She's ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, it's true. Hard believe, isn't it? My baby girl turned one year old on Saturday. It was such an emotional day for me. Is it normal to just sit back and reflect on what you were doing during every second of that same day one year ago? I found myself thinking "this time last year my water broke" or "this time last year I was pushing" or "this time last year I was without any sleep!". I know everyone says it, but time sure does fly when you are having fun, and this year went by way too fast :(

All of Blair's family and friends drove in on Saturday for the big day. I was trying to juggle being Blair's mommy on that day and also being party planner of year. Why am I like that? Life would be so much easier on me if I could just RELAX! HA! I decided about 6 months ago that I wanted to do a Barnyard theme since Blair has always loved Old McDonald. I wanted it to be more on the girly side and, I think everything came together just as I had wanted. Here are some of my favorite pics from the special day.

Now for some pics of our friends and family who came...

Blair did pretty well with her smash cake. She is such a big eater, so I knew she would like it. She wasn't too sure about all the singing, but she LOVED the icing. I'm still seeing a few traces of it in her diaper ;)

We had a happy girl once the sugar rush set in...

Of course things didn't end at the birthday party. Blair had invited her special friend, Katherine, to come spend the night with us once it was over. Her mommy said it was okay, so they headed to our house so we could watch the Saints game and have a sleepover. It was SO much fun!!

Okay, this is where this post turns into a diary for me, so if you want to stop reading, then do so at this point ;) After a long busy weekend of partying, friends, and family Blair had her 1 year check-up on Monday. Dr. Pip said she is doing great. She weighs 21lbs 15 oz (50-75th), she is 29 inches tall (50th), and her head is 47.4 cm (95th). We had started whole milk about two weeks ago, so we were ahead of the game on that. She is drinking whole milk out of a sippy cup at all times now except for her morning bottle. She is no longer having a bedtime bottle, which we are very proud of. We know this seems a little backwards but Blair is way more addicted to her bottle in the mornings rather than at bedtime. As for the walking, she is taking maybe 3-4 steps at a time now. We are working on her self confidence and practicing every day. We are very proud of Blair's vocabulary and ability to speak back at us. She has many words which include ma-ma, da-da, baby, dog, bear, duck, book, bottle, shoes, nose, toes, doe (bow), no-no, uh-oh, good girl, plane, night night, ball, Ra-Ra (her nanny), etc. If you ask her what the sheep says she will say "baaah" and if you ask her what the horse says, then she will say "neigh". Her favorite toy right now is her baby and books. Blair also loves for me to sing to her and right now the top single is "Itsy Bitsy Spider." Blair loves to do the motions with her hands while I sing. She is also getting really good at sign language and will sign for more and for milk. Blair is familiar with where her nose, eyes, ears, belly, and toes are! I sure am in love with this little girl, and I wish that time would slow down just a little bit. In the past I have really despised the long winter months, but I am really looking forward to a lazy winter at home with my family!!!!!!!!!