Happy 1st Birthday Blair!

Do I dare attempt this blog post without sobbing shedding a tear? My baby is ONE today! A year ago last night (2:30 am to be exact) my water broke five weeks early. It's a pretty amazing story that I have already shared here and here. Our sweet baby girl was born later that day and we haven't looked back since. (Well, there were some nights that I longed for my old sleep schedule..). Nevertheless we love her so so dearly and can't imagine our lives without her.

Blair, these are the things I never want you to forget...

you give, hands down, the BEST opened mouth kisses

you stop people in their tracks with your big blue eyes (even scruffy old men coo at you!)

you melt my heart when you snuggle with me and suck your thumb before bed

I pray for you every day, all day. mostly that you become a woman of God

I daydream about our lifelong relationship and pray it is like your grandma's and mine

I  often stare at you over your crib while you're snoozing, admiring your sweet little face

we know we aren't perfect parents but we hope you respect and obey us

we hope more than anything that you choose to love Jesus and serve Him

we love you so much that our hearts feel like they're going to burst

And with that said here is a re-cap of Blair's first year in pictures...

{March}

you were born at 35 weeks

i cried

daddy cried

{April}

your first holiday...easeter!

you met my bff's on my birthday

{May}

you rocked your first bikini

aunt T and Unkie Dunkie prayed for you at your dedication (bikini and dedication in the same month? ironic...)

{June}

we watched dad do yard work a lot

 {July}

we celebrated the fourth in our old neighborhood

we went swimming

{August}

you went bald!

but you were still cute ;)

{September}

you rode in the shopping cart like a big girl

you went to bible study (mama cried)

you loved being outside

{October}

we went to the pumpkin patch

you ruined perfected mommys photo shoot

{November}

we celebrated Thanksgiving

{December}

we celebrated your first Christmas

you hammed it up on our Christmas card

{January}

we went to the park often

you went on a bike ride

{February}

first big girl bath

crawling finally!

{March}

you turned ONE!

 Today we are going to music class and then out to lunch with Dada, Lala, and Uncle Jakey. We're going to an icecream shoppe. Yay!

*Disclaimer*
Just to let you know this week is most likely all going to be about Blair here because of her birthday week (and general awesomeness). Let me have my time to be a sappy mama and then next week we'll get back to business. :) Yay! We survived our first year with a BABY!