ONE

One year ago today my life changed forever.

I no longer got to sleep late. Easy tasks were no longer easy. I was lucky if I had time to apply make up. My daily conversations include poop and feeding schedules. I often had spit up on my shirt. I no longer cared about me.

One year ago today my life changed forever.

I now wake up to a smiling face every morning. I experience every milestone with my child. I get kisses for no reason. I get to teach her new things. I created a life and now I get to watch her grow.

As I type this, I realize that a year ago exactly I was just about to have Carlee. She was born at 8:09pm. It seems like only yesterday. I can't believe its been a whole year. I get weekly emails that say "My Baby This Week, Your 11 month old: Week 4" or "Your 4 month old: week 1" etc. Today's email said "My Toddler This Week, Your 1 year old." My what? My toddler? When did that happen?

My baby is growing up so fast that I had to take the day off from work to just spend her birthday with her. Even if we stayed home all day, I just wanted to be with her.

The day got off to a good start...Carlee slept in (which was more of a birthday present for mommy).

This is how Carlee watched TV this morning. She didn't want to change clothes. Its her birthday...I let her roam naked for awhile.

Then we went to the mall to go shopping! (teaching her young) We bought some Pedipeds and clothes from Gymboree! Then we went to lunch with Uncle Dien. At lunch, Carlee learned to drink from a straw for the first time. She was quite proud of herself and she got the hang of it pretty quickly. After lunch, she had a good nap. When Daddy got home, the 3 of us went to Toys R Us. They gave Carlee a balloon and a crown and announced her biorthday over the intercom. It was quite comical especially since she was oblivious.

At Red Robin, pointing to the balloon.

Got it!

This was from later in the evening when Grandma Candi and Grandma Susie came to visit the birthday girl.

Side note: Carlee got a pumpkin! She went to the pumpkin patch last night with Grandma Candi and Great Aunt Lisa. 4th time's a charm but we got one. Now Daddy has to carve it!