Happy Birthday, Gracie!

Dear Gracie~
I was going to start this by writing "I can't believe it has been a year already!", which is true enough, but I really want to start by saying how happy this past year had been for us. You have made our lives so much fun, and I really can't imagine our little family before you came along. Every day you do something new, and I look forward to each and every new milestone and change.
This past year has been incredibly exciting, and such a neat learning experience. You are simply the cutest, funniest, smartest baby there ever was! Since you were born you have been happy and agreeable 95% of the time. You have grown SO much- tripling your birth weight and you are now HALF of your Mommy's height! I look at your little preemie size clothes that we bought so you wouldn't be swallowed by the newborn clothes, and just can't imagine that you ever fit into them, or that I once could carry you around in one arm as you slept. You've been walking for about 6 weeks now, and though you have your share of tumbles, you are always ready to hop back up and go at it again. You have such a friendly attitude toward everybody, and are such a ham when a stranger begins to coo over you. We are proud everyday of the little person you are becoming.
We hope you enjoyed your party on Sunday, and all of your new toys. Your Daddy got you Brennan Bear today, and I hope you have him for a very long time- he is such a sweet teddy bear. We love you with all of our heart, and want you to be as happy as a person has ever been.

All our love,
Mommy and Daddy