Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Girl

Today Adelaide Magnolia turns 1. It's actually in this, the 8 am hour that I write, that I gave birth to her. I can't remember exactly what time she was born, I think it was close to 8:45am, but it was after almost 8 hours of labor and just about 20 minutes of pushing that she made her entrance into this world. For her first 4 hours of life she made sounds similar to that of a pterodactyl (or at least, what we think one would sound like). She was quite entertaining. It's funny now, because anytime she sees a dinosaur she roars. That's the only animal sound she makes.



I can't believe our little girl is a year old. It really doesn't seem like it's been that long. A year of her smiles and giggles and not sleeping through the night. A year of her beautiful face greeting us each morning. God has so richly blessed our lives with Adelaide, she is such a joy. It is an honor to be her mother, to watch her grow and learn. One of the moments I cherish most is having her fall asleep in my arms and just holding her, watching her sleep, so peaceful and content. I could do that for hours. It is times like that in which I am forced to slow down and relax. I sit back and marvel at the little girl she is becoming. She is changing so much. She is walking and playing and interacting. She adores her brother and her care bear. She gives big open mouth kisses. She is so funny when she plays peek-a-boo. Sometimes she covers her eyes, sometimes she just ends up smacking herself on the head. She is learning to blow kisses. She can't help but shake her groove thing when there is music playing. She gets the biggest kick out of talking into microphones. She absolutely loves people and will stare them down until they pay attention to her. She is a fairly quiet baby, always has been. She does not upset easily. She has a newly discovered fascination with bubbles and is addicted to pop tarts.

All in all, she is more than we could have ever hoped for in a daughter. She is a most precious gift from God. She is her Dada's weak spot and her Mama's sweet baby girl.