Well. As much as I feel in denial, my daughter is a one year old. I can't help but look over all the pictures of her this last year-from the first moment we saw her, to the first diaper change, smile, crawl, step etc etc-to now, where she is such a little independent lady, ready to dive in to anything new. I am bursting at the seams with pride for this girl, and the fact that I get to say she is mine, at least for now. I love being her Mom and being along for the ride as she grows and changes every day.

Since we are home we thought we would do her first bday up right and have a big party. I'm lucky that I have the supportive husband I do to say the least haha! I think I learned a lot of what I will do and what won't do again when it come to my kid's bday parties in the future, but over all I think it was as success. Addy seemed to have a lot of fun, and it seemed like most people didn't want to leave, so I will chalk that as a win. We had it outdoors, at Frontier land park, and pigged out on bbq and other goodies we made. The weather was perfect, and it was good socializing with our loved ones, watching her devour cake and open presents, all while playing around and celebrating our ever smiling girl. Ultimately I'm really glad we did it.

Today, the day of her actual bday, we were lucky enough to be able to attend my brother-in-laws wedding, which was beautiful. Later, we also got to do cake and presents with Lester's side of the family, then pie with mine that night. We certainly get the best of both worlds being home, and I am loving watching Addy adore both sides of her family.