My babies are ONE!!

I can't believe its been a whole year! It didn't seem like it was flying by...but suddenly here we are...one year later! When you're right in the middle of it, it seems to stretch on forever...but we've gone from sleepless nights...breastfeeding...on to smiles...rice cereal....laughing...holding their heads up...formula...real food....crawling....signing...TALKING....pulling up....almost WALKING....what a busy busy year!!

I feel so blessed to be the woman they call "momma".

This sweet girl is so full of life. She is definitely a social butterfly and loves to smile and interact with everyone she meets. She can say a few things, but the two words I hear the most during the day are "duck" and "dog"...two of her most favorite things in the whole world! :o) She also can say "moo", "hot", "thank-you", "uh-oh", "ma-ma", "da-da", "bawk bawk" (its what a chicken says people) ;o) and THIS (another word I hear ALL day long, usually accompanied by her pointing at something!) :o)

She obviously is a crawler and got pretty quick pretty fast! She also can pull herself up...though this was only in the past couple of weeks...but she's getting really good at that too! She loves to walk if you hold her hands....she's very interested in walking so we'll see if that happens anytime soon!

This boy...oh this boy. He is just so cute...with that mouth full of teeth (the better to bite his sister with my dear!!!) ;o) He loves the song "if you're happy and you know it" and of course he will clap every time!! (Exhibit A: See above) He also is quite the little talker...he loves to say "duck" and every time he sees a duck he also has to say "Quack Quack". He says "this" but points with his whole hand instead of just one finger...like he's addressing the nation or something. He also says "ma-ma", melting my heart nearly every time.

He is crawling everywhere and getting into EVERYTHING....stairs...grass...concrete....no problem....climbing inside the toybox? No problem. He's all over the place and keepin' momma on her toes!!
Both kids just had their first sickness (and first fevers!) this past week (after I put them in the church nursery for the first time...figures) and poor Carter is still battling some bowel issues. Nothing like being on the B.R.A.T. diet for your first birthday!! Thankfully their party isn't til Sunday so he can eat all kinds of goodies then!

I need to head to bed because we have to go for our ONE YEAR checkup at the pediatrician tomorrow....but I wanted to post on this special day.

I started this blog as an infertile. And here I am quite far on the other side...still not believing how blessed I am. What an amazing year...full of memories I will cherish forever.

I love you Carter and Caelyn...you have filled my life with joy I never knew was possible.