Summer Rewind... 4th of July!

This year on 4th of July we continued our new tradition with a 3rd annual family BBQ over the holiday weekend. It was fun having both sides of the family at our house for food and fireworks! We found the perfect little red, white, and blue outfit for our little firecracker too! Then on the 4th we headed over to Mattea's parents house for the 3rd year in a row to BBQ and swim with all the littles! There were lots of kids and toddlers around for Reese to enjoy! Reese loved the fireworks and even fell asleep watching them, it wasn't until after she went up to her room that the noise got to her and it was an intense evening with the baby and dogs all freaked out. Hopefully next year will be better!

ONE!

Hard to believe this was life one year ago!

And today... (well, this was actually a few weeks ago, but look at this big girl!)

What a year we've had! The first days were full of nervousness and getting to know each other, sleepless nights, many feeding issues which led to many emotional moments. The next few months we started to get the hang of things and of course it was time for me to go back to work and time to adjust again. The next months full of so many changes and milestones for our little girl. Now we have made it one year and it's gone in the blink of an eye. All those initial troubles seem so far away and all I can think of is how much I love this child. She has taught me more about myself in one year than I have learned in the other 27 I've been on this planet. She is my best accomplishment and I'm so proud we've made it here in one piece. She is the sweetest, funniest, smartest little ball of energy and I blessed to be her Mama. We are so lucky!

Happy 1st Birthday,

Reese Delaney Clark!

I LOVE YOU!