One year

One year ago today I met my baby girl for the first time. Uttered her name for the first time. Cuddled her for the first time. Became a mother for the first time. My baby is a year old!

All day today we were reminiscing about what we were doing this time last year. The running around with a stop watch timing my contractions, my water breaking, watching Coupling in the delivery room, starting to push, finally seeing our baby girl for the first time.

This year I was manic trying to get everything done for the party while trying to keep my cool and do it all on my own. Lesson learned...I am not superwoman, I need help. I am not the hostess I would like to be. Big parties stress me out. Why today? It was family and friends. Most have seen my house a disaster. But I had new friends over, I wanted everything to be perfect. Was it? Not in my book. People showed up early...I wasn't dressed properly, no make up on, the decorations weren't put out how I imagined them to be, the food wasn't ready. Was it a disaster? Not by any means. The kiddos played and played, no one had a meltdown, food was eaten, conversation flowed, a fun time was had. The cakes were a hit! I think what is going to stick out most for most guests is where the cakes were from...La Bakery Sensual, known mainly for its, um, naughty cakes ;) When I was looking for a cake for her, I wanted something awesome. I looked at tons of websites and this bakery did children's cakes as well as the naughty ones. The cakes looked awesome!!! The cake for the guests was exactly what I was hoping for, and tasted so good! Delanah's smash cake was a lady bug! My goodness it was adorable and she went to town! She was tentative at first, but ate an eye (pure sugar!) and poked at some of the black dots and then it was on. I think she ate almost half of it! How? I have no idea! There was cake everywhere!!!! She smelled quite yummy for the remainder of the day :)
Although we let people know that presents weren't necessary, all brought gifts. What a lucky girl Delanah is! She showed absolutely no interest in any of them! Dave had gotten 12 balloons and the kids loved them. Each little one went home with one and Delanah played with balloons after her afternoon nap. Who knew? All we needed to do was get some helium balloons for her!

Dave and I got some time alone tonight to just sit back and try to take it all in. So much has changed from this time last year. Dave and I feel a little more sure on our parenting skills. But man, there is so much to learn! So many milestones reached in a year, and so many more changes to come. It's so hard to remember what life was like before she was here. What an amazing kid she is. My baby is a year old...where has the time gone?