31536000 Seconds of Happiness

We recently celebrated 1 year or 12 months or 52 weeks or 365 days or 8760 hours or 525600 minutes or 31536000 seconds of Pookie!!! Okay she has been around longer than that; I am behind on my blogging! She was asleep for approximately 5840 hours of it, crying for about 547 hours – was that really it, I must have miscalculated!? Eating or should I say making a mess for approximately 1460 hours leaving approximately 913 hours of absolute irreplaceable joy! In the past year we estimate she has soiled over 2000 diapers, drank 8760oz of formula (the special hypo-allergenic kind at $27 a can!), thrown up on mom…we stopped counting. She has also been the recipient of countless “she is the cutest baby I have ever seen!”, “ooooohhhhhh can I hold her”, and the occasional “oh my gosh, she is HUGE!”. She also received the most phone calls in the household from family members wanting to talk to her, not us! Imagine when she can actually talk. This following has Dad worried; she instantly has every male she encounters, young or old, wrapped around her little finger ready to do anything she wants. And last but most certainly not least she has changed the lives of so many individuals, none more than the lives of her parents. We are so proud, she is such a special little girl – we know that all babies are special, especially to their own parents! But Eli, has a unique quality that seems to invite smiles and happiness anywhere she goes. People are drawn to her, we anticipate that quality will allow her to continue to influence good in this world as she grows and shares her life with each of us. Happt Birthday Eli!!