One Year Old!!

Today is the big day! Our baby girl turned one year old. So incredibly impossible to believe......

It has truly been the most amazing year. Eliana is the sweetest, happiest, most precious baby ever. She has been such a joy to our family the past year.

She loves her big sister soooo much. She laughs at absolutely everything she does. She still smiles pretty much all day long. She is a snuggle bug and will just sit in your lap and chill for as long as you want her to. She loves to smother you with kisses and has recently started blowing kisses to everyone with a big...."mmmm, ahhh".

She waves, claps her hands, dances, and sings. She is such a talker! She has all kinds of little words but the top favorites are:

Hi, Thank you, Mama, Dada, Good job, dog, woof, uh-oh, nanana (banana), nana, papa, aud-dee, wuv ooh (love you), all done and night, night. All of these in her own little voice of course but still clear as day! So sweet to hear her talking.

So far still no interest in walking. I"m a little torn between thinking she is just lazy and wants us to hold her all the time, or just crawl, and thinking it may be this awful ear infection she's had for almost 4 months now. (Tubes may be in her near future :( )

Either way though, she won't even try! She's pulling up though and standing and of course crawling all over the place.

She started taking Music Class this spring and absolutely loves it. She loves music so much, it absolutely catches her and stops her everytime she hears it. Makes mommy proud.

The big one year checkup! Eliana weighed 23lbs. and was 30 inches tall! She is 75th percentile for both.....my big girl!! And thankfully, she is completely healthy other than the fluid in her ears which is still there. But that is okay! We have a visit to the ENT scheduled and will get her taken care of!

We had a wonderful, fun party for her birthday yesterday! Pics to come soon. It was a bunny theme and we had all kinds of treats, good food, Easter egg hunt and lots of fun. So many friends and family came and it was so special to share her special day with everyone. Can't wait to share some pictures.

Eliana Grace Katz..........we are so unbelievably blessed to have you in our lives!! Everyday you wake us up with such a beautiful smile on your face and remind us how blessed we are. What a little miracle you are. We just can't wait to share each and every day with you and see this beautiful little person you are already becoming. You are going to bring so much joy to so many people with your sweet little happy self and we are so proud to be your family. We love you soooo much!