Our baby is ONE!!!

Where has the time gone? I have been really emotional the past couple weeks and it has been hard trying to accept the idea that a year has already gone by and my little baby is ONE. Also, I have now (as of Wednesday 10/28) officially stopped breastfeeding, so that is an emotional thing in itself. For the past month I have only been nursing her first thing in the morning and the last feeding of the day and she loves the bond that she has when we nurse. I think it is much more of a comfort thing to her than the need to eat, so this makes it that much more difficult to wean. She loves to cuddle and stick her hand in my shirt and just lay on my chest...it's been "our" time. I hate the feeling of telling her no now, but I know it's time. I'm ready...and she's ready.

So what has she been up to...

• She weighs 21 lbs and 10 oz (65 percentile)


• She is 29.5" tall (75 percentile)

• She nods her head "yes" when she wants something and you ask her "You want this?"


• She loves to read books...over and over again!


• When she wants something she puts her arm out with her hand palm up and opens and closes her hand.


• She sings and dances anytime she hears music. (She loves the Black Eye Peas, but will dance to anything!)


• She grabs the phone and rests it on her shoulder as she says "Hiiiiii" and then she jibber-jabbers on it. Such a girl, she already loves talking on the phone!


• She LOVES to eat! (Macaroni & Cheese is her favorite right now)


• She likes helping me do laundry because she gets to ride in the laundry basket as I push it all around the house. (Now we have her wagon and she wants rides all the time!)
  
• She loves pumpkins!


• When I take her outside for a walk all she wants to do is stop and pick up every leaf and acorn...in the same hand. After we have a handful we stop and sit and go through them all...so cute and so much fun!


• I take her in her wagon to go and check the mail and I put the mail in the wagon and head home. A couple minutes later I look back at her and see her flipping through catalogs...one page at a time. Already a little shopper!


• She loves stuffed animals! Her favorites are Uglies, Monkey and Teddy Bear.


• She falls asleep for her naps and at bedtime laying on my chest as we lay on the couch together. (Especially since we stopped breastfeeding, which is so nice to still have that sweet time.)

Tonight after her one year photo session just the three of us went to Goodson's in Tomball for some great Macaroni & Cheese for her Birthday Dinner! She ate the whole serving and she was so happy!

As made it through her birthday today I kept looking at the clock and remembering what I was doing at that time a year ago. Audrey has been such a blessing, more than a blessing! She is the sweetest, most loving little girl, and I can not imagine my life without her now. She lights up our lives where there was no light before.

Happy Birthday Baby! You have made the past year the best year of my life and I am looking forward to everything else you have for us in the future years! WE LOVE YOU AUDREY!!!