Happy First Birthday!!!

Because I will be away on her actual birthday, and this week is busy, thought I would celebrate her birthday here now!

I can't believe that in just over a week, at 7:35 pm, it has been a year since my daughter entered this world! I can still picture that moment when they showed her to me. It still brings tears to my eyes!

The journey...


I never thought I would be a mom. In fact I never thought I wanted children when I was younger. But after meeting my husband and helping to take care of step children I knew that I desperately wanted a child of our own.
After a failed vasectomy reversal in 2007, ultrasounds, bloodwork, hsg test, a bunch of money, and whole heck of a lot of waiting we were blessed to get pregnant with our first IVF attempt in Sept 2008.


In June 2010, via an emergency c-sxn she entered my life. I have never felt so much love as I do with her.
It is impossible to summarize the last 12 months, but if I had to, this is what I would have to say about my life with her and adapting to motherhood. (the good, and the hard parts)

• Tiring
• Stressful
• amazing
• thrilling
• life changing
• Challenging
• confusing
• Loving
• exciting

As I did for several of her "monthly" birthdays, this is what I know about her right now...

• She is still such a happy baby
• She is a busy busy girl
• She is stubborn, just like mom and dad
• Little Miss Independent
• She has taken a couple steps, and I am sure she will walk anytime now.
• She (or more like I) has survived a few minor illnesses
• Her nickname is now Hover, because she finds every spec of anything on the ground
• She is the fastest crawler around
• She loves water
• She is cute!
• Her favourite book is the peekaboo baby animals book. (she says dog and duck...although only hubby and I can tell it at this point in time :) )
• She loves to look at people

There is so much more I could say about her...but above all she is my amazing little girl and she makes me so proud.

Here is a collage that shows how much she has changed over the year....amazing!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE GIRL!!