7.01.2013

the ONEder years

This beautiful girl turned one. 

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The stats are in:

twenty one lbs fourteen oz (seventy fifth percentile)

thrity and one quarter inches (ninetieth percentile)

I honestly didn’t know quite what to expect when we discovered we were having a baby.  I was excited, nervous and a little scared.  Winter has taught us so much about love over this past year.  I absolutely adore her.  Life without her wouldn’t be the same.  I think about all I have learned from her in just one year.  I am incredibly excited for the coming years.

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She is still a social butterfly to the extreme.  She has numerous friends of all ages (ages ranging from one – ninety) at church.  She does this adorable little “pageant wave” to everyone as she walks by.   I had two people today ask me the trick to having such a happy baby.  

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She LOVES to walk and is getting really fast.

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Her newest favorite foods are craisins, zucchini muffins, cantaloupe and honeydew.

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She has growling wars with anyone who will play along.  I think she sounds like an ewok and it melts my heart.

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She makes Mitchell and I laugh everyday. 

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We attempted a little birthday photo shoot without much success.  Getting her to sit still was quite the task.  With some cheerios, we managed about thirty seconds worth of photos.

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And then she was done.

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3 comments:

Anita Preece said...

Erin, Winter is adorable. I can't believe she is one! The time does fly by fast. I hope all is well with you and Mitchell. Miss you!
Anita

Marc and Miriam Deru said...

Aww, happy birthday Winter! For a short photo shoot, you sure got some cute ones. I love that background. So she's a growler, huh? Let's get her together with our baby Nathan. Growling is his main form of vocal expression! Congratulations guys on making it (so well) through the first year. You are fun parents :)

Jan Hicken said...

An enthusiastic two thumbs up from proud grandparents! Hugs to Winter!