This girl melts my heart. She is an amazing gift. I cannot imagine life without her. I can't believe two years ago I thought our family was complete. Little did we know we had a huge gaping hole that a beautiful, precious, spunky little girl needed to fill. I stand in awe of God's greatness when I look at her. I had no idea what was best for me. But He did. And I'm so overwhelmingly thankful. I love this girl to pieces.
Her smile gets me every single time. And her laugh- be still my heart. She is so much fun.
Her actual birthday was while we were still in Senegal. We did a little celebration there.
She got to eat one of her favorites- spaghetti. We got the orange cheeks free of charge!
She also got some ice cream since we didn't have a stove where we were to make a cake.
She enjoyed her share and some of her brothers. They were so sweet feeding her.
My mom came for two weeks and met us in Bamako on our return from Senegal so we had her "real" party at home. Not that we did much, just presents and cake. (I'm hoping I can get this girl to go many years without parties that include games and a lot of work).
She also wanted to share everything, like Kenan at his first birthday.
Her brothers were just as excited about her gifts (and helping her open them) as they are with their own birthdays. They made sure she didn't linger too long on one gift. :)
Sunglasses from Mémère and toys from Grandma.
She was not into the cake but I made her eat some. I mean, it's her first birthday, I'm supposed to have cake pictures!
Dancing with her daddy. She loves him so much. And he is pretty smitten on her as well.
She started walking at 11 months, just a few steps at a time, but right after her birthday she really took off. She became a WALKER...going everywhere!
We love our dear Havie so very much and are so thankful for the precious girl she is.
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