I am in awe how fast time can go! I know everyone told me it would happen, but geez! On the 5th Isla Jane turned one year. It was so cool to reflect on the events of that same day in 2010, how exhausted we were, how excited, and how our lives completely changed forever. It has been an honor to be Isla's mother, she has been an incredible tool in my sanctification this year, parenting is an amazing blessing. It seems that actual parenting (discipline and instruction) has just started, the first year seemed more like raising, which actually doesn't stop til they leave and cleave I guess. Her little sinful traits are already very apparent unfortunately. I hate seeing sin in my precious girl, it makes me so sad to know that if it is not fought it will manifest into worse things. But it makes me diligent to discipline her already. It seems that being with her all day I get the worst and best of her personality, she definitely gives me a much harder time than she gives Bo. Diaper changes and getting dressed are a challenge between Isla and I, but for Bo she is totally compliant! So not fair. Bo says it is always the person they are closest to that they hurt the most, I hope thats not true, but I know it is. I want to have a relationship with her that is respectful and open, loving and firm, instruction and opinions, all in order to help show her how much more Christ loves her than I do. I am thankful to have such excellent examples of Godly parenting in my life....I will be watching you all!!
This is my girl...just 10 days old. So small and precious. (BTW thank you Tracy Dodson Photography for helping us capture these milestones in her tiny baby life. I am so so thankful to have you as a friend!(for more reasons than just pictures though)
This is 3 months- such a happy girl already. Rolling over, cooing a lot, sleeping at least 8 hours every night!
6 months- all she did was laugh! She was crawling, and standing when we placed her next to things, more into toys and having to be entertained. Sleeping a good 10-12 hours every night. Loving solid foods already!
9 Months- pulling up on everything, excited to see her daddy when he came home!, Such a big eater, crawling way too fast, still sleeping great and taking 2 long naps everyday, says a couple words, has 2 teeth.
1 year!!- Crazy girl, active, into all kinds of things, loves her dog Buddy and says his name whenever she sees him, has a pretty big vocabulary for a 1 year old, eats anything and everything you give her, has 7 teeth, walking really good, is a total daddy's girl, dances to anything that remotely seems like music, loves playing with her cousins!
Eating her first cupcake!
She wasn't as into it as I thought she would be, but she isn't a big sweets lover (not like her mom!), she must have that gene from the Sivilay side.
little ham.
She had a cute little party dress on, thankfully she had taken a good nap that morning so she was a happy girl for the whole party, right up until the end. I love this sweet little face.
She kept playing with it, it was cute.
Little chubby feet in the grass.
We got a jumper and she actually had way more fun in it than I thought she would, actually I wasn't planning for her to go in it at all, but her Aunt Lisa brought her in with her. We had about 15 kids, all ranging from 10 months to 10 years, so I wasn't even going to try to entertain them all, the jumper was a perfect solution.
opening gifts. There was an outfit change (not by me) after the cake.
One of the only pictures of me actually with her! I felt like everyone kept taking her away, at the end of the day I actually missed her! Crazy how that is. We actually didn't even get one family picture on that day. Thankfully, Tracy got some when we did her one year photos.
Birthday girl with her daddy!
The cupcakes I made, Strawberry lemonade flavored cake with lemon curd filling, and strawberry lemonade swiss meringue buttercream frosting. They were tart, but turned out really good, everyone said they were delish.
I also had dehydrated some lemon slices. I sliced lemons we had from our tree and dipped the pieces in sugar and dried them, they turned out so good, like lemon candy!
I love how much detail you can already see, the chambers of the heart, the different lobes of the brain, it is amazing! Our God is so glorious, this makes me just praise Him all the more. I am thankful for a healthy baby so far, we pray she continues to grow well.
