ONE

i'm not quite sure how it happened so fast, but izzy turned one yesterday.  it seems like that year went by so incredibly fast.  i feel like i missed things with her.  all these milestones that i didn't capture the same way i captured them with mae.  i guess the more you have, the less you can capture each and every moment. 
i have to say, this time around, i just enjoyed her being a baby.  i enjoyed the sleepless nights, the quiet time that i got to hold her, i enjoyed the little phase where you just hold them all the time.  i didn't enjoy those times as much with mae, i was so stressed about this little creature, that i didn't take the time to sit back and enjoy her.  so, i'm really glad this time around i took more time to just be with izzy, just to look at her when i was rocking her back to sleep, instead of crying because it was taking so long to get her back to sleep.  (okay, let's be real, i didn't do that EVERY time it took forever to rock her back to sleep.  i did however not let it get to me as much as i did with mae).

what a year it's been for this little lady.  she loves her mama, and adores her sister.  she loves soft cuddly things, and gets so excited when she sees her bunny.  she eats like a champ, and has yet to eat something that she doesn't like.  she's been down to one nap for a few months already, and is the best sleeper.  she has smiles for everyone.  she has 8 teeth, she loves to be outside, loves books and story time at the library.  she loves to clap and dance,  waves and can say hi.

we didn't really do anything special yesterday.  we went to the park in the afternoon with friends, and this little daredevil loves the slide.  she'll push herself down. 

she and mae had a great time opening presents from grandma and grandpa baldwin, and from gram and gramps.

 mae of course hijacked her toys, but what else is new.  "i showing her to do it mom". 

i had some left over texas sheet cake from a super bowl party, so instead of making more cupcakes i figured we would use that instead.  so we put a candle on it and sang happy birthday.  

 and as was expected miss iz loved the cake

we love this little girl so much.  she has brought so much happiness and joy into our family.  it's so incredible to me that such a small little thing can bring so much with them when they come to us.  we are so blessed to have this sweet little rugrat.