Let's celebrate...

Yesterday, MG (AKA Peanut) turned ONE! How did that happen? I remember people telling me how fast their childhoods would go and I secretly thought they were crazy. How in the world could time speed up when I wasn't working anymore? I would be at home just twiddling my thumbs and attempting to be a Super Mom. Well, I was wrong in many many areas and this was one. I laugh at myself remembering how I thought being a Mom would be easy. We can all chuckle at that one...

I have a dear friend who always says she doesn't want to be the Mom who is sad about her kids. Sad because they are growing up, sad because they have stopped doing something cute they used to do, sad because they are moving on to new things. She wants to celebrate all of the things they are doing in their lives at the time. I want to be that Mom and I am trying to adopt her philosophy so here goes.





Today, I am going to celebrate all of the things she CAN DO at one year old instead of being sad about all of the things she isn't doing anymore...
1. She started walking on her first birthday
2. She is learning to entertain herself for 5-10 minutes at a time
3. She loves to hear her own voice :-)
4. She has six words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5. She knows her family and loves to give hugs
6. She has eight teeth
7. She has a few bad habits already (biting, climbing and screaming) :-)
8. She rides face forward in her car seat
9. She is learning to drink from a cup, likes milk a little more every day and eats pretty much anything!!!!

And a few things I love...
1. I love her tiny little feet
2. I love how she squints her eyes and puts on her mischievous smile
3. I love how she lights up when her Daddy or brother walk in the room
4. I love how she snuggles up to me when I pick her up from her crib
5. I love that she loves her lovey just like J does
6. I love that I can dress her in pink and cute dresses











and last...I love that she has filled a place in my heart that I didn't know was there. It's easy to love everything about her. I think she fits the little rhyme to a "T"...

SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE
THAT'S WHAT LITTLE GIRLS ARE MADE OF!!!