Capri is One!

It seems like just yesterday I was bringing home our sweet little Capriel, and today she is already a year old. She has added so much to our family, and brought us all so much joy. She is a best friend to Camri,and a wonderful playmate. She looks just like her Daddy, and is truly the apple of Steve's eye. What she has done for me as her mother is beyond words. She has taught me so much. She has made us laugh, both with her and at her. Every day I get to wake up to this sweet face I feel blessed and grateful that she is all mine.

Here she is before she was born. I love technology! And we loved the 3 and 4 D ultrasounds we got of her:


Here are the pictures of us at the hospital just after her birth:








Here are a couple of her Newborn pictures:




Here are a couple from her first month of life. I love this picture of her with Mama. I'm not sure why, I just do. She was always such a darling baby.




And here she is at about 2 months old:




And at 3 months old:




And 4 months old:






Here is our little girl learning to sit on her own, around 5 months old.


We waited until she was almost six months to start her on rice cereal, and boy, did she love it! This girl has always loved her food!


Our Chubby ladybug on Halloween


Grandma Carolyn came to visit us in November when Capri was about 6 months:




Our little turkey at Thanksgiving. I love this picture of her!


We took the girls to Disneyworld in December for Christmas, and got to Florida just in time for record low temperatures. It was freezing the entire time we were there, but Capri was a happy little camper. She even started crawling while we were on vacation! She was about 7 months in this picture.




Capri with "Rosetta". We got to see all the fairies while in Disney World but Capri liked this gal the best.


Capri's first Christmas was spent: Eating wrapping paper, playing with wrapping paper, and tearing and distributing wrapping paper-everywhere.




Cap wasn't a big fan of Santa this year... Poor old guy. He didn't stand a chance...


Christmas morning with her presents:


Our big girl at about 8 months:




Capri's first "stolen" sandwich. Camri didn't eat it, so Capri did. She loves her food! Maybe thats why I have sooo many pictures of her eating...




Capri at about 9 months:


On vacation in OBX for Spring break:


This girl looks just like her Daddy! She is about 10 months here:


With Grammy Sonja and Papa Gary when they came to visit in April. Capri was about 11 months:




Spaghetti has been a big time favorite food of Capri's. What a mess, though! We usually strip her naked to eat it. She also loves to put her left foot on the table while she eats. It's hilarious!


We've had a lot of fun lately playing outside at the park, and with our neighbors little car. Capri at almost 12 months!:


And Easter pictures, of course:





Our Capri has always been such a sweet, happy girl. She got her first teeth at 3 months (and now she has 12!), crawled at 7 months and started walking at 10 1/2 months. She has always kept us on our toes!

Our nicknames for her are "Caprese", "Cappi", and most often (and we'll need to stop this before she gets much older) "Buddha". She loves to play with Camri's toys and loves music. She will dance to almost anything.

She is not a big talker, but she does say: Mama, Dada, No, Hi, Buh- Bye, and Uh- Oh. She has a contagious laugh. I still don't know what color her eyes will be. I think maybe brown, but some days they still look green and grey to me. We can't wait to see how much she'll grow and change in the next year! We're so thankful for her sweet spirit in our lives.

Happy Birthday Sweet Capri!