1st Anniversary

Tommorrow is the 1st anniversary of meeting our daughter! I was looking at the calendar and had to go back and reference my blog. Knew it was the week I was there, but it was such a shock to think that its been that long. Just seems like yesterday but also like forever ago.

This has been a most awesome time with Alina. She has evolved from a quiet, reserved little baby. Now she's a rambuncious pistol who loves to hug, run, holler at the top of her lungs when she sees her Mommy and Daddy. She constantly brings us books. Splashes in the tub (she used to be afraid of the tub some). She understands what we say to her and is starting to speak different words like 'Cracker,Nite-Nite, and Look Daddy!'. She will climb up and go down the slide by herself. She knows all the names of her grandparents and can mostly say them ... Nana, Mimi (Memaw), Judy (Juju), and Pop (Bop).

There are so many little things and so many big things...can't begin to list them all. So much of a blessing. I thank the Lord every day for her, even when she is saying 'NO!'.

I haven't blogged much the last few months but I will periodically still come on. Not too much extra to say as we just go about our day to day. Each day we go to work/daycare and each day we come home and eat dinner, play, read, take baths, read more books, sing songs, and then go to bed. Thats Monday through Friday. Weekends we clean house (if Munchkin lets us). Fight to get her to nap. Play, read, love, and live life. I think that's the best testiment to the state of our family. We are just that, a family.

Much love to all. Hope you have a wonderful New Year.