happy birthday to lu!

when we went to bed last night lulu was one...

then we wake up today and she is this many...

(I love that I can see a little bit of lipstick in the corner of her mouth from when she seized her opportunity to smear it all over her face while i was on the phone with kristin. i was distracted for 45 seconds tops. she's just that good. or bad. depending on how you look at it.)

it feels like it happened just like that. overnight. like yesterday she looked like this...

and, poof, she wakes up like this...

we just announced that she was home...

and now we are announcing that she is TWO...

she may be a year older, but she is still "Her Loveliness".

have you heard the line bruno mars sings about her?

"and when you smile

the whole world stops and stares for awhile

'cause you're amazing

just the way you are"

you are amazing, just the way you are.

you have changed our lives.

you have changed our hearts.

and you are changing before our eyes.

but this will never change:

you are ours.

you may no longer be a baby,

but you are our baby.

we love you, dear lulu.