365 Down

I made this and yes I am going to hang it year round!!

I can't believe how fast 365 days can go when you have the greatest baby in the world!
Sadly I can't remember the first 2 months of Lena's life...and if I did then I would be able to remember where I put my wedding ring

Okay so the day has finally come and it was so much fun. On Sunday we had a rehearsal B-day party
As you can see the rehearsal was very much needed since she had no idea what was going on and why we were all singing to her, she kept looking at us like we were crazy.


Now all that practice the day before really paid off. I think today she was actually able to get all her cake on her face/head/ears/eye lashes/up the nose
Uhh Lena...you have something on your face


The moment she hit that awesome sugar high WALL she was dazin' for a few minutes

This picture brought to you by my friend Rileigh!! And the letter T
(All other pictures where taken by me and my "i have no idea how to take pretty pictures" skillz)

Lets just remember last year shall we:
me +hospital bed+the drugs=Happy
Lena+being taken from womb without her permission=not so happy

Here is to another 1 million ba-jillion more days my sweet love!! Next year's b-day theme...Casino night!

Welcome to the Family!!

Brenton and I decided that we wouldn't purchase shoes for Ms. Adalena until she is walkin' around.

This last week she decided that she crawled long enough, and has been walking all over the place it's still so foreign to me.
You could only imagine my surprise when I didn't have to bribe my husband to let me go buy shoes, and he participated!!!

Her Smile lights up my life

For the last 358 days this beautiful little girl has been in my life and her smile just melts my heart! I double dog dare you to look at these and not smile!

My first Mother's Day!

I love this girl...no I really really love this girl.

I love that her eyes light up when either daddy or I come into the room. I love that she giggles whenever I touch her nose and make a honking noise. I love that she is so happy and smiles all the time, even when she is crabby and wants to cry she will still give us courtesy smiles or laughs whenever we try to make her happy.

I love that she loves to dance, and if she hears anything from itsy bitsy spider to a commercial jingle she will shake what her mama gave her.

I love that she is a great sleeper, and she will lay quietly in her bed until we come and get her in the morning. I love that when it's nap time she will go lay down quietly in her bed and even if she is not ready to sleep she will just talk to herself and then sleep.

I love that she is adventurous and will eat almost anything I put in front of her, so far she has rejected bananas due to texture and red bell pepper was a test and of course she didn't find it yummy. I love especially that she knows that the ice cream carton looks like and comes booking it over to get some.

I love that no matter where we go she feels that people are there to adore her and she eats it up. She can play shy or just be outright adorable, girl can work a crowd.

I love when she gives me slimy Lena kisses and snuggles, they don't happen too often so you always feel special whenever she gives them. I love that if I walk through the door and don't go immediately to pick her up she will throw a fit, needy is an understatement!

There are so many things that I love about my Adalena, most of all I love that I get to have her forever and eternity! I would have never thought that my life would change so much with one tiny little girl, but it has changed and all for the better.