one year

Dear Violet,
This post is a little late, as your birthday was last Thursday, but we've been busy around here celebrating, so cut Mama some slack!

- You are cruising around with no problem, and just this evening, you took 18 steps across the living room. You still crawl to get from place to place, but I fear it won't be long before you are taking off on your own two feet!
- We bought you some fun toys for your birthday, but you'd rather just put a wooden ball in a cup, or play with mama's old strawberry shortcake cup. You love your pink Teddy, and you've just started to put books in our hands so we will read them to you.
- You have two teeth on the top, and two teeth on the bottom. I love them.
- You can eat most anything that an adult can eat, as long as it's cut in small pieces. Mama and Dada still haven't given you meat though. They are nervous too for some reason.
- You imitate a lizard, do what sound a snake and frog make and you've just started giving kisses and hugs, which makes Mama and Dada very happy.
- You've taken trips to the beach and the big city, and you were such a great traveler! This makes Mama and Dada relieved, because they love to travel and can't wait to take you all over the world.

You're a year old. A toddler now and not a baby. It's bittersweet for us though because even though we can't wait to see what kind of person you turn out to be, we'll miss the little baby you used to be.

I love you more than you'll ever know.
Mama