Saturday, November 14, 2009

...and then she was one...

Was it really just a year ago that I was laying in a hospital bed getting ready to meet my baby girl?  When they brought her to me for the first time I just knew she was mine...she's got my scowl.




She was so tiny...so beautiful and had such a vibrant little spirit...and we were amazed at her gorgeous blond tipped hair.



We loved it when daddy came to visit us in the hospital.  She was right at home snuggled up to his chest.





Your little newborn clothes just drowned you. 



And now a year later you are such a beauty!



You make the funniest faces




And have such wide eyed wonder at the world around you.




You are always looking for new things to explore.




And when you find them...




I have to just step back and watch you...




And now that you are one...




Yes, you...my silly little kitten...promise me you'll keep laughing...




and playing...





Mama loves you and will kiss away the tears.




Happy 1st Birthday Isabella Dawn.

5 comments:

Anie said...

Oh Anna, she is such a DOLL!!! What great pictures! Happy 1st Birthday Bella!!!!

Miss Debbie said...

Love the way you write and post, Isabella is such a sweet baby! Look at all she has experienced, where she has traveled, and how she has grown and changed in just 365 days! Happy Birthday Bellamissma!!

Cothran Family said...

Happy birthday baby girl! Love you sooooo much! Anna, cute pictures in the red dress outside. I love her expressions. Ammon says, "baby abella is 1 years old?" Love you guys

The Hansen Family said...

Loooooooooove love love love love that little little cuzin. Love her. She has the funniest little faces I have ever seen!!!

Anonymous said...

awww--how precious! What a darling post (and even more darling pictures!)