Everything I want to write right now is utterly cliché: I can’t believe my baby is one! It seems like yesterday (or last week) that she was born! Time flies! The days are long but the year(s) are short! I want to squeeze her face off! I suppose those statements are clichés for a reason because they are completely true right now. I cannot believe Waverley is one. The year truly did fly by. I want to squeeze her precious face so hard. But more importantly, can I still consider her a baby? Wait, is she a toddler now? I am not ready for that at all.
The last year has been full of highs and lows, both because of her presence in our lives and despite her presence in our lives. I look back to the person I was a year ago when checking into the hospital, nervous and unsure of what was to come, and I feel like I was a different woman. Twenty hours of labor and an emergency cesarean was just the preface for an emotionally and physically difficult year. Because of Waverley I am now more understanding, worrisome, empathetic, forgetful, caring, busy, and sleep-deprived. I have been both depressed and elated with motherhood. I feel less “together”, yet better. I am more relaxed, yet more rigid. I am sillier, yet more serious.
But enough about me! What about this little babe and all she has done in her first year of life! Waverley…
~Has been in 16 states.
~Has eight teeth.
~Has spent more than 1/3 of her life living away from “home”.
~Sat independently at six months.
~Loves her dog brother, Charlie.
~Says “dada” and “toots”.
~Signs “more” and “all done”.
~Has flown on an airplane eight times.
~Started crawling at 11 months.
~Loves bath time, raspberries in her underarm, and steak.
~Looks exactly like her mom. Or her dad. It depends on who you ask.
~Is observational and contemplative.
~Loves being read to.
~Has a sensitive soul.
I feel so blessed to be entrusted with this little girl’s life. I just love watching her grow, explore, learn, and laugh. She is just the silliest and I simply love her so:)
Happy first birthday, Sweet Girl!
