and we celebrated...

Today we celebrated our little Addison Marie's first birthday.  It is so hard to believe just how fast this first year has gone.  It seems like yesterday that they put that 7lb. 7oz. little girl in my arms for the very first time.  What a year this has been for us!  As Dan, Addie, and I sat down for lunch today we had the discussion on how we survived the first year of being parents.  Addie is healthy and most important - in one piece! lol!  We both then realized that it will probably just get harder from here as Addie gets older and we add more children to our family.  We came to conclusion that it is all worth it in the end!  Being parents is such a rewarding job and the most important one we will ever have in our lives!

Today we had Addison's one year pictures with Nichole Priebe.  They went well this time.  Max went with us to help get Addie in the smiling mood.  We were able to catch some pictures of the two of them as well!  After pictures we had to come home so Dan could do chores and took Max to school.  I was able to catch a few pictures of Addie while we were home and off we went to have an afternoon of fun!  We went to the park to play, did a little shopping, went out for supper, and then came home to our immediate family and celebrated Addison's birthday some more.  She did much better with her little cupcake than her giant ladybug cake!  She opened presents and played with Max.  A perfect way to end a perfect day!

She went from so little a year ago....to so big in the blink of an eye!

We went out to our rock wall and took some one year pics.  Plan is to take them here every year!

Playing at the park!

Shopping!!!

Riding on Daddy's shoulder after we were done eating!

We got home and opened more presents...

blew out another candle...

and ate more cake!  She actually ate it this time!

It has been such a fabulous first year as parents.  We are so excited to see what the future holds for us!  Tomorrow we head for Wisconsin for a few days away!  I am a little nervous about traveling that far with Addie and making sure everything is packed.  Lets pray it all goes well!  I think the posts should slow down now!  Not so much going on from here on out!  Thank goodness, because I am ready for a break.  Hoping the weekend provides us with that!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY ADDISON MARIE!!!