Birthday Girl!!

Dear Savannah,

Today is your first birthday!! I truly can't believe you are one. It seems as if it was only a few months ago that you came into this world. Aunt Lindy asked me a question this weekend. She said "What do you think of most in Savannah's first year?" The answer I gave her was all the time in the hospital, and that was only six of the past fifty-two weeks. It was a very scary time for us and maybe someday I will forget that painful  part of our journey, but for now, I still have a very vivid image of all the hard things you went through in your first days of life. The fact that you have overcome many obstacles and you are here today brings a smile to my face everyday. You really are the sweetest baby.

Your photo for you 1st birthday invite

Savannah we spent last few days in Kansas celebrating your first birthday. We had so much fun visiting and playing with cousins Asher and Oliver. Asher adores you and calls you his "sweet girl". He really loves you. Oliver wanted to play with your green ball and crawl over you.  It was so nice for my family to enjoy you for a few days. You are the little princess when we go and stay at Mimi's.

Aww, you and Ollie match

Now I know you are a year old  and many people ask if you are starting to walk and be a little terror. The answer to that is no, not at all. As far as milestones, you learned to roll in April. It was such a great milestone to see you accomplish. Crazy thing is, you started rolling at four months for about a month and then you just quit.  Now you are a little rolling machine. We help youto sit, but I hope that this is a goal we can help you accomplish by the end of the summer. You sit well with support but  still lack solid head control, although this too is a huge improvement over the last few months. I know in time you will meet milestones and I will wait patiently and help you along the way. You are feisty and have always been a fighter. I have no doubt that your feistiness will help you along your journey.

We enjoyed our day spending the day with you, our little one year old who is still so baby-like. We took you out to dinner, (you had nasty formula because mommy finally quit pumping) and treated you to ice cream on the way home. You really like ice cream and you also really likes sno-cones. I will continue to give you treats you can eat :) It's fun to see your reaction. So, Happy Birthday to the sweetest, most beautiful little girl I know!! I love you so much and look forward to all of your accomplishments in the upcoming year!!

I love you!!

Love, Mommy

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