Maggie's 1st Birthday

On Saturday we celebrated Maggie's 1st birthday. It's hard to believe she's 1...strange because it seems like it was both just yesterday and forever ago that she was born. I spent some time reminiscing throughout the day....what I was doing at the corresponding time of day and such, recalling the feelings I was experiencing, etc, etc. If you'd like to see pictures of Maggie's birth day and read her story you can go here: http://mamabeng.blogspot.com/2007/11/maggie-elisabeth.html.

We had a small party for her with some friends. Gabe and I were thankful that we didn't have to celebrate Maggie's birthday alone...it's so nice to have made some wonderful friends here in IL. We love it that Maggie is known...that other people are witnessing her grow...that they also get to see her scoot around on her bum. ;) As you can see in the pictures, Maggie loved her cupcake. She was taking big grown-up bites until it started falling apart--then she realized she could make a mess with it!