Hard to believe that a year ago, Candace was sharing your birth story of how she watched a rainbow being born. We got to see your handsome, squishy face for the first time. My sweet, baby boy.

Can you believe that you’re already one whole year old now? I sure can’t. As the saying goes, the days are long, but the years are short and oh, little man, they are so short. You got so big so fast!

And now you’re destroying my house, getting into all kinds of mischief, and eating everything in sight. I do mean EVERYTHING. You don’t want to know what I have had to dig out of your little mouth. Which is quite dangerous now because you have 5 teeth.

So on March 14th, we purposely let you eat off the floor because your birthday only happens once a year and you only turn 1 once! And you really enjoyed that frosting.

And of course we had to clean you up too! That kind of mess required a hose down and tubby in the sink.

Emerson, you've brought us so much joy in your short time here and life just wouldn't be the same without you. We love your personality and are so excited to watch you grow over your next year. We love you!

- Mama Virginia Lee