Finley's 1st bday

I love this. It reminds me of the story of the 3 Bears - Papa Bear's chair, Mama Bear's chair and Baby Bear's chair!

Finley turned 1 on March 17th! I can't believe she is a year old. Man, what a year it was. I often think back to when she was just 10 days old and we were getting our house ready for the inspection when we sold it the first time (it later fell through and we had to sell it again) and she just laid on the changing table without making a peep the whole time. I remember kind of forgetting about her and being so busy with staging the house and getting it perfect.

She has been an absolute dream over the past year. I cannot imagine doing everything we did and having any other baby. She has been a godsend, a blessing and a joy. She always has a smile on her face and is content to play quietly all day long. She adores her brother and sister and they love her beyond words. They fight over who gets to sit by her at meal times and usually each move their chair on either side of her so that everyone gets to sit by Finley. Many times, Finley refuses to let me feed her, but will happily take a spoon full of oatmeal from Berkeley. She gets at least a million kisses every day from them. Berkeley plays with her, holds her and makes her laugh. She refers to Fin as her 'beauty' girl instead of her 'cutie' girl. Oliver is fiercely protective of her. When she starts heading toward the fire place he takes on the stance of a football player and uses his body to try and block her while yelling "Mom! Finley is heading towards the fire place!!" What a great big brother. He too, hugs and kisses her almost as much as Berkeley does and loves to "read" books to her.

She is the only one of our babies who has gone into the nursery at church at this age and has made it through the entire service without crying. I have never had a baby quite like her and I have just thoroughly enjoyed every minute of her. She is still so tiny. I took her in for her 1 yr check up and she only weighs 15 lbs 9 oz and still wears some 6 month clothes. I'm not complaining...I want her to stay little for as long as possible.

We love you Finley, our teeny tiny baby button. We look forward to celebrating many more birthdays with you!