what a difference a year makes

Our second Christmas with Hesper was a completely different experience to her first one. Last year, she was still in her bouncer, not walking and not really aware of what was going on... plus I just remember feeling so exhausted on Christmas day! This year, she it felt more like her first "proper" Christmas  as she sat on our bed in the morning opening her stocking presents to shrieks of "Wow!" and dragged any visitor by the hand to the advent calender in the hope of more chocolate! With the feeling now that Christmas is done for another year and a new year approaching, I am well aware that our third Christmas with her will be so different again, not that I am wishing the year away already, but I just love seeing the changes in her each day.