Her 1st Birthday...and a few other things!

Oh my goodness. She is 1. More shocking than that is the fact that I made it through the first year too! No one ever really tells you how much work it is to have a baby. Yes, it's totally worth it, but geesh, I'm exhausted all the time! All I have to do to get through the tiredness is to look at her big blue eyes and cheesey smile and everything else goes away. (My increase in diet pepsi doesn't hurt either!) She has brought more joy to my life this past year than I ever thought was possible. And every day just gets better and better.

On her big day, we went swimming with my family that morning for my niece Sydney's birthday which was a few weeks ago. Amelia loved being in the water and thought it was just a riot. Then we had a big shindig at our house with all our family and a few friends and neighbors. It's so overwhelming to see how many people love her. She got lots of toys, books and clothes. We even got her one of those little kid chairs from Pottery Barn and she loves it! When they started singing to her, she got SO shy and buried her face in my neck - I loved every second of that! We let her dig into her own cake and she loved it - I tried to upload the video but it was taking too long. It was a magical day for me to watch her turn into this big kid right before my eyes. And even today, she doesn't seem like a baby anymore. It's almost a transformation that happened overnight. It's crazy. She had her 12-month check up today and got some shots, so it's been a little rough, but she is doing just fine. She is still off the charts in height and is dropping a little bit in weight. I think being able to crawl all over the place has really slimmed her down. So here is a recap of the past month as well as the events from the big birthday. As always, beware of how many pics I post! I can't help it!