An Early Celebration...LET HIM EAT CAKE!!!

Cousin Aisy couldn't wait to see what the little man would do with a slice of birthday cake!

Love it! Can't believe it's been a year already! Wow! It flew by so quickly!

This was taken after his 2nd(yes, you read correctly!) piece of cake. He was just too neat with the first one, so we gave him another piece and this is what happened!

It was great fun! Thanks, Marlo for taking all the pics of the event!

"Wishin and hopin and prayin and dreamin...."

Off and running, I mean crawling!

Our little Christmas elf taking a break from his busy agenda.

It's beginning to look A LOT like CHRISTMAS!!!

An early visit from Santa & Mrs. Claus at Marlo's. Fun! Fun! Fun!
Don't ya just love the hat, bowtie, vest....everything about this kid!?!?!?
WE DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a difference a year makes!

Well, I can hardly believe that I am posting this today! Exactly one year ago, my dad and I were in The Sunshine state! We had our vehicle loaded to the top. We had a rocking chair, baby bedding, clothes, a carseat, gifts, christmas lights, bikes....you name it, we probably had it with us! I even ended up riding in the back resting on some suitcase when we picked up birthmom because we had no more room for seats. Aaron would arrive 9 days later. In the meantime, I was setting up my "temporary home" for the new little arrival. Even adoptive mothers have their moments of nesting.

Now, we are preparing for Baby Mac's first birthday! I can hardly believe it!!! Several people have asked me these past few months if it(being a parent) was everything I thought it would be. I honestly blurt out without even hesitating, "YES! and then more!!!" I am just so amazed at how quickly it goes by. Sure, at times, when I was in the middle of what seemed like mundane daily tasks, I wondered if the spit up would ever stop....it did. (especially after we found out our little man had a slight dairy intolerance. Some adjustments to his formula were made and the spit up was history!) And then there are the moments of putting your baby to sleep and his waking up a boy rather than a baby......wow, it takes my breath away!

So the sentimental mother that I am, looked at the calendar on my computer this morning as I was checking email, and saw the date. All of this has come to me in the seconds since reflecting back on the begining of a journey that changed my life FOREVER! Truly, what a difference a year makes!