Banana and Grape: Hannah is One!!

My cell phone...I love to push the buttons and listen to the fun noises that it makes.

Sock monkey and toys!! So much fun!!

My very own croquet mallet :)

My new dolly :)

I can't believe that my baby is one year old. When you have kids everyone tells you that time goes so fast, but I don't think that you really realize who fast until the time has already past. I can't beleive that it has been a year since Hannah was born. Nick and I can't imagine what our lives would be like without her, and I wonder sometimes what I did with my time before she was born. As excited as I was about her birthday, and her party, I was definitely feeling reflective too. I was thinking about how there were some really scary moments when I was pregnant with her, and how there were times when I really was angry at God. But thinking about those moments also made me think about all the times when I knew that God was near, and about how great our God really is. I wanted to share a couple of those memories with all of you. I remember the day that I went for my 6 month appt. and had an ultrasound, and the doctors first told us that there might be something wrong with Hannah. We were at the hospital, and had been admitted, and the doctors had finished telling us about the possibilities of what may be going on. I was feeling a little bit hysterical at that point in time and I remember my OB came in and I just started crying and saying, what did I do wrong. She was so kind and she told me that I hadn't done anything wrong. Then she said that in situations like this she really believed in the power of prayer, and that we should call our church and our friends and family and ask them to pray for us and our baby. What a blessing that the doctor that happened to be on call that night shared our faith and was there to encourage us. I also remember a couple of days after we were home from the hospital telling Nick that I really felt like I could physically feel people praying for us. Never in my life had I felt that before, and I know it was Gods way of letting me know that he was working in our lives, and in Hannah's life, even before she was born. I truly believe that whatever was wrong with Hannah (the doctors have told us that we will never know what caused all of the problems for sure), that God healed her. He choose to perform a miracle and fix my little girl. I still have days when my faith is weak and I feel like God is far away, but all I have to do is look at my precious little girl and know that he is real, and that he is powerful, and that he loves us all so much!!

Well, enough of the emotional posting... We had Hannah's party on her actual birthday, Sunday. I had so much fun. She was so cute digging into her cake and making a complete mess. She got some really cute clothes and some really fun toys too. Thank you so much to everyone who came and helped to make her first birthday so special. I have posted a bunch of pictures, so have fun looking. :) She also had her one year doctors appt. yesterday, and she was 19 pounds, 8 ounces, and 29 and 1/2 inches long. She is getting so big :) Have a great week everyone :)