Cake Time!! Happy 1st Birthday!

Crazy head!!

We stripped her down and let her go at it... she enjoyed it even though you can't tell from this picture she just started making silly faces while playing with the cake!

Present Time!

Rowan tries on her new hat! Beautiful!!!

So I was reading Rowan her birthday cards and most of them had glitter on them and what you don't see is Rowan thought is was great fun to lick the glitter off the cards... Silly baby!
She is still much more interested in bows than the actual unwrapping of any presents but she will enjoy playing with them all. Thank you everyone for the great gifts!

We had a great birthday celebration, Rowan's Grandpa, Great Aunt Cissy & Tom, Kevin & Kara came to hang out with us. We wish everyone else could of been here with us! There are too many to name but you all know who you are and We miss you!

Happy Birthday my Love!!!

Rowan's big gift from us was a push car so she can practice walking with it. She was so excited and wanted to push it all around after a couple of falls she was a pro! She even knew that she was suppose to lift her leg to sit on it!

Reflecting on the past year

Ahhh precious sleep in those early months!! So adorable I could just eat her!

Meadow, Rowan and Me!! I love and miss you so much Meadow!!

Rowan and daddy taking a nap... I adore this picture!

Looking back at these pictures takes me back to the day Rowan was born. I went into labor this evening 4/26... It has felt like such a long year in some ways but so short in others. Mostly time started flying once you and I were able to sleep through the night at about 8 1/2 months and I could really enjoy our time together not like a sleep deprived zombie. But it has all been worth it to see the love & trust in your eyes, smile and hugs. I love you more than words would ever be able to express and feel so much joy everyday we share together. You are the most amazing little light in my life and I look forward to sharing this journey with you as your momma. I love you Rowan and Happy Birth-day!

All of the children... man is it hard to get 5 kids to all look at the camera and smile at the same time! Rowan enjoyed clapping as you can see!

Easter Fun... we went to Charleston, SC to visit family and enjoyed a long weekend with everyone! Rowan loved to throw the Easter eggs and scream! The eggs also provided a good distraction on the 5 hour car ride back home... i would hide one of her crackers inside and she loved to open the egg and eat it... we did that for almost an hour... hopefully it will work on our long flight to Cali next month!