Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!!

If you come over between now and whenever I feel like taking it down, you will know exactly how old my daughter is by way of our front door. Yep, I'm going to be that mom who is so excited when it comes to her daughter's first birthday. You have to celebrate at least the first year. The second year - eh, I might go with Summer's style of party.


A year ago today, I was scared and nervous about becoming a mom, but looking back I shouldn't have been so stressed out about the little things. At 10:35 am we got to meet our little bundle of screams! We were so naive and didn't have a clue as to how our lives were going to change.

She's grown a lot but has definitely kept her sassy attitude.

Tidbits of Haylie fun:

-H is into EVERYTHING! You can not let her loose without finding a huge mess where she has been.
-H LOVES the water! Toilet water, the cat's water, bathwater...she just wants to play in it all day long!
-H giggles hysterically when she gets to be up on our bed. It is truly her playground.
-H likes to blow spit bubbles and flick her tongue on her lower lip.
-H can still scream & cry with the best of them. She just thinks about getting upset and big crocodile tears just come pouring out.
-H can not stand to wear socks.
-H will get very upset if she sees a cell phone and she can not touch it. Same response if you are eating and she is not.
-H will eat anything you give her. No questions asked.
-H gets upset if she is sitting in the cart facing the "driver" when in fact she much prefers to be facing outward so she can see where she is going.

All in all, she is so fun. She can play by herself and be entertained by plastic cups. She is adventerous and pretty independent...but a few times here and there, we can get in a few snuggles.

I love my little girl!! Happy 1st birthday, little one!!