It's My Party And I'll Meow If I Want To

My daughter's birthday was 2 weeks ago now.  (Wow, it's been that long already?)  I know it's a bit late to be blogging about, but better late than never, that's what I always say.  Besides, I have some seriously adorable stuff to share with you.  (I know, I'm bias, but I think you just might agree!)

As we did with my son's first birthday, we just invited immediate family (grandparents, aunts, and uncles) over for the party.  Let's face it, in our tiny house, fitting that many people in was challenging enough.  I almost considered having two parties, one for each side of the family.  But then one of our family's would have gotten a half-eaten Bunny cake so...

We did then usual party thing.  Ate some food, opened some gifts, sang Happy Birthday, and ate some cake.  Nothing fancy or elaborate.  Opening the gifts went as it usually does for a 1 year old.  Slow to unwrap things and looks at things like, "OK, so what is it anyway?  Oh...I'm supposed to be excited!?!". 

One funny moment was when my daughter opened a gift from her Aunt that contained clothes.  They were so cute, and I very much appreciated the clothes.  You would think that clothing would garner little reaction from a 1 year old.  Usually when they open things, they could care less what is inside.  They are usually more interested in the wrapping paper.  So I helped my daughter open the gift, and held the clothes up for her to see.  She then takes them from my hands and throws each piece on the floor.  Huh?  That's what I would expect from a 16 year old, not a 1 year old.  :)

The other moment that was super cute was when she opened a book that Anthony and I bought for her.  It is a book that talks about 10 farm animals and it has animal sounds with the book.  Watch as she (unexpectedly) tries to meow like the cat and honk like the goose.

Another great moment from the party was my daughter digging in to her birthday cake.  She wasn't shy at all.  She just dug right in!

Here's what her cake looked like.

I think it's safe to say she really enjoyed her cake!

If only I were a kid again so I could devour a piece of cake with all the joy that she did and none of the guilt!   :)   You know what they say...you can't have your cake and eat it too, unless you want to be overweight.  What?  That's not how the saying goes?  Well it should be.

Sincerely,

The-M-O-M