Next, we ran over to Home Depot so that Mommy could put together her birthday gift- her own set of keys! I know, sounds absurd- and slightly unsafe? Wrong. A loves to shop- as long as she has my keys to nibble on a play with, now that is unsanitary. So, I bought some blank keys, some colored rubber key tops, a lanyard and added my old unused key fob and some scan tags-- Audrey barely let it leave her side all day! And now she won't scream at me when I need the keys, ya know- to drive?
We got home just in time for a bit of goofing off, then nap time. She slept great while I prepped for Saturdays big shindig in the attic (eek!!!). When she got up, we boringly ran some errands; but when we got home, Aunt Rachel and Kevin followed shortly with some birthday cake! And minutes after they arrived, so did Aunt Becca with Audrey's favorite dinner, Panera!! What a fun little evening- although A really wasn't too taken by the cake. It will be interesting to see what she does on Saturday.
We ended our day with a bit of playtime, bath and bedtime snuggles. I know, I know- pretty low key. But Saturday she has so many awesome family & friends coming into town to play and celebrate. I am so glad we got to spend the day together though.
Poor Robert had a really hard time not being able to here. I completely understand, but luckily- this is a birthday she won't really remember. Saturday will be documented by our amazing friend & photographer, Gabriella Gallo, so Audrey will be able to look back at her birthday--and will see her Dad was there :)
So now, to reminisce about the year.... at this time last year, Audrey started waking up from her day long sleep, crying- hard. Of course, I was just about to actually get tired. It was a long first night- she just wanted to be held, I just wanted to sleep- and I read far too many articles about 'not sleeping with your baby'. Then I remembered, 'She's my baby, and I can do what I want'. So I propped my arm up on her boppy, cuddled her close and just laid my head next to hers- there we stayed, sleeping, for about 30 minutes until the nurse walked in and I freaked out that she was going to take my baby away- so I obviously played it like I had been awake the entire time! Haha.
I can't believe the amount of information I have gathered over the last 365 days. I can change a diaper in under a minute, and I can change a diaper in the dark. I have a memorized checklist that I run thru before I leave the house- and am happy to report that in a year, I've only forgotten a handful of items. I know just all the words to just about every show on Baby First TV (channel 293) and can recite 'Sesame Street: Bedtime Stories' forwards and backwards from memory---try me! I completely understand why my baby girl is crying--and it's mostly just to hear herself, lol. I swear my reaction time has doubled; I may even dare to say it has tripled! I've made some really incredible friendships over the last year; and some friendships have grown stronger with the new 'baby bond'.
On that note, I'm incredibly sad to say that I've lost a couple friends this last year. It's so SO unfortunate; but I hope when they are lucky enough to start their families- they will realize that within that first year (and I'm probably about to realize that I mean within the next 17 years as well)- your life changes. I'm obsessively in love with my new life. I love being a Mommy & Wife, I love watching my lil' PB grow up and seeing everything all over again thru her big beautiful blue eyes. I keep reading these facebook posts lately 'I'm sorry to my 'non mommy' friends', blah blah. I hope this isn't harsh, but I'm not sorry. I'm not sorry that I have an amazing family who I put first. I'm not sorry that I am now responsible for the way a human being grows up and acts in society. I'm not sorry because one day you'll realize that nothing matters quite like that little bundle does, just like I've realized now, and you shouldn't be sorry when you change too.
I also want to Thank my fantastic Husband. There were only two things I ever wanted to be when I was little, a Wedding Planner and a Mommy- Rob has supported me constantly through both. I never imagined I would be lucky enough to have my husband tell me that I shouldn't work and he would prefer me to be home with our baby. Sure, I get lonely, I miss adult conversation, daily showers (yikes, I know!)- but he's allowed me to get such quality time that is so priceless with our girl. He's worked so hard to ensure we are taken care of- and he has such an enormous amount of love for our little girl that I occasionally just watch them a cry a little. He's a real gem- don't get me wrong, he's a real pain in the ass too sometimes; but at the end of the day- I would rather be annoyed with or fight with him, than be with anyone else.....ever....always ;-)
On that note, Happy First Birthday my truly amazing and special little girl- I cannot wait to watch you slowly grow up into a beautiful, talented, smart and strong woman that I know you are bound to be.
XOXO
Throwback to our first pic together; minutes old!
9:08am on 9/08/14- wake up, you're ONE!
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