Birthday Bash!

OK guys, this is the last of the birthday posts! I had so many pictures of her birthday parties that I could not get them all on here. So you can look at the entire album on snapfish:) A big thank you goes out to Auntie Jamie for capturing so many great shots at the Little Gym!!

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Birthday videos

Joselyn's birthday fell on a Tuesday. We started the day pretty normally. But then we baked cupcakes, made frosting and then daddy came home early! We sang happy birthday to our precious child, had our cupcakes then we helped her open a couple of presents. She was very excited about her new ball and activity block...or she was hopped up on her sugar. Either way, she had lots of fun:) And so did we.

Joselyn's first birthday morning from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Joselyn's first birthday cupcake from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Also, I'm still working on getting all of her birthday pictures up! Keep checking back, I hope to have them up soon:)

The Quilt project

I have tried a few times to get this blog post up, but have been having a hard time composing my thoughts. Its amazing to me how time can shift and in one instance, a year seems to take forever. In others, just over night. I feel like I can so vividly remember hearing Joselyn cry for the first time the day she was born. And how, even though I have never wanted to be anything more than I have wanted to be a mother, I still had no idea what I was doing and how hard those first few days were. I remember when she smiled at me for the first time. And when she laughed for the first time. I remember what she was wearing when she crawled for the first time. And what I was doing when I found her standing in her crib. I can remember how I felt when she took her first steps. And now I will remember when she turned 1. Everybody said it would happen fast, but I could not have be less prepared. One thing is for sure, being a mommy, Joselyn's mommy, is better than I could ever have dreamed it would be.

Here is the completed quilt project... watch her grow:)

Last first holiday

Today is Joselyn's last first holiday. Valentine's day!! Its pretty fitting really. Joselyn has brought so much love into this house. We thought we knew what love was, but the love that we feel for our sweet baby is so much greater than anything we could have ever imagined. So happy Valentine's day to you, with love from Jay, Jodi and Joselyn.

cat chasing from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

11 1/2 months old from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.