Our Little Pumpkin Is One

Mommy spent last Halloween morning bringing our little Aiyana Eden into the world. This Halloween will be spent trick-or-treating and of course, celebrating Aiyana's first birthday. Where have the last 365 days gone? 

Who would have thought that the little baby that wore her big sister's hat home from the hospital, would love playing with a different hat of her big sister's?

Who would have guessed that this position on Mommy's shoulder when she was nine days old, would earn her the nickname "Koala Baby" many months later?

And who would have known that at eighteen pounds, this little baby would climb into the same doll cradle that Mommy placed her in when she weighed only six pounds?

How could anyone have known that the infant that always had a finger in her mouth, would eventually be pacified by Little Lambie in her mouth?

 

And who would have imagined that the wrinkles that covered Aiyana when she was born, would be replaced with elbow dimples and a full face?

Or that the eyes that shined as a newborn, would sparkle even brighter a year later?

And who would have ever dreamed that the sleepy smile she gave us when she was barely two weeks old, would make strangers smile when she was ONE?

Happy first birthday Aiyana Eden

AND

Happy Halloween to our little pumpkin. 

You are certainly a treat. 

We love you.

Zadia, Mommy, & Daddy