Aryssa Mae

Aryssa Mae.... today you are 1! i cannot believe how fast this year has gone. it seems like just yesterday mommy went into her dr appointment telling them she felt "weird" today. next thing you know i am admitted to the hospital and my water broke. ( if you want to read that story check out aryssa's hospital post and other posts leading to the birth post)

back to today. Aryssa had been sick with a fever the past couple of days and i was really worried she would be sick for her first birthday but she was feeling much better.

we didn't know for sure what we were going to do and kinda let aryssa decide her day. well she didn't want to nap in the morning at all so we kinda got a late start. after her nap we went to eat lunch aryssa picked mcdonalds, (our child loves chicken nuggets) we then went to the mall and let aryssa spend a gift card at build a bear to get her doodles an outfit. so i held up two outfits and aryssa picked a very cute dress for her bear! we had to make a quick run to sams club to pick up some wipes then we were off to the park. there is a super nice park by our house so we decided to let aryssa explore a little bit. she went in the swings a little bit and down the slide with daddy, but since we are in WI and the weather wasn't too warm we didn't stay too long since aryssa was just getting over her fever. so then off to walmart to finish up some grocery shopping. we let aryssa pick out another birthday present then came home. we ate supper then let aryssa try her cake! we got some great video and great pictures you can check out the pictures on my facebook page if we are friends :)

overall it was an amazing day.... grant and i were talking and thinking back to one year ago.... our beautiful baby girl had just arrived 6 weeks early, the smallest baby either of us had ever seen much less held... and now we are in amazement at how healthy strong and wonderful she is.

so here are some wonderful facts for aryssa on her 1st birthday.

~ you love your monker mash as we call him. you just cuddle up with him and go right to sleep at night

~ you are getting very brave and can take one step...then you get all excited and fall down

~ you can say dada, mama, and uh-oh. i think you are also trying to say hi

~ you love to crawl and stand up on anything, once you started moving there was no stopping you

~ your eyes melt our hearts.... i could stare into those baby blues for hours and not blink

~ you love to scrunch your nose and sniff.... we call it your super sniffer face

~ you love to give kisses, when i ask for a kiss and say mmmm you lean your face into mine

~ i can't imagine my life without you

so on that note i am gonna leave you all for the night. it has been a little crazy around here with aryssa being sick and preparing myself for her turning one... i just keep thinking she is now closer to 2 than she is a newborn.