A Bundle of Myrrh

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Here are some pictures from Lily’s first birthday party. Mom and the girls helped me make special party hats for everyone to wear. Lily didn’t leave hers on very long unfortunately.

The Munderlohs, Leanna and Vernon and granddaughter Makala came over to celebrate with us.

Sara helped me decorate the chocolate chip cupcake cake!

Lily was more interested in trying to figure out why everyone was looking at her and singing than in the deliciousness in front of her.

She never got much further than just holding it.

She gave it a little taste but was still trying to figure out what was going on and what was on everyone’s heads.

Especially what was going on with daddy.

We all played pin the stem on the flower!

Phil lost.

Birthday #1 was a blast. Can’t wait till next year!

Lily is a year old today!

All good things must come to an end and it’s a good thing! Here is the finally installment in the “12 months of Lily” (of which there exist only 11 installments and were almost only 10).

I was lucky to get one more pose out of Lily, she is getting way too busy to be sitting for a silly portrait! I’ll let all of you see what I mean for yourselves.

Oh! This one would have been good but I had to be all shakey!

Oh well. I gave up.

Then she was out the door and smiling so pretty for her picture…going…

going….

gone.
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I wrote this a year ago to our sweet newborn baby Lily. What a joy to have experienced all the changes she’s gone through this year. I look forward to seeing all the ways she’ll keep growing and changing in the next.

Lily Ruth, you’ve been with Mama and Daddy for one week. How quickly the days have gone. To think seven days ago you were still in my tummy. I loved to feel you moving around in there; kicking, squirming and even those hiccups that sometimes seemed would never go away. I do miss that special time when you grew inside me, watching my belly get bigger and bigger with you and seeing the smiles on the faces of others as we all waited for you. I miss how much your Daddy would talk to my tummy knowing you could hear him and the joy of those first kicks even he was able to feel. Now that you are here, I feel relief to finally be able to see you, hear you and touch you. What joy each of these bring us, every movement, every sigh, every little squeak and grunt you make. What a miracle Jesus has made for us, every detail of you is perfect. You are our little blessing and you’ll grow and grow until this small fragile bundle is just a memory. I will miss this tiny you but know you’ll bring us so much more joy as we watch you become the fat funny baby, the playful little girl, the teenager and someday the woman the Lord is making you.