A Dash of Grace: Birthday! Birthday!

Today we have reflected on last year at this time. It's amazing how vivid the whole experience still is to us both (joy and physical pain :). I often think back on our experience to try and keep the memories as alive as possible. One of my top two days in life thus far!! {The other was the day I married my bestest buddy}

If you know anything about me, I have a deep love for Haiku's! So, it's only fitting to present Noah with one on his first birthday!

bright light, my son shines

purple, orange, yellow, and red

smile shift a frown

hearts beat off our tongues

ornery smiles, a heart grins

feet kick to the beat

arms holding a moon

warmth is radiating through

touch, smell, kiss your brow

sand curls frame a face

teaching me beauty, love, and grace

I love you, My Son.

The past year of our lives has been the best yet! Period. And I can only see things getting better and better! Noah has brought JOY to every inch of our lives. His smile stops a quarrel. His laugh is making my frown lines into laugh lines! His cuddles are out of this world. I can't imagine a more perfectly suited child for us both! He's given us a passion, and purpose in life. He makes life worth living. Cliche as it sounds. He's my world.

This day has been totally devoted to what makes Noah happy!

Here goes:

Slept in till 9:45am!

Headed to Barnes & Noble to get his free cookie for being a Kids Book Club member :) He chose {er.. we chose} Reeses PB Cup cookie, it was DIVINE :)

Although his face doesn't look impressed, he LOVED his Cinnamon Pancakes at Uptown Kitchen {one of our favorite places to go}.

Birthday Cupcake!

Studying it.... Just. Like. Daddy.

Not so sure...

"Hum... I prefer bananas mom."

Happy happy baby boy.

Cleaning off after his birthday cupcake in his new duck bathtub from Great Uncle Tim and Great Aunt Lisa! It even quacks!!! Fun will be had, by all :)