A lot can happen in a year...

I never really truly understood how much a year can bring change until I had Mabel. It really does put things in perspective. Yesterday morning when I was getting Mabel dressed she saw this little polka-dot dress in her closet and gave me the "ooooohhhhh...." that makes me know she has chosen what she wants to wear. It was one of my favorite little outfits from last year. A sweet little green onsie with a little dress that fits over it...surely that wouldn't still fit! Well it did, a bit shorter, but over all still looked so cute. We paired it up with a pair of orange pants and viola, or "Ta-Da" as Mabel says, a perfect little outfit.

After seeing her in that all I could picture was her last year at this time in that same outfit. So here is a picture of Mabel last year at the end of May. I never really thought of Mabel as bald, but looking at the pictures I realize she was! She's still Mabel though, still giving me that "Really? You're taking another picture?" look. I'm excited that she's able to wear a lot of the cute little clothes we have from last year. I guess she's a peanut, she still wears cloths that say 6 months! But she was always tiny since she was a month early, we just kept thinking she would one day get huge and last year bought lots of 9 month clothes for the summer that I guess luckily still fit!

Last year at this time I had NO idea of what we would be going through in the fall in winter with Mabel's hip dysplasia. I really had no clue what life was bring our way. I'm happy with the progress that Mabel is making and hope soon to report that she is taking her first steps...my fear? She does it when I'm at work!!! I'm not so secretly scared to miss that very important moment, and with all the work I've put into helping her with her physical therapy...well it would be really hard for me to miss that! You can't plan these things, right?

Anyway...look at Miss Mabel, more hair, much taller, so much stronger and I never thought it was possible but even cuter! Poor little thing has a cold (as do I), but still photographs very well I must say! I can honestly say from the beginning with Mabel every second I get to spend with her is the best time of my life...she is so much fun and makes me smile no matter what - even through the hard stuff!