ONE!

Happy Birthday, Janie Bear! from Amanda Seibert on Vimeo.

Watching this year pass by in a two minute highlight video is about how it feels to me. Where has the time gone, and how in the world do we have a "so big" ONE year old?!

Jane Elizabeth, today we celebrate the precious gift of one year with YOU! You have brought us so much joy, and we thank God for the privilege of being your parents. The other night you were playing on the living room floor, and your daddy looked at me and said, "Can you believe that just one year ago we didn't know her?!" We can hardly remember life without you, and we'd certainly never wish to go back.

I think this last picture expresses so much of your personality-- thoughtful, observant, careful, feminine, and so, so sweet. I can already tell I'm going to look up to you.

Happy 1st Birthday, Janie Bear. So glad you're ours!

P.S. Also glad to be done with those stickers... goodness, girl, you've outsmarted us again!