Happy Birthday Leah!

This is the first picture ever taken of her.

Playing out side on her Birthday.

Today my baby turned 1, I can't believe how fast it went. It's been such an amazing year I don't even know where to begin. I'll start by saying that motherhood has been harder and more amazing then I ever could have dreamed. It took me a while to get the hang of things, but now it has been confirmed to me that this is what I'm meant to do, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Leah is the most amazing kid, I know all parents are biased, but she is :) She so smart and happy and just has an amazingly fun and strong personality already. She's beautiful in every way and is such an incredible blessing in our lives. She is a lucky girl to have so many people around who love her. I can't wait to see what the future holds for my sweet girl.

Some of Leah's accomplishments in her first year (this is mostly for my personal records):

• Smiled at 6 weeks
• Laughed at about 8 weeks
• First vacation at 3.5 months
• Rolled over at 3.5 months
• Crawled at 6 months
• Pulled up at 6.5 months
• Waved at 8 months
• Started cruising on furniture at 8 months
• First word at 9 months - "Bye", shortly followed by "Hi" and "Wow"
• Clapped at 10 months
• Walked at 11 months

Sign language she knows:

• Dog
  
• More
• Done
• Milk
• Bird
• Sleep
• Eat
• Bear
• Ball
  

Words she can say:

• Mama
• Dada
• Hi
• Bye
• Hello
• Dog
• Woof
• Meow
• Nay (horse)
• No
• Yes
• More
• Done
• Ball
• Wow
• Yay
• Pa (Grandpa)
• Nose
• Balloon
• Baby