Evie's 1st Birthday!

My little girl turned 1 year old on March 20th... I refuse to believe it! It seriously just seems like I was pregnant yesterday. At about 9:00 am that morning I said to Taylor, "It was one year ago from now that I was holding her for the first time..." then I got all emotional as I think every mother does on their baby's first birthday. I remember that first cuddle so clearly. They handed her to me while I was in the recovery room after the c-section and it was true love. I felt more at home with her in my arms then ever. I just wanted to hold her and stare at her for eternity! And every time I woke up or she woke up from a nap it felt like Christmas morning when I was a little kid, only that feeling times 10! I just couldn't get enough of that sweet little face. But, back to the present time: She's just growing so fast and is getting to be such a smart little kid. Some recent "tricks" she's doing is bouncing a ball to me (or near me), and she hugs her stuffed animals! I say, "Give Pooh Bear hugs!" and she gives him a huge snuggly hug. SO cute! We just had a little Birthday party for her with Taylor and me and had cake and she opened her presents. We got her a strawberry ice cream cake... delicious, but cold! Even though her fingers were freezing she devoured her slice of cake and made the biggest mess! We had to throw her right in the tub before presents. She was very dainty with the opening of presents... I'm sure that will change as the years go by! I got her the most adorable set of embossed wooden alphabet blocks. Every child should have a set of these! While she just throws them around and knocks them down right now, I know they'll grow with her and help her learn. They have numbers, letters, math symbols, and animal imprints.

Below are more pictures from the party and pictures from her "I'm 1!" photo shoot we did in our backyard. They turned out really well I think! Enjoy =]


She got a little distracted while eating her cake and decided the purple bow must come off! She succeeded... and the bow was destroyed.