Well over the past year I've likened Anya to a milk-hungry grub, when she was just a newborn; a penguin or seal, whenever she wore her arms-up swaddle and reached for the bottle during night-time wake-ups; and now, constantly, a naughty little monkey.
She's got a huge loving grin and an insatiable appetite for adventure. It's impossible to lie on the floor without her climbing back and forth over your legs, and she is up the stairs in a second if you let her. She eats with all the gusto and satisfaction of her parents; giggles and chatters like a beautiful demented thing; and loves more than anything just hanging out with doting parents, grumpy cat, or friends and relatives.
A first birthday is some sort of a milestone and we feel pretty stoked to have made it in one piece. But most of all Kate and I are just loving the ride, playing with our beautiful daughter and enjoying the process of getting to know her wonderful, gentle and humorous character as she grows.
Happy Birthday, beautiful girl!
And so say all of us!!
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Happy Birthday to Anya!! One year - what a goal to have reached - the first of very many!! Love Werner & Jane (in moving mode!)
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