One year

Happy birthday, littlest one! It has been a year of unimaginable joy watching you grow. You are incredible in every way and I love you so very much. So proud to be your mama!

Lydia's Party Dress

I thought my big almost-one-year-old (tomorrow!) needed a special party dress for her big day. This is what we came up with.













The fitting looked so promising!















Unfortunately, it's a little bit too big, but instead of taking it in, I think I might try to whip up a smaller one before Saturday. She'll grow into this one soon enough!

What luck!

Do you know what those are? That is a bouquet of ELEVEN four leaf clovers I found in my own yard a few days ago!



Up until that day, I had only ever found two in my entire life, but then this! I couldn't believe it as they kept popping out before my eyes.

I folded each one in a little parchment paper and stuck them in this old Pocket Medical Dictionary that belonged to my husband's Great Aunt.



And a few days later...



Perfect!



Must decide what to do with them all now, but for the time being, they are still safe and snug in their book -- and I feel like I must be the luckiest gal around. :)