Baby #3 Turns 1!

Newborn

Is this happening? Are you really a year old already?

1 Month

Since birth, you have been an amazing child. You fought so hard to get into this world, and I am so glad you did. You are one of the happiest, most content babies I have ever met.

2 Months

You love the blanket that Grandma made for you. You love to play with it, on it and in it. It calms you when you are crabby and makes the best peek-a-boo toy when you are being silly.

3 Months

When you started to spend more time awake during the day we all got lost in your eyes. They are so big and so blue. You are a beautiful little girl inside and out.

4 Months

Mommy and Daddy weren't sure if we made the right choice for your name. Evie (or Eve) means life, and if we are talking about meanings, we definitely chose correctly. It is not a name you hear a lot and we wonder sometimes if you should have been Anna. For me, it only takes your sisters calling out to you and you flashing that big one dimpled smile to know we chose correctly.

5 Months

You are a fighter. Even at 5 and 6 months you want to do things on your own and you stand up for yourself. If your sisters take a toy away from you, you scream and grab it back. You are not going to be pushed around in this world. You already know how to hold your own.

6 Months

You have your own time to do everything. When you were ready to crawl, you got up on your hands and knees and rocked back and forth, back and forth. The first week you did this, we said "It will be any day now and she will be crawling." We waited. We waited some more. You were so close but didn't crawl. Finally, weeks later, you figured it out and have not stopped moving since. Now you are close to walking and the same thing is happening. You can stand on your own for quite a long time. You have been doing this for weeks. Have you started to walk? Nope. We have to wait for you to decide when the right time is. It's really hard to wait...just to let you know...

7 Months

I look at you, and you smile. Then the longer I look at you, you smile even bigger and it never fails, our comes your tongue. It is one of the cutest things you do even if you end up drooling all over the place.

8 Months

You were born in the year of boys. A month after you were born, Easton, was born. You two love to follow each other around the living room and, of course, you always want the same toy. We also love how you chatter away to him and he just smiles. In August, we welcomed your cousin Eli into this world. You have already started to show him the ropes of how this world works. September brought Brody and you liked to think of him as a prop. We found you almost sitting on his head and also using his head to push off of to try and stand up. He did not think this was cool. Then in November, daddy's cousin welcomed Nolan into their family on Thanksgiving. We haven't gotten to spend a lot of time with him, but man, does he seem like a peanut compared to you. There is one other thing these boys have in common...they are all first born children. You are the third child in our family and will have to fight for your own things and for attention. These boys are very lucky right now to not have to share toys or share their parents. You seem to take advantage of this. I encourage them to fight back. :)

9 Months

You love the bathroom and everything in it; especially the toilet. You think it is your own personal pool. So far you have only gotten into it twice and SO FAR there has just been water in it. I will continue to keep my fingers crossed. I will also continue to remind your sisters to shut the door.

10 Months

Your giggle is priceless. That is what I hear the most from friends and family. "If I could just record that little giggle she does and play it all day long, I would always be happy." It is just so cute. You don't have to be laughing or even think something is funny. You sometimes do it when someone smiles back at you or as a little add on to your smile. It is so unique and beautiful.

11 Months

Your during the past month or so, your tongue has been out of control. I don't know if it started when your top tooth came in, or if you just got into the habit of sticking it out, but right now it is out more than in. You spit and giggle at yourself, you smile and out comes your tongue. It is hilarious. 

12 Months

Today you are one year old. My third miracle. We lost a baby right before we got pregnant with you. It was very early in the pregnancy and the doctors told us we should wait a little while before we tried again. We didn't take their advice. I think about this a lot. What if we had waited? Would we have still gotten you? Maybe I wouldn't have hemorrhaged at 11 weeks if we had waited. But then I think that every thing that happened to you and to me was because it was suppose to. I used to think that things happened for a reason. I don't believe that anymore. I do believe that was the path that was put before us and we made it through together. You and me. You will most likely be my last baby. My last pregnancy. I can't say that I'm not sad about that. I will say that I am going keep taking deep breaths and keep living in the moments that you and your sisters put before me. It has only been a year little girl, and I can't wait to see what you are going to do in the next one.

I love you always.

Mommy.