To Cooper & Hadley on your 1st Birthday...

Dear Cooper Thomas & Hadley Owen,

Today you are turning one year old. How did this year pass so fast and how can you possibly already be a whole 365 days old??? What a year it has been!!!

Finding out I was pregnant, was one of the most memorable days of my life...only to be topped by they day you were born. Giving birth to you both with your Daddy by my side was simply a miracle. I can't express the joy we had meeting you for the first time! I vividly remember that cold December evening when you both made your grand entrance into this world! It seems like yesterday!

This year has brought so many firsts...from the first smiles, first coos, first laughs, first teeth, sitting up for the first time, crawling for the first time, first words, first steps....and not one has been any less exciting than the last! It seemed like with each passing day you were both learning something new and changing so fast! And I know so many more 'firsts' lay in your future & I look forward to each and every one of them!

As your birthday has been approaching, I have been reminiscing about the past year & remembering how tiny & fragile you were. It makes me sad to think about how quickly you have grown in one year, and I have been trying to etch every little detail of you into my mind so that I can remember this age forever! I have been holding you tighter, & rocking you longer, kissing & smelling your sweet smells more often! I know that you won't understand till one day you have a baby of your own, but I love you both more than words will express! And know that I am, and always will be, so proud to be your Mommy!

I love you sweet babies and Happy 1st Birthday!

With all my love,

Mommy