One Year Old!!

Happy birthday to Evan! It has been quite a year. Absolutely the best year in my life. Some years change you, the year I got married I went from a woman to a wife, and last year I went from a wife to a mother. I knew a lot about babies before having Evan but there were something that I thought I knew that I had all wrong. I KNEW I would have to change diapers...I didn't know I would have a little sadness at each diaper change because it would be one less diaper I GET to change. I knew babies cried, but I didn't know I would want to cry every time I heard him cry. I knew I'd have to play peek a boo ad nauseam but I didn't know I would love it and laugh every time. I knew I'd be silly, I didn't know I would have no problem picking up my child and dancing in a crowded mall. I knew I loved my husband and he would be an amazing father, I didn't know how it would feel when my son said dada and smiled as his father walked in the door. I knew I would worry but WOW I had no idea what worrying was. I knew I would love my baby, but all the cliches fail to clarify how much I love him. I love him so much it hurts, and I have loved (almost) every day this past year has brought us. I'll miss his babyhood but look forward to his toddlerhood and the joys it will bring. I'm so proud of my Evan, and though i don't think I could ever love him more, every morning when I pick him up, my heart grows a little and I love him even more. Thank you all for the birthday wishes, and thinking of our family!