake for the first time. The weather was beautiful and there were so many wonderful people there to celebrate the first year of your life. Your parents are the type of people who cultivate good friends who will enrich your life as well. There were so many parents & children at the party and expectant mothers too! It was delightful. There is a picture of you standing by the sliding board your great-grandmother & I gave you. I was so glad she was able to come to your birthday party. And your cousins Eli & Maggie Rae Brown and Thomas Kelley were there too as well as many other family members. There are so many people who love you! Last week I stayed with you on Thursday when you had a fever and stayed home from Mother’s Day Out. The only good thing about you not feeling well is you will let us cuddle you! You are usually too busy to cuddle!  I was so glad you were feeling good on the day of your party. It was truly a perfect event. The picture of you sitting in the tiger chair in your Auburn t-shirt is not a birthday picture, but it is so cute. And many of your guests sat on the sofa & watched Auburn win a football game (just barely in overtime) during your party. You are growing up so quickly! Yesterday I met your mother at the mall for lunch and a little shopping. You got new shoes! Purple sparkly shoes! I wonder where those shoes will take you as you begin your second year of life?