Weslyn's 1st Birthday

This sweet girl's 1st year flew by. She's been an incredible addition to our family and has changed our lives for the good. Her presence challenges me to be a better wife, mother, friend...person. I think it's amazing how God can trust us with something so helpless and precious, then this helpless being can change us for the better. My perspective is different. I'm less judgmental, more patient, and not as selfish. It took a lot of pain and stretching, but God has certainly used Weslyn to make me more like Him. I'm still  so far from it, but blessed to have gone through the hard "first year" to get me closer to Him. God uses what she's teaching me to be an example for her. How amazing is that? We're so blessed to have this girl in our lives.

Celebrating her birth was everything I imagined it would be. Our wonderful family was there along with two of my closest friends; influential women in Weslyn's life. I dreamed of a sunny day with her cousins running thru the sprinkler, Kobe getting into the kiddy pool and Weslyn eating her cake. I thought if just one of these things could happen, it would make my day. All of it happened. It was so much fun and I wouldn't have had it any different.

Thank you to both of my sweet sisters, Lynn and Byerly, for taking these photos. You captured my perfect day!