It’s true. Our little girl turned one year old last Thursday, the 24th. It makes me a little sad to think that her infant pudge is melting away before my eyes, but it’s hard to be sad for long when I think about all the amazing new things she is doing. She is growing into such a sweet little girl with a fun, playful personality. On her birthday, Ross and I took her to breakfast on the downtown mall where she got to pick apart and eat her very own blueberry waffle. It was bittersweet for us to think that a year ago she could barely see us, and now she can sit there and eat a blueberry waffle all by herself. (Well ok, i cut it up into manageable bites). Daddy had to work the rest of the day, so I took her to the park across the street where she likes to look at the fountains, swing on the swings, and walk all around the different types of terrain.
Then the next day we had a big birthday bash with around 30 people including family and our friends with babies. The theme was dinosaurs (Ross got to pick) so I managed to “girlify” with plastic dinos with pink ribbons around their necks, pink dinosaur iced cookies, etc. etc. It was so nice to have everyone there to celebrate Ila’s life, and hopefully one day she’ll get to look back on all the pictures and videos and really appreciate it too. From her perspective I think she was a bit curious as to why she was dressed in such a frilly dress, why she had a hat strapped to her head, and why there were so many people surrounding her giving her brightly colored bags with ribbons. She definitely liked the carrot cupcake with icing though, especially the discovery of this thing called high fructose corn syrup. (So at least the cake part was healthy).
We are so thankful for our first year with her. Every moment is truly a blessing and make us better people.
Thanks to everyone who made her birthday special!
