Happy Birthday to Lily!

This morning when you woke up mommy grabbed the camera and snapped some happy pictures of you waking up on your first birthday! You are so happy to see me when you wake up! I love your sweet smile and how you bounce up and down in your crib before I pick you up! After we woke up and told you happy birthday we put some clothes on and headed to Nana and Papa's house for breakfast. Uncle Bubbie, Aunt Lyndsey and Ella were heading back to Arizona! In just one short year they will be here close to us! We took a very informal family picture before they left for the airport! We will miss them so much! Then we headed home for a nap while mommy cleaned the floors downstairs! After a very short nap we ate some lunch and got ready to go to the pool. We put your swimsuit on and coated you in sunscreen. You kept your hat on so well today! Yay! You really liked crawling, well bear crawling, around the pool. When we got home we tried to lay you down for another nap but a stinky diaper kept you from sleeping. So...we had your one year photo shoot. Daddy feel asleep on the couch in the middle of it! Thank goodness your cousin, Brooke, is spending the weekend with us and she helped mommy! After smiling your prettiest it was time for a late afternoon nap! While you slept mommy went to get your birthday present. Daddy and I decided to start a James Avery Charm Bracelet for you. Today I got the bracelet and a Happy Birthday Charm that we will have "1st birthday 2012" engraved on the back. Every year on your birthday we will add a new charm. When you are old enough you will be able to wear it! What a fun tradition! After mommy got home we had dinner! Grilled chicken is not your favorite. After dinner Nana and Papa came over for presents and Ice Cream! We sang Happy Birthday to you and Lyla helped you blow out your candle. You took one little lick of icing and decided cake is not for you! Oh well! You did enjoy sharing Ice Cream with Papa and Mommy! After that we gave you a bath and got your toothfairy jammies on! When we went downstairs you got to open your birthday present from Nana and Papa! You liked the ribbon the best and you did try to rip the paper! Daddy helped you unwrap your Laugh and Learn Train! You bounced up and down on your bottom and sang with the train song! You like to sing along to any song! After Nana and Papa left it was time for bed! We rocked until you were almost asleep! I layed you down in your bed. You cuddled your baby and your taggie as I covered you with your woobie! I shut the door to your room and thought, "What a wonderfully, perfect first birthday!"