One year ago today I wrote my first blog post.
This is the photo that accompanied it.
This is that sweet girl several months later, doing her own laundry.
photos courtesy of Suzanne McElvy
This was taken at Christmas, 2011.
Like Baby Z, my blog has grown over the past year, thanks to YOU. Your posts and comments have inspired and encouraged me; I look forward to another year with you, celebrating life.
Hi Patti, she is very gorgeous
Looking forward to read your next post 
Happy first birthday for your blog
Thanks, Yulia!
Oh Patti, my heart has melted, what joy and delight…
Happy first on your blog, you’r doing a fine job…
Blessings – Maxi
She has a way of melting one’s heart, Maxi. Thank you.
Congrats on your anniversary. And what a sweet little girl!
Thanks, Dianna. She is a sweetie!
Oh she is beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing those pictures with us!!! Happy anniversary and keep on blogging—love to read what you have to write!
Thank you, Beth Ann.
What a wonderful way to ‘track’ the growth of your blog, Patti. She is adorable! Happy anniversary – and happy birthday to the little one.
Thanks, Lenore. I had to look to see what my first post was, so it seemed only right to follow up on that.
Grandchildren, grandsons or granddaughters, nothing like it. LD said it, “what a wonderful way to remember the growth of your blog.” Congratulations.
Thanks, Georgette. Grandchildren are the best invention, aren’t they?
Yes, congratulations, Patti! I’m sure the year has raced by, especially as you look at your precious granddaughter and see how fast she’s grown.
Thanks, Susan. She’s already learned, “No.” But she says it so sweetly.
Aw, baby Z is adorable. Congrats on a year of blogging!
Thank you, Darla.
aww! happy 1 year blogiversary!!!
Thanks, Theresa.
Reblogged this on Change is Never Ending.
Patti, such precious pictures!
Happy Blogiversary! So happy to have connected with you last year–you’ve been a bright spot to my days!
Thank you, Cynthia. I, too, am glad we connected.
What a beautiful way to mark one year of blogging. A big congrats to you on this achievement. Looking forward to read lot more in coming years.
Thanks, Arindam. I shall look forward to following your blog, as well.
She is precious and has grown so much! Congrats on one year!! May God continue to bless your writing!
Thank you, Jayne. Your post inspired my post for tomorrow.
Doing laundry – glad to see you are instilling that work ethic – I was working in the steel mill at 3 and part timing at the hardware store. Or so it seems.
I hear ya, Carl. We owned a business when our daughter was born, so she’s been working her whole life.
What a cutie…..she is a doll. And thanks for the gift of your blog.
Thank you, winsomebella. Your kind words are a gift.
Happy Blogaversary, my dear friend!! How often I thank God for bringing us together! And your little grand is too cute for words.
Thanks, Trece. I, too, am thankful we’ve met.
Happy anniversary, Patti! And your little grand daughter is soooo cute…love those bright blue eyes!! I bet she gets anything she wants when she looks at you with those eyes!!
Thanks, Patti. I’ve never seen such big blue eyes. Oh, she has people…standing in line to serve! lol
Congratulations! Loved the pictures too.
I started posting consistently just few days before you did!
Nancy
Thanks, Nancy. I’m surprised at how many bloggers I’ve found who all started about the same time.
Many thanks for all the pictures, stories and laughs over the past 8 months that I have been blogging. I truly love your posts and look forward to each new one.
Thanks, Drusilla. I always find your blog warm and welcoming.
Awww Patti Baby Z is a sweetie! Congratulations on your year of blogging! I enjoy visiting here and I am looking forward to your next year of blogging too
Thank you. I appreciate your visits, and enjoy your blog, too.
Your granddaughter is precious! Congrats on the one year of blogging. I’m glad you started blogging because I have enjoyed getting to know you through your posts and comments. Here’s to another year (and more)
Thanks, Janna. Yours was one of the first blogs I read, thanks to Jennifer at sasfiction. Yes, to another year, cheers!
Simply adorable, Patti. They grow so quickly. Congrats on your first year of blogging, and here’s to many, many more.
Thanks, Laura. They do grow quickly, and we don’t want to miss any of it, do we?
I wish wordpress had ‘Love This’ and a ‘So Sweet’ buttons for sweet photos and posts like this one. Congratulations on the anniversary of your first year of blogging. I wish you many many more!
Thanks, E.C. Yes, sometimes the “like” button just isn’t enough!
Congrats… going on a year myself.
Good for you, Patricia. So many of us started blogging around the same time, guess we have a message to share.
Good for you Patti – March 1 will be the first anniversary of my blogging and I am overwhelmed by the people I have met in that time.
I thought you’d been blogging longer than that, Judith. Sitting here listening to the wind gusts rattle the windows, a powdery cover of snow on the ground, I think it’s time to pay you a visit!
That baby Z is so precious, and I love the pink cape photo! ~ Lynda
Oh dear… having had a babyless life I got so excited about the cutie-pie that I forgot to congratulate you on your first year of blogging! Congratulations! ~ L
Thanks, we’re awfully fond of her.
The cape was a gift from one of my daughter’s friends. Thank you. 