On Saturday we celebrated Maddie's first birthday with our family and I was really impressed with how well Aidan handled it. When I was a little girl and my sister had her first birthday party, I was three or four years old and insisted that my dad take me outside to ride my bike during the festivities. When he declined, I threw a full-blown tantrum, which was pretty atypical for me. I figured it would be normal for Aidan to feel jealous of Maddie getting all the attention and we might have to help him through it, but he seemed genuinely excited for Maddie's party and let her have the spotlight. It can be so frustrating and exhausting and sometimes even heartbreaking to be a mom to a toddler... these moments are perfect silver linings that help me shift perspective and say, "Oh, yeah, I am having some sort of influence for the good!"
It's hard to believe that Maddie is already a year old. She has really come into her own. She loves to play with her brother and is a total people-person. She has a fiesty little temper and let's you know when she doesn't like something, but overall she is a happy camper that's really easy-going. She's doing this funny crab-crawl thing and won't swallow solid food yet that isn't pureed... but she loves to chew on it for awhile and then spit it out. She loves to talk and gets very upset if she feels left out. She is our beautiful, joy-filled daughter and it's so fun to see her personality reveal itself. She's so different than Aidan! Sometimes being a parent is so surreal.
Maddie loved every minute of her party. She reveled in the attention and didn't even cry when 20 people sang Happy Birthday to her and watched her try to eat a cupcake. Does that mean she's going to be the life of the party? I wonder what she will be like in 20 years. Happy Birthday, Madeleine!
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