merry christmas!

from us, to you:)

primrose is one!

how cute is this announcement? my sister in law made it!!!! she is talented.

we took a risk and celebrated Prim's birthday outside! it rained off and on all day but was great weather during the party. this is in our backyard, john and kathy got it cleaned up and put down the mulch! so nice.

we haven't given prim real sugar yet and didn't want to do a cake smash, so the party was fruit themed. we started giving her fruit at about 11 months in moderation so that she could enjoy some at her party and boy did she.

jon made this cute little vase! i'm so proud:)

she loved the watermelon and pineapple the most i think. as you can see, she got a scratch right before her party. she fell under someone else's care.........right onto a branch.

john and kathy got her a swing! i don't even think they knew how much she loves swinging, it was the perfect gift for her!

okay at the end of her party she was looking like a ragamuffin, promise she's not homeless. she fell again and got a huge scratch on her forehead. i'd say that's what we get for having her party around a campfire, but both falls were out on the driveway. poor baby.

playing with the new toy from aunt kaitlyn.

i sent my sister katie a text saying "one year ago today". because on the 14th last year, we had a bonfire and i went into labor that night. she said "what a difference a year makes". i said:

"yeah...." haha. pregnant again.

jon's cousin and her kids were in town over the weekend and prim was in heaven! they were so sweet with her.

her birthday was the next day, sunday! she is almost always this happy. if she isn't this happy, she's at least content. 

she loves her dada. sometimes while we are all hanging out she'll say "dada?" he'll say "yes, baby?" and she'll say "dada?" when i get her dressed i tell her to go show daddy your outfit and she runs to him and shows him. 

i think she loves her mama too. just recently she's started saying mama more often and it makes me want to cry with happiness. when i get home or when i get her out of her crib she says "mama!!!!" she is such a sweetheart and she is so well behaved. we got unbelievably lucky with her and tell her every single day how she's such a good girl. she repeats or tries to repeat everything you say. on the morning of her birthday she said "happy birthday" (and hasn't said it since). that day we  taught her to say happy and now if we ask her to say it she says "happy happy happy!!!" she's walking and getting faster every day. we are all amazed at how smart she is. one of my favorite things is asking her to say something and she stares at my lips as i say it then tries to repeat it herself. the night before her birthday party, i tried giving her a bottle and she kept pushing it away. we'd been weaning her off for about two weeks, and that was the final one. i was dismal getting her off her bottle, but she really has been doing great on all food and milk. i could go on and on about how much i love this child. she is heaven sent, an angel in a baby's body. we are grateful every single day for her. happy first birthday to our little angel baby!!!!