To Me!!
Is it wrong for me to say that?
My Pop Pop said it with a voice-mail message;
My sister said it with a Facebook post;
My mom said it with a phone-call;
but, my husband’s way of saying it took the cake..
or….
cookie.
On my 1/2 birthday last year, I came home to a fantastic smelling house,
and this

little masterpiece, sitting on my kitchen counter.
The photo is backwards, because I didn’t have a camera handy, and I was 3 months pregnant, and a trifle lazy, so I snapped this shot with my good ol’ PhotoBooth.
On my 1/2 birthday last year, I couldn’t believe that I would be meeting my daughter in a mere 6 months.
Actually, on my 1/2 birthday last year, I didn’t yet know that I was having a daughter. Although, I kinda already did.
On my 1/2 birthday last year, I was still sleeping through the night.
On my 1/2 birthday last year, I did not yet know that I would soon be meeting my best friend, and that in the span of mere months, my heart would grow larger than I could have ever, ever imagined.
 
On my 1/2 birthday this year, I am grasping onto time, as it flies by me, too too quickly.
And so, in the 365 days that have passed since the last time the calendar read October 11,
so much has changed;
I became a mommy,
and the world is a whole new place.
Yet, I’m happy to know that some things have stayed the same.
You see, when I came home today,
my house had a familiar, fantastic aroma,
as my husband surprised me with a piping hot plate of Tollhouse cookies.
Yes, half birthdays are pretty sweet,
but they’re even sweeter when served with chocolate chips.