Holy freak! Today my little Ellie Bellie, my little Smellie Ellie, my little Wheezie, my little baby Eloise is a whole ONE year old! Gah! Where did the year go?
She went from this teeny little thing…
{photo taken one hour post-birth}
To this sweet and smiley, catch-me-if-you-can walking little girl…
Seriously…in just one year’s time!
*sob*
I thought I’d take stroll down memory lane.
Why don’t you stroll with me?
A year in review.
Month-by-month in picture form.
Isn’t she the cutest thing…and getting bigger every day!
Every month, in each of our children’s first year of life, we sit them down for a little amateur photo shoot. For the two girls I made a point of shooting them in the same location (our rocking chair) for part of the pictures just to document how much they have grown in comparison to it, to see how their mobility has improved and to take a look back at what motor skills they have gained. Don’t get me wrong we always take more pictures elsewhere (sometimes they move so fast you have to!) and I’ve even picked some of them to show here, but I will say it really is nice to have one standard background. I wish I would have done this with Noah too but that’s what happens when you are the first born…momma doesn’t have a clue!
Something I found this time around (thanks to blogging!) was the neat-o little ‘month’ stickers I used for each of these pictures. Do you see them? In each picture (minus 10 months, okay so we forgot that one!) Ellie has on a plain onesie and a removable ‘month’ sticker to show how old she is. Totally genius. I found my stickers here. They were so easy to do, just print out and then cut around each sticker with a pair of scissors and your done, presto wham-o!
So, my little Eloise. A bit about you on this, your First birthday!
Eloise,
We love you so much! You have been the best addition to our family! You are sweet and caring, at the tender age of 12 months you already feel the need to pat your brother or sister on the back when they are upset and crying. You love swinging and going down slides, laughing the whole time. You love popping bubbles and digging in the dirt and we have many stained outfits to prove it. You like water but only when it’s warm, swim lessons have not been your thing. You love being in your daddy’s arms and race for the door when you hear him come into the house. Your smile lights up every room. You love to eat, anything and everything, we haven’t met a food you have turned down yet 🙂 You love to go on walks, walking by yourself and occasionally coming to momma to hold my finger. You are adventurous and are finding every way to be a big kid, climbing on your sister’s tricycle and having momma push you around or standing on your brother’s scooter hoping he’ll push you along down the sidewalk. You love playing with all my fabric (yes, it’s true!) your eyes light up when you sneak out of my sewing room with a handful of scraps 🙂 You love music and dancing and your newest skill is clicking your tongue. You are a joy to parent, easy and calm and just so sweet. I cannot wait to see the wonderful little girl you become!
We love you soooo much,
Always and Forever,
Momma, Daddy, Noah and Penelope
Now we are off to celebrate the birthday girl…we’ll talk soon!
XOXO,
AWW… how sweet she is!! Happy Birthday, little Eloise!! Hope you all have a super fun day!
Happy 1st birthday Eloise! Hope you have a wonderful day. ~Cannot believe how fast they grow. Our little man will be 5 months old on Sunday.~ Hope she has a wonderful party and cannot wait to see the pics!
Happy Birthday, Eloise!
I’ve only been following you for a few weeks. Your little girl’s name made me smile. I’m due with an Eloise on Monday! 🙂 Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday to your sweet little girl! I started reading your blog when you were pregnant with her, I can’t believe it has been a year!
It never ceases to amaze me just how fast time really does pass! I can hardly believe baby Ellie is ONE already!! Happy Birthday Babay Girl, Momma, you’re doing GREAT!!
Happy Birthday Ellie!!
Happy birthday Ellie!! Love the pictures and the letter!! 🙂 What a sweet little girl!
Happy Birthday!
From this birthday girl
she is precious…happy birthday to her
Happy birthday little one! We share the same birthday so I can tell you first hand that it’s an awesome one to have 🙂
ugh! she is just sooo cute!!
Wow! Where has the time gone?! What a beautiful girl!
so cute! my little man will be 2 tomorrow. and i cannot believe it. but in other ways i totally can. you know? haha, motherhood is so weird. but great;)
YOURS, MINE AND OURS
Aw, I love seeing those monthly roundups. I thought of doing one for Olivia but I never did one for Nicole so I decided not to. Now I wish I had though… there are plenty of things that I did for Nicole that have slacked off on for Olivia (babysigns anyone? We learned to sign… all gone/no more. Aaaand that’s about it.)
So sweet! My daughter just turned one as well! Congratulations to your wee gal on her milestone big day.
so sweet! i cannot wait to see those pics from the party. we love those little carters bubble suits around here too!