Nadia Turns One!!

November 12th was Nadia's birthday but we had her birthday party on the 13th.

You always get help when you have older siblings!!

I asked Will to take pictures of the gifts so I could remember the day, not so I could show off all her cool presents. Here Nadia is opening her first gift of a duplo building tower. She loves to play with it.

As you can see!!

The tissue paper is more fun than the gift.

This gift is special for the very reason that Nadia is named after my one and only cabbage patch doll: Nadia Greta. Will did not like the flow of the middle name so we made it Nadia Lynn.
Call it wierd if you want - I always loved the name and he picked out Aleana's name so there you go :). This little Cabbage Patch dolly's name is Marie Ingrid.
I'm sure you will see more of her in the future.

A cute outfit from Mom and Dad - far too practical and uninteresting!!

She did like the book though.

Nadia is very kinesthetic.

The candle and perhaps our boisterous singing scared her.

I don't remember what I was doing here.
Singing???

"I still don't like this Mom"

"I don't want to blow - I want to touch it!"

Poor girl was not allowed any cake because of her wheat allergy - I was not organized enough to make her a special one (sorry Nadia). Instead, I allowed her to lick icing off her fingers.

I think she's feeling better now.
We love you and are so thankful for all the blessings you have given us in your first year.

We thank God for you and your special presence in our lives every day!!

In awhile I hope to publish Nadia's birth story as told by her doula.

I have to do some other important things first :).