Eliza is ONE!!!!!

Where has the time gone? It feels like just a couple months ago we were bringing this little chicken nugget home from the hospital...

(first day home)

And now she's ONE!

Someone once told me that the days are long but the years fly by as a parent. Oh how true that has proven to be this year.

The below picture captures Eliza well. She is our Ms. Intensity who doesn't miss a thing and is always studying what's going on. (Sound exactly like Jonathan? :))

So in honor of Eliza turning one we had a little party with family and friends this past Saturday.

I saw an idea on Pinterest to put up a picture from every month of Eliza. It was my favorite decoration.

And here it goes... singing Happy Birthday.

For as enthusiastically as she grabbed the whole cupcake, she actually just licked the icing to death and wouldn't bite it. Jonathan then crumbled up the entire cupcake for her (I think he envisioned her actually eating the whole thing) but she wasn't so sure she wanted it.

So then Uncle Sam gave her a cookie which she inhaled.

"Oh Boy that was good"

And we were so excited after the sugar that we decided to attack our guests. (yes, in an un-lady like manner we ended up tying her dress up because it kept tripping her up)

I love this picture because it gives a glimpse in to life as a kid. The world "centers" around you. ;)

I love my family and I thank God for such an amazing little girl. Eliza means "sworn to God" and our prayer is that she grows up to know and live for Jesus.

After the party we had a family dinner and Eliza, hyped up on sugar, and glad to be out of her dress, decided to dance for us. :)

11 months

Ok so technically, although Eliza turns one on Tuesday, she is still 11 months... *gulp" "12 months" just seems so big and scary and... OLD. How is she already almost 12 months!? ahhhh. Anyways, I digress... Here are some pictures from the past month. Eliza is very into exploring her environment. When I'm holding her she often wants down so she can crawl around. She's pulling up now but is not walking. She loves music, books, and doggies.

Precious little Eliza with a favorite toy of hers.

Her favorite doggy in the entire world is Lilly, her Mimi's yorky. I love this picture because they look alike. :)

Typical activity. On a mission to crawl to anywhere.

A new love of hers is the outside. Any time the door is open for a second she beelines for the door like she's finally found her chance for freedom.

We love wagon rides! (um side note- this was taken on I'm pretty sure the only cold day in March)

One of her favorite things to do is pull books off her shelf and then sit and flip the pages.

This is often how I find them reading books. So sweet.

We love our Eliza and seriously cannot believe she's almost one. I think I'm actually just going to believe she's eight months? ;)