in denial

I'm totally in denial that my daughter will be 1 in less than a month.  Plans are in the works for her first birthday bash but I'm still having a very hard time wrapping my mind around it.  Last week I was going through some of her clothes and came across one of her newborn onesies and I about lost it. I can remember my mom and I getting some of her clothes washed and ready before she was born.  We could not believe how small they were.  When she was first born they were even a little big on her. How did she get so big so fast?

We have so much fun with her.  She is so much like me but I also see a lot of her daddy in her. She is pulling and cruising more and more, but has not braved any steps yet.  On Easter weekend two more teeth broke through to make a total of 4.  She looks like a little vampire.  We have also dropped all of her daytime feedings.  She pretty much did that on her own.  I nurse her before work in the morning and then before bed at night.  That means that I'm no longer pumping.  What freedom that has brought for me.  I think we are both about ready to be done with nursing.  It is such a part of life that I don't know what it will be like to be done.

Lucy is doing so much better with letting other people hold her when I'm around.  Last Friday Lucy and I went to watch my cousins run at a track meet.   While we were there Lucy reached for my Aunt Paula and let her hold her for a good amount of time.  It is so good to see her interacting more others.

I know that the years will continue to fly by.  We are trying our best to savor every possible moment.