Today is Violet’s first birthday.  I don’t know how this happened…I blinked and her first year was over!  She went from being a tiny little blob to being a walking talking little girl whose favorite word is “up!” and a personality bigger than she is.  She has her daddy and her big brothers wrapped around her finger.  Not me, of course.  I stand strong in the face of her sweet smile and charm.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I adore her just like they do and pretty much give her everything she wants.

She’s very petite, which means people are often surprised to see her walking.  She’s smaller than most of the babies in the nursery at church, which is a little strange because she’s one of the oldest!  She looks just like I did as a baby…so much so that when I had a baby picture of me on Facebook last week a friend was really surprised to find out that it wasn’t Violet.

She loves to eat and we’re giving her more and more table food.  Right now she’s walking around with an empty bowl and a fistful of pretzels, grunting at me to get her more.  She’s outgrown her wheat allergy, obviously!  I’m still nursing her and don’t see that coming to an end any time soon.  That’s fine…I’m in no rush to wean her and give up that connection.

We’re still struggling with her sleep patterns.  She wakes up the minute we try to put her in the crib and screams her head off but if I put her in there awake she screams her head off, too.  Like her older brother, we’re co-sleeping now and expect she’ll be happy in her own bed before her 2nd year is over.

She has brought us tremendous joy and a sense of contentment.  She is a tremendous blessing to our family and I don’t know how we ever got along without her.

Happy Birthday Violet!!!

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