My Baby Addison… When she was one.

I was preparing the images from Addison’s birthday for the blog today, and as I was thinking about what I wanted to say about her birthday (she’s five! I can’t even make that make sense… Five is totally a big girl!), I realized that I have never shared images from her very first year here on our blog. So I dug into the archives, and pulled a few of my favorite images from the first year of her life.

This is my Baby Addy… just a few days old and already full of personality.

These images might fool you into thinking that Addy was an easy happy baby, but in reality, she was a little bit stressful. Austen had been SO easygoing, quiet, and snuggly, and Addison was the polar opposite. She liked to scream (often enough that we actually nicknamed her Screamer), was very moody, and had absolutely no interest in snuggling. The occasional smile like this one, early on, were what kept me from going completely insane.

(By the way, somewhere around age 1, Addy had a complete personality transplant… she became (and has continued to be) extremely laid back, sweet, and super cuddly. She’s absolutely amazing.)

She was my photographic experiment. She arrived on the scene just in time to help me find my photographic voice. It took a few months… but we found it.

She was the most adorable sleeper. Sucked her thumb and held her bunny tight. This hasn’t changed too much. When I look in on her in the middle of the nights these days, she still has her bunny (poor bedraggled bunny) held tight, and her thumb is often directly beside her mouth… although she stopped sucking it a few years back.

So many moods… so many faces.

And finally, an image of Addison from her first birthday party. She’s grown up so much!

Several more posts are coming, as I share a few images from her 2nd, 3rd, and 4th birthdays… and then a full post for this years celebration! Thanks for hanging out as I reminisce :)

Baby Addy… I miss your chunky legs and toothless grin… but I’m glad to have said goodbye to the non-snuggling Screamer. Every once in a while, I can still see a glimpse of this adorably chubby little bald child, and that makes me happy, because it reminds me that are still my girl. Your dad and I adore you.

love,

mom.