Gracie's ONE :( :) :( :)

Ahhh! Such mixed emotions. I adore this little girl, and I adore all the changes she has brought to our family. I am so beyond grateful she is here and this year has been filled with daily feelings of gratitude that she is here. Despite all the challenges of Gracie's first year, I have felt overwhelmingly blessed by her existence. She has made it a truly joyful year for me. The sad faces in the title are only there because I'm sad she is growing up. If only I could freeze time.

Another thing I didn't mention about our "not-so-smooth" move is that within the first 3 weeks here, we had 2 bouts of the stomach flu. I actually had the stomach flu on Gracie's birthday so we celebrated a day later (much to Meg and Adin's horror). I will let the pictures tell the tale of Gracie's day after her birthday. :)

 We kept it simple with presents. She got a couple books, a purse and a picnic set.

She was immediately intrigued by her cake and as soon as she found out it was food she set about eating it. She was pretty timid at first just taking little tastes.

 She got into it though. I remember Adin being fussy about being dirty when he had cake on him. Grace didn't care one bit about the messiness or about being washed off in the sink after. She thought it was all great fun. :)

I made a couple attempts at some one year old shots.

 She would not stop chasing and squealing at cats.

I haven't edited these, but I think once they are edited they will be exactly what I wanted.

 I think she is constantly teething because she is often chewing on this index finger.

 A perfect picture of her talking out of the side of her mouth. So funny.