What I love about Maggie at one

To my sweet Maggie,

I cannot believe that you have been in our lives for an entire year.  It seems like we were just leaving for the hospital to have you, and now you are toddling all over the house.  You have brought us so much joy.

I love you at this age.  It seems like you change EVERY single day.  Your brother and sister changed more from twelve to eighteen months old than they did in the first twelve months of their lives.  So, here's what you are like at your first birthday:

• You are almost always happy, even when someone wakes you up from your nap. 
•  You love to eat.  One of the only times you fuss is when you run out of the food on your high chair tray.  You like pretty much everything we give you.  Your favorite foods are vegetable soup and bananas.  You will even eat broccoli and asparagus, but you don't like mac and cheese.
• You started walking at eleven months and you spend most of the time walking, and walking and walking around the house
• You can say da-da and momma, hi, bye bye, and cracker.
• You love your brother and sister.  You are a sleepy head, and they fight over who gets to wake you up in the morning.  You get fussy when they aren't in the backseat of the van with you.  
• Your favorite toy is our cell phones.  The minute you get a hold of them, you hold them to your ear and say "hi."  You also like your leap frog table and the laugh and learn house.  
• You wear a size 3 shoes and size 12 month clothes.  
• You love to play peek-a-boo.  
• At night, we give you a bath and then I nurse you and read you a story before putting you to bed.  You love the heartbeat sound on your sleep sheep.
• You always pat my back when I put you on my shoulder to rock you to sleep.
• I cannot wait to see how much you grow and change in the next six months.  

I hope you always know that you are a light in our lives, that you are beautiful inside and out, and that your are loved more than you can ever imagine.  

Love, 

Momma