Our sweet Tess turned one last week. I have been wanting to post photos from the big day for over a week now but have been putting it off because I couldn't begin to think about what I could try and say that would sum up what the past year has been like or what my feelings are about our baby turning one. I still can't answer those things now but what I can say is that we love her more than I ever thought was possible. When you first become a parent you have this feeling about your first born of 'How will I ever be able to love another baby this much'. And for me when Tess was born it was like I became a Mom for the first time all over again. Tess is just so stinkin sweet. She is so happy all of the time. She recently started walking and is really starting to explore the world around her. I feel like every time I blink she is learning something new or mastering a new task. I can't wait to see what she does next. Most of all when I think of Tess I think of her smile and I think of her laugh. She brings so much happiness and laughter into our home. It was so fun for us to be able to spend a whole day celebrating her!
We started with breakfast and presents at our house.
We quickly moved to my parent's house to start setting up for the party. I think the official temperature the day of the party was 110 degrees so thankfully my parents agreed to allow us to move the party to their house so that there would be more room for people to hang out indoors in the air conditioning. Thank you Mom and Dad!!
Then Tess put on her birthday dress.
And opened presents.
And we sang happy birthday.
And she ate cake.
And was one happy little girl.
Tess really was a great birthday girl, she was happy and smiling all day! Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate her birthday. It really means more to us than you all will ever know that we are surrounded by such wonderful friends and family.
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