Tuesday, September 1, 2009

First Birthday Bash

My baby girl turned 1-year-old on Saturday, August 1st. We had a small, casual BBQ in her honor with a few friends, cupcakes (in the shape of a caterpillar!), and a startling large number of presents. (We didn't even give her our presents on her birthday because there were so many. And then she got TWO additional boxes FULL of presents in the following week from family members. I made a joke that our apartment should now be known as Eden's Closet, but really, it sometimes seems kind of true...)

Eden was in a great mood all day and seemed to thoroughly enjoy her party. She loves being around people, and just happily wandered around the house from one person or toy to another cheerfully chattering and pointing and laughing and exploring. She's such a great kid. She didn't really get the whole unwrapping presents process (as we expected) but she had a great time watching two friends (5-year-old twins) "assist" her and occasionally digging for a cell phone (an all-time-favorite baby toy) that we hid in a gift bag here and there.

As mentioned previously, Eden's birthday cake was actually cupcakes made to look like a caterpillar. She got her very own cupcake and had a great time taking it apart and eating it (all on camera, of course). She was actually pretty dainty with the cake at first, but eventually headed down the much anticipated shove-cake-into-face path to the enjoyment of all. Her specific cupcake (they were all different colors etc.) was vanilla with whipped cream topping and rainbow sprinkles.

Unfortunately, Peter left his camera at work, so we don't have any photos at the moment. We used our camcorder a lot though, and Pete put together a relatively short (and very sweet) birthday video that can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEr226Yvp6o.

I'm so proud of my little girl and so thankful to have shared one year of life with her! It really has gone by in a blink. She is more amazing and incredible than I could possibly describe or have ever possibly anticipated. I can't wait to see what she'll be like with each passing year.

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