Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!

I can't believe my baby girl is 1 already! Now I understand when people say that "kids grow up fast." I am not sure where this past year has gone, but I have loved every minute we have had with Reese. I still feel like  it was yesterday that I was getting on the plane to Detroit to go meet my baby girl. I remember walking into the NICU and just bawling as I saw my tiny baby girl! She is truly a miracle and I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for blessing us with Reese. No matter what trials come our way, they seem to be trivial because we have our baby girl.  Her growth and development continue to amaze me and I know Heavenly Father's hand is watching over her. 

Here are her 12 month stats:

weight: 17lbs 8oz

height: 27.5 inch

Her head circumference was in the 20th percentile

She is learning new things everyday and I am constantly laughing at something she is doing. Reese is such a dare-devil and is not afraid of anything. She was taking a bath the other day and will stick her face into the running water and then put her mouth over the faucet and try to drink the water. In the past month, she has learned to stand with no assistance and she is so proud of herself. She loves to play patty cake and loves to do the actions of  "popcorn popping." She loves go up the stairs and get thrown in the air. She loves to play peek-a-boo and yell really loud. She is very ticklish and has the cutest little laugh. We started playing a game with her blankie, which I think is really funny. I take her blanket and pretend to fall asleep and she will come crawling over and take the blanket back and burrow her head into the blanket and stick her bum in the air. I seriously love being a mom and I feel so blessed to be Reese's mother. She has such sweet spirit and loves people. We were shopping at target the other day and she will wave at everyone and wait for them to wave back at her. This has been the greatest year of our life. So back to her party.....

We had a Pink Party and it was a lot of fun!

 Yes, we do have a little princess!!!

 Ron always amazes me! He wanted to make Reese her first cake and so he made her a USC cake, which i was very impressed. Then he decided he wanted to make her a duck cake as well. Reese was a champ at eating her cake. She tore the head off the duck and then started eating the beak and destroyed the body.

 Reese's gift from her grandparents. She is quite the daredevil. She loves to ride in it and push it everywhere.

 Reese loves to give herself kisses. (Yeah, I think she is licking the mirror)

 We got this for Reese for her birthday and she loves it. We went on a walk and she was waving at every single person down the block.