When your baby turns one...you really should celebrate.  We did.  Twice. 

Party Time: Take 1



I guess turning one is quite traumatizing



Still crying...I think I shed a quick tear here myself too singing "Happy Birthday." Proud Mama.

I think  hope that look is pure delight since I did make the cake...ha.

We love this little girl SO MUCH

Underneath all of the mess you can see her first and ONLY pearly white.  So sweet.

She was a pro at ripping off the wrapping paper. 

Her first volleyball...her Uncle has big hopes...

First "real" dolly from Great-Gma

Thanks to her Auntie, B finally will have things on her wall!

Party Time: Take 2

Since we celebrated the weekend before her Birthday, we had another party on the day of her birth.  I became a little sentimental on that day.  I was recalling hour by hour what was happening exactly one year earlier.  There are so many highlights on that day and the day leading up to it.  Here is a wrap up of that time.

Monday.  August 2, 2010.  38 weeks along...2 weeks to go...

After a morning Dr. appointment with no new news besides my time was getting "closer" I went home and Kaleb went to work (yes, Kaleb made it to almost ALL of my appointments!).  I lounged on the coach and fell asleep and woke up. "I think my water just broke," I thought.  "Eh, I'll wait to call Kaleb."  Apparently I was really calm about this.  I did call Kaleb.  He came home right away and we went to the Dr. again. She confirmed that my water did break and that we would be going to the Hospital.  Well I wasn't ready for that.  I wanted to go home.  Shower.  Pack. Straighten things up a little bit and eat something...so I did.  While this was all happening we still hadn't told a soul.  We wanted it to be a special time for us so we decided to wait. 

After getting admitted to the hospital that's when the real fun started. 

Here's a few of my highlights...

-Timing ourselves walking around in circles in the hallways...trying to encourage the contractions to start. 

-Having weird dreams...ask Kaleb.  He'd be able to tell you better than I.  Apparently I shared with him.  I was unaware of this. 

-Having STRONG contractions while Kaleb slept...and kept sleeping.  Haha.  He was exhausted. 

-Being told at 11:40 am August 3 that was I was almost ready to push.

-12:15 the Dr came in and the pushing began...15 minutes later we had our little angel in our arms.

After having a special family time to snuggle and take in the moment we started to call family telling them that we had our daughter in our arms.  They thought it was a joke.  We were 2 weeks early, and were pretty hush hush about the whole thing.  A little unexpected. 

So here we are one year later celebrating that special day that I will always hold near to my heart. 

Here are a few pictures on her big day! 

Special Birthday cake made by Grandpa

A special thank you to all of our families for your love, prayers, and support you've given us.  We love having you apart of our lives and are so thankful for all of the love that you show Baleigh. 

Baleigh...

We are so proud of you and love you more  than you will ever know. 

Happy Birthday baby girl!