Happy New Year!

Dear Cadence,

HAPPY NEW YEAR! On New Years Eve you managed to stay awake until 12am with Mommy, while Daddy slept on the couch. It was great to ring in the new year with such a cute little girl...

Mommy just wanted to reflect on 2009, so here goes...

The BEST part of 2009 was March 25th at 11:17am, when we welcomed you into the world! This was after a very long labor and equally "long" pregnancy. But no matter how many scares we had throughout the pregnancy and labor... March 25th was the best day of mine and Daddy's lives.

So there have been some other changes in our lives in the past year... we moved back to BC from Alberta. It was a sad move, but we wanted you to grow up around family, even though we love Alberta so much. During our move back we were very thankful to have such a supportive family. We stayed at Great Gramma's for a while, the at Gramma's and lastly at Papa's before we got our own place. Each place was great and we are so happy that everyone was willing to help us out so much, but it was also very hard for Mommy and Daddy to move back "home" after having been on our own for so long. But everything happens for a reason...

Now back to you...

You have changed so much over the past 9 months! On March 25 2009 you were 5 Lbs 13 oz and today you are 18 Lbs 2 oz! Not only have you grown so much, but you've learned so much and taught Mommy and Daddy more things than you can ever imagine!

Momma could go on for hours about how amazing the last year has been... but I'm not going to ;) Just know that you are the best thing that has ever happened to us and we look forward to a life full of love with you. We are so proud to call you our daughter and love you more than anything in the world! I love you Monkey!

Love Momma