Happy 1st Birthday London!!

London is ONE!!!  I think this has been the fastest year of my life.  I don't know how London could possibly be one already.  I was so excited when we found out we were having a little girl and she turned out to be more perfect than I could have ever imagined!  Her crystal blue eyes catch attention every where we go.  Now her little personality is shining through and she is quite the entertainer.  She is also quite the talker and has a pretty extensive vocabulary for a 1 yr old.  She loves to tease and be teased.  She loves music and will sing and dance as soon as she hears a single note.  Her dance moves are always on beat and they are not few by any means. She loves her big brother and thinks he is the funniest person on the planet.  They have a very sweet brother/sister relationship (hopefully it will keep progressing that way!).

Unfortunately, I had to work on London's birthday (so I thought).  I took her into school and we were surprised by her classroom being all decorated for her big day!  Her teacher's were all there eagerly awaiting her arrival so they could give her lots of birthday wishes!  We took in mini cupcakes for all of the babies (and teachers) to enjoy!

Shortly after I arrived at work, I received a call from the school letting me know Hudson had a stomach virus that was going around and I needed to pick him up.  They told me 22 of the 26 kids in his class were out sick with this virus!  I decided to leave London at school to keep them separated.  I really didn't want her to get a stomach virus on her 1st birthday.  But as luck would have it, I received a second call from the school after lunch saying poor little London also had the virus.  I went to the school and picked her up and sadly we spent her 1st birthday battling a nasty stomach virus.  This virus turned out to be a long lasting virus and I had to stay at home with them almost the entire week!  Somehow, probably with my obsessive act of disinfecting everything all day, everyday, I avoided getting it.  On top of this, we had a huge birthday party for both Hudson & London planned on Saturday.  I had originally planned to take Friday off of work to prepare.  Instead, I had to prepare while taking care of two sick kiddos.  However, with the help of my parents & Jason we were able to pull it off (party post coming soon)!

Here are London and her teachers at her school party:

 
Mrs. Anderson:  She is fantastic!  She was also Hudson's teacher when he was an infant and we became friends during that time.  She invited me to go to a scrapbooking class with her which I used to go to once a month until London came along.  Hopefully I can start back up before too long!  Mrs. Anderson is super duper creative and is extremely thoughtful.  I never have to worry if my kids are ok or if they are being loved on during the day because I know she makes sure they are well taken care of! 

Mrs. Ewers: She has become very special to London and London has become very special to her.  I will never forget when she told me, "I have been around a lot of babies in my time but this one...this one is definitely the sweetest baby I've ever seen!".  She made London a very pretty bracelet with London's name on it for her birthday.  It fits me now so I told her I will enjoy it until London grows into it and then I promise to pass it down to her.  She told me she had to do something special for London's birthday because she is so special to her.  One day she asked me if she could be London's adoptive Grandma!  And again, I never doubt if my babies are getting enough love and attention at Primrose!  Love them!

Ms. McBride: She always lights up when we bring London in and she always greets us with the best smile.  I've never seen her when she wasn't happy.  She is the one who likes to play with London's hair and she always gives her really cute ponytails!


Ms. Meeks wasn't there when I took the pictures but she is also a wonderful teacher and loves London very much.  We are very grateful to have such wonderful women taking such great care of our baby girl!