one year

I know every parent goes through this, but it's hard to believe Elise has been around for a year now. It's even getting harder to remember what life was like before her. Silly, I know.

I was telling Brian the other day that it's hard believe how much you can love such a little person (ok, she's really not that little...). I loved her while I was pregnant, and immediately fell in love (again) when she was born, but that love has grown tremendously in the last year. Who knew?

Anyway, here are some fun pictures from her birthday/celebration.

 going down the zip line for the second time - first time was with Dad (3/29)

(yes, we're the crazy parents who took our one-year-old on a zip line)

playing with some new toys (3/29)

 pink turtle cake! (3/30, inspired by her pink turtle stuffed animal)

 she didn't seem to realize she could dig in or smash it, she just kept

grabbing frosting and licking it off her hands (3/30)

 

 finally figured out how to dig in after a while (3/30)

 wearing part of her new shape sorter toy (3/30)

she won't keep hats on when we put them on her, but

she'll apparently put them on herself now (3/30)