1st Birthday...

Oh Haydin you are 1. We had the most lovely day yesterday on your Birthday. We are waiting to celebrate it tomorrow when your Nana and Pap are here. Your Daddy and I are in a very reminiscent mood. You have changed and grown so much, both physically but also in personality and spirit. If every year that follows is as amazing as this one... well, we know we are blessed. You have taught Da & I so much about ourselves and love, we really have grown in our love too this past year. I thank you for every precious moment we've spent together. I think back to the day I was in labor, I can remember so clearly the excitement I felt as I woke at 4 a.m. that morning. I remember doing odds and ends around the house that morning with your father in bed, contractions building, watching the sun rise, feeling just a sense of "rightness" in the world. A sense of purpose. I think back to the first time I saw you, the first time I held you, smelt you, kissed you. The emotions still overwhelm me. Though you should know every time I see you, hold you, smell you, kiss you is just as momentous as that first time. Happy Birthday Little One.