One year ago on June 8th I held a brand new baby in my arms and wondered how I had ever lived without her in this world. Cora Nicole Wigginton, she was as sweet, soft and perfect as I knew she would be and cuddled right into my chest like a puzzle piece long missing. How could our family ever have been complete without this precious angel? It couldn't have been. I've said it before and I will say it again, I would struggle through a million horrible deliveries if it meant that Coco could join our family. She is worth it, oh so worth it.
Last week on June 8th I held a one-year-old toddler in my arms and wondered how I had witnessed a year pass by in a manner of blinks. How in the world did yesterday's newborn transform into today's wide-smiled, walking and babbling babe? Ever her lot in life, Coco's birthday fell on the boys last day of school so there were parties and events galore to attend and her birthday celebrations were sandwiched with theirs. But piggy-backed as they were, celebrating her was what this day was all about and it's so easy to do because she is so easy to love. She smiled through her waffle breakfast, beamed on our morning stroll, and didn't shy away from her cake as T's whole scout troop stood around admiring her sweetness. She opened presents, played with toys, kept her cool when Quinny commandeered the lot and reminded me that life is beautiful and precious and perfect. Cora, sweet Cora, we absolutely could not love you more. Happy birthday, my love.
I probably won't dress these sisters in the same outfits for every major milestone (probably!) but I bought these cute kitty jammies for Quinny to wear on her first birthday and I couldn't help but put Coco in them on hers. It's so much fun to have two little girls and I love the idea of them sharing life together. (Including kitty pajamas!)
Sappy, sappy Mama made James stop working at 11:59 pm and come watch our baby as the clock turned our 0-year-old Coco into a one-year-old Coco. I could have stared at that cute little bum all night long!
Fun birthday surprises for our fun birthday girl in a fun and festive birthday dining room! (With a few last day of school presents for the kids for good measure!)
Including a cheetah fidget spinner for our scary cheetah girl. She got the hang of that baby really fast but tbh, it could have been a rock painted like a cheetah and she would have been thrilled.
I mean, c'mon!!! This girl was thrilled about quite a few things in this picture, least of which was the fact that I smeared lots of syrup on that toasted waffle! Never a happier friend.
She took her first steps the Sunday before her birthday but she was still fine-tuning the process and decided to crawl on our morning jaunt and snack on the purple snow from the Jacaranda trees while she was at it.
One one balloon for our one-year old (with three pink ones for extra pizzazz!)
First she picked off every strawberry and threw them on the ground...then she went for the cake. Because hey, we're all about healthy eating over here but birthday's are definitely cheat days!
Happy birthday beautiful Cora. You are such a bright light in my life and I couldn't feel more honored to be your Mom (especially when I saw you devour that cake, wink wink! #thatsmygirl).
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