My baby girl is 1....

Happy Birthday, my sweetest sunshine girl!
You are now one year old.... On October 22nd, 2005 at 2:22 in the morning, you made me the happiest momma!! You completely changed my life!! Writing about the first year of your life has been really difficult for me to put into words... One full year of intense and truly unconditional love; one full year of amazement and wonder of such a tiny, beautiful person; one full year of laughter and incredible happiness; one full year of the most incredible times I have ever spent! I would do it all over again in a heartbeat, but I would never trade that time spent with you in your first year for anything in the world!
You have taught me incredible super-human (super-mom!) strength, and you have taught me the feeling of weakness over such a tiny, tiny being. Over and above all, you have taught me about true love and all of it's power, weak and strong.
Your momma's love for you grows stronger and stronger with each passing day. With every step you take, every word you speak, every new task you learn and conquer, every cabinet you climb into, every table you crawl over, every button you push, every box you get into and empty and then repack..... EVERY little thing that you do. Momma is going to be there, watching you, protecting you and smiling, with such love in her heart for you! We are so lucky to be together~ I am truly the luckiest momma in the world, and you, my sweet sunshine, are the most beautiful girl in the world!
I love you, my precious one year old girl!

Happy First Birthday!

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Emily's very first Birthday present!!

Emily received her very first birthday present the other day for her First Birthday!! She had so much fun opening the present and admiring it later!! We are so excited for her birthday!!

Sisters....

Beautiful Sisters.... Emily Jane and Zoey Rose

sweetest girl

me and my girl~

My girl is my world!

This is so beautiful!

Thank you, Sammie~

Just Emily & Me.....

For the past couple of weeks, I have had the ultimate pleasure of having Miss Emily all to myself. We have become closer than close. Inseparable, in fact! I wouldn't trade these moments for anything~ I am one lucky momma!

Sweetest Smile

It's amazing what that beautiful little smile can do for mommy~

Oh, I love my girl.

So Natural~

And so beautiful~

Baby Hands and Baby Feet

Just precious.

Zoey's First Day of Kindergarten!

Here's cutie-patootie's desk for kindergarten! We took her to her orientation the evening before school began!! Isn't she the sweetest? I can't believe she's in kindergarten already! :)

Driving Lessons!

Emily's First Zoo Trip~

Emily, Daddy & I had so much fun at the zoo!! Emily's eyes were so wide taking in all of the sights and sounds of new animals! And she loved the train ride!!! :)

A day with Uncle Jacob!

Emily and I had the pleasure of spending an entire day with my sweetest little brother, Emily's Uncle Jacob! We had such a fun day exploring the Children's Museum, running around the Washington Park playground and having the best Snow Kone's ever at the Washington Park Rose Garden. I wish we could spend this kind of time every weekend with him!

We love you Uncle Jacob, and miss you already!! :)

Halloween Sneak Peak....

And we are so excited for Halloween this year, we just couldn't wait to see Emily in her costume!!

Meow!!

What an adorable little man!!

OK, I told you I would post pictures of William.... sorry it took SO long ;)
He is 2 1/2 months old already!

Just look at this beautiful boy! We love you, William!!

Emily's First Camping Trip!!

We recently went on Emily's very first camping trip!! We all had so much fun!

With Uncle Brentie

With Great Uncle David

With Grandma

And Grandpa, too!

We spent the weekend at Promontory Park off of Clackamas River in Estacada. We spend two nights and 3 days hanging out together, just having fun being together! I have the best family that I could ever ask for!! I am so lucky!!

Firsts!

It never ceases to amaze me about her first year of life! How much she is learning, how much she is growing.....

She got her first little toothie last Saturday.... the cutest little toothie I have ever seen!! :) (I have yet to get a picture of it!)

Today at Erin's house she stood up, straight from the ground up, several times!! She's ready to walk, it's right around the corner!!!

She's talking more and more every day... until "ma-ma" is a little easier to say, I've become "ra-ra". Which is okay with me, she's trying!!

She has become very bored with baby food and baby cereal. She prefers feeding herself now, and she's such a good little eater!!

This stage is so fun! We are learning and growing so much every day together - I am so lucky to be here with her~ I cherish every moment that we have together, she'll be 18 before I know it ;)

My prettiest flower girl

Prettiest little daisy you ever did see....