Chase – One Year

Chaser,

It’s official, it has been for a week or so, you are no longer a baby, you are a one year-old. You have officially moved into the toddler phase. I’m not sure that I have ever appreciated how much can change in a year and how fast one can go before you.

Somewhere in the span of this year your personality formed and now you show it off like a badge every day. When you smile, you do so with your entire face, and you show off that smile at every opportunity. You can also do things with your eyebrows that Elvis himself would be jealous of.

Despite your nicknames and how often I call you a little brat you really are one of the happiest babies toddlers I know. You wake up giggling and chatting to yourself, until I come in with your morning bottle and turn on Mickey Mouse. Someday I will build a shrine to that little mouse for the extra hour of quiet sleepy time he provides me in the morning.

I found myself going through photos of you from your first months and while I was a little sad I’m also incredibly excited about the year to come. I can’t wait to watch you and see all the changes you make. I know that soon you will have to share the spotlight with a little brother or sister but I will love you all the same and you will always be my baby.

Happy Birthday little man.

Love Mama