happy 1st birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MAKAYLA MONROE!

To the sweetest
most lovely
silliest
most funny
prettiest
little gem of a girl
I know
and call my own!

We are so happy you are our
daughter and love you more
than I know how to say.
You have brought new
meaning to our life
and hearts this year
and we are so thankful for you.

I can hardly believe you are one
now, and not a baby anymore...
makes me cry thinking
about it.
But, of course, you will always
be our "baby" even when you
are 5 and can do everything yourself
or 13 and don't want to be,
or 18 and are itching for freedom.

We will love you more and more
everyday and I hope you
know how much joy
and happiness you bring
to our family.

You truly are our little
sunshine and we
are so glad you are ours...
our first little girl,
and the start of our family!

Love love love you
today,
on your first birthday!!!


 {sometimes she likes to watch
her VeggieTales movie
while perched on Daddy's head}

{upside down, daddy you turn me...} 

{and thus it begins..}.