Our sweet baby girl turns one
tomorrow. I cannot believe her first
birthday is already here!
She is the greatest little
blessing. We planned for her and prayed for her, and God heard. She was by no means a surprise. However, her birthdate WAS. She was due March 2nd, but chose
to come 6 days early, not much I know, but 6 days early put her birthday the
day BEFORE the hubs and my anniversary. (at least it wasn’t 5 days early,
right? Haha) She still let us have “our
day”.
I’m not gonna lie. When she was first born, it reeeeally
bothered me that her birthday was the day before our anniversary. Understand, I was never bitter towards
her. No, not at all. I just kept thinking, “Why couldn’t we have
been able to get pregnant one month sooner?
Why couldn’t I have gone a little past my due date like a lot of my
friends?” But really, the dates being
right next to each other on the calendar mostly bothered me because of what I
thought other people were thinking. I
still get comments like, “Holy crap. Her
birthday is literally the day before your anniversary?!” Or “You’ll never get to celebrate your
anniversary again!” And “You are going
to have to start celebrating your half anniversary!” No. Just
STOP. Yes, we did spend our anniversary
in the hospital last year. Yes, we have
a unique situation, but we do not have to give up our day.
Actually, in some ways, it makes things
a little easier. My in-laws are coming
into town to celebrate her birthday and will be staying at our house. So, they are going to stay with her over-night
on our anniversary so that we can go to dinner and stay in a hotel that night. Free babysitter alllll night. Yeah, it’s not so bad. There’s just a lot of love this week of
February as we celebrate OUR love and our first “little love” :-)
Some of my favorite things about our Little Love-
As soon as she was born, the nurse said “You
look just like your daddy!” and that’s all I heard for months (not a bad thing
as he and his brothers were some of the CUTEST little boys ever), but she has started
looking a little more like me too lately
Even though she is WALKING all over the
house, she still loves to stop and snuggle with Momma
She adores the pets, especially sharing
her food (sometimes handfuls of her favorite) with them. Esther the dog has found a best friend haha,
and even the scaredy cat will let her pet him.
She loves to kiss me, her Daddy, Esther
doggy, stuffed animals….
She loves welcoming her Daddy when he gets home from work
Even though it makes it more difficult for me lol, she always wants to see what I'm cooking
Even though it makes it more difficult for me lol, she always wants to see what I'm cooking
She loves to play outside and isn’t
afraid to get dirty
She is a social butterfly, not shy at
all
She is really confident when she tries
new things
She loves music, and will clap or dance
almost anytime music is playing in the house, but especially when she hears Carrie
Underwood...and will play the guitar with her Grandpa
She loves to be told about photos on the walls or in our phones
She is a good little traveler
She is such a sweet, happy baby
She smiles A LOT
She gave me a new name- Momma
She is MINE and the greatest gift I’ve
ever received
Love,
Momma Leslie
