this weekend

is ALL about this little girl!

(i'll get to my monthly post about avery a little later.)

i can't believe my baby girl is almost 1!

it is both sad and exciting.

this time last year i was hoping, wishing and praying that i would pop this baby

out of me.

i was LARGE

and

uncomfortable.

but, i gave birth to the most amazing and beautiful

angel i had ever laid my eyes on.

i was so scared from the moment i laid my eyes on her.

she was perfect.

i didn't want to ruin that.

i think nick and i have done a pretty good job at keeping her

just as perfect as the moment we met her.

she has forever changed our lives.

she has made us grow.

she has made us love more deeply.

she has made us happier than we thought was ever possible.

she has also made us count to ten on more than one occassion.

avery,

thank you!

thank you for choosing us as parents.

thank you for loving us.

thank you for making us laugh and cry in the same day.

thank you for staying that perfect angel.

we love you more than you will ever know.

happy 1st birthday to our perfect little midget.

this weekend is all about you.

we can't wait to CELEBRATE!

love,

momma and da

(pronounced daaaaaa!)