Almost a year - already??

Dear Isabella, Can you believe it, we are getting ready to celebrate your FIRST BIRTHDAY! How exciting! My Bean, you are the sweetest thing in my life and make me smile every day. I know everyone says this about all kinds of things, but TIME has just been FLYING by. This year has been such a whirlwind. I love you more every single day, can you even believe that? Lately you have been having fun talking to your friend Other Baby in the reflection, and you even offer each other your toys. Somehow she's always wearing the same clothes and always has the same toy. And you sure interrupt each other a lot. But you're always SO happy to see each other. You have also been having fun putting your toys inside each other. The other day you tried to put Minnie Mouse in your oven, and you kept putting your yellow kitchen spoon into your green garbage can. You also love to put your crab and octopus tub toys inside your bath cup. You are learning how to put the stacking rings onto the pin, and you love mixing and matching your stacking cups by putting them inside each other. You're getting to be quite the character, sweet pea, and I love watching you learn and grow and discover. What a year it has been! Love, Mommy