2011- The fastest year of our lives!

One year ago today, around this time, Chris and I were staring in awe at our just-born little girl! Madeline Lea Hughes was born 12/27/2010 at 8:36 pm. She weighed 6 lbs, 8 oz. She was PERFECT in every way. Flash forward one year. We have a silly & sweet one year old girl. A walker, a talker, and a very busy little girl. And, she is still perfect! :)

I honestly cannot believe that our baby girl is one. I don't even think we can call her a baby anymore. It has been such a joy for Chris and I to get to know this little baby that we created. She truly is a gift from God. Every milestone, every "first" has been more exciting than I could dream of.

Here are a few pictures from that night, one year ago.

What the heck just happened to me?

All better. My mommy is holding me for the very first time!

Maddie also had her first Christmas this weekend and had so much fun spending time with her grandparents, aunts and uncles and her cousins. I'll post about that later in the week. For now, I just wanted a post devoted solely to our precious ONE year old Madeline.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MADDIE!!

Our little runner!

Tonight Madeline and Chris had some daddy-daughter bonding while I was out to eat with Danielle. When I called Chris, he had been chasing Madeline around the house. (She LOVES to be chased!) Here's a cute video he took when following her. Yes, she's holding her pants in her hand. No, I don't know why.

It is officially one week until our little baby girl turns ONE! Can you believe that?

I have been trying to upload a video of Maddie walking but I cannot seem to get it to work. I think I found a solution. Here's a video from Chris's phone of Madeline walking across the room to me. Look at her go!

And- a couple of pictures from the last few weeks.

Madeline in her UK tutu (her aunt Laura made this!) cheering on the CATS! The tutu was our good luck charm against UNC. Unfortunately, she didn't wear it when we played IU...and you saw what happened. She'll definitely be wearing it against UL!!

We took a trip to the zoo and had a lot of fun. Madeline pointed at the animals and said "ghh." I think "ghh" is her go-to word. She uses it for everything except "mama" "dada" and "Stella." .