Where has the year gone?

Happy Birthday Natalie Paige Welch. At 6:45 p.m. on August 28th you came into the world. I cannot believe that a year has passed. I cannot believe that a year ago you came into the world hollering, screaming, pinched and swollen! How cute you have gotten my darling baby girl! The head full of hair, the bright blue eyes, the beautiful rosy cheeks and the pink bow lips. I love to just look at you every day. Life has been a challenge with you in our lives, but you have overcome many hurdles in your short-lived life. Through the allergies, the acid-reflux, the surgeries you have come through it all like a trooper. Now we are off to toddler land, where you are no longer that tiny little baby. You are, however, very mischevous and are so strong willed (much more than your siblings). You are cuddly, yet not too cuddly. You are happy, but need lots of attention. You are into everything and we call you "Whodini" for the cabinet locks you can undo, for the tactics of escaping the house that you pull off, and for the gates you can climb. You are truly a "spirited" child and I love you more than anything.

So happy 1st birthday baby girl. I love you too much.