5 day countdown

I cannot believe that we are 5 days away from celebrating Isabelle's first birthday!! How can this be? The most amazing year of my life has flown by, and the craziest part of that year is slowly becoming more and more foggy (those first 3 months!). There have been so many wonderful moments and a lot of great milestones that I am determined to remember forever.

I have not had much to show for my "crazy" month of wedding cakes ...since so many of the cakes were repeat designs I didn't even take pictures of each one! Here a few of the fun ones:Isabelle is always a great help!A groom's cake for a competitive shooter. I never knew the day would come that I'd make bullets out of sugar! Since I'm always trying to keep track of what's really important, here are some Isabelle stats:

My approximate calculation of the number of...

Bottles washed: 1,200

Diapers changed: 3500!!!

Hours of sleep lost: 455

Times I've said to Brian, "isn't she the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?": at least 320

Crockett licks: 953

Tears shed: 1 gallon (Isabelle), 1 quart (me - that's happy tears too!)

Times I've said to Isabelle, "I could eat you up!": approximately 500

Words spoken: 0 (unless you count "mamama" and "yadeee")

Pounds gained: 14 (by Isabelle and 10 by Crockett!)

Inches grown: 8

Teeth: 8

Centimeters of hair growth: 4 (that mullet is coming in nicely!)

Miles crawled: 15.25

Steps taken: 1 without assistance, 315 with help (she must be ready to walk on her own soon!?)

Seconds stood (freehanded): 25

Boo-boos: 35

Cheerios vacuumed: 1200

Cheerios consumed: 800

Pictures taken: 26,000

Videos captured: 112

Times I thought my heart stopped beating: 100

Times my heart felt so full it could burst: 1,000,000

Blessings counted: so many I've lost track, even though I count them everyday..