I don't know how a whole year has gone by, but it has. Grace's birthday went pretty well, but a little more stressful than I expected. I was told later that all future birthday parties for your kids will be stressful and crazy, so just brace yourself for it. Hmmm, I don't know how I feel about that.
Grace was born on the same day as my best friend Kylie's birthday. Ky flew out from Texas to be with her "birthday buddy". It was so wonderful to see her! 21 years we've been best friends...
So I worked and planned out a sweet little lamby cake for Grace, and a fancy delicious Moon Pie dessert for Ky (which Ben applied his culinary skills to, and it was a hit!) The lamby turned out pretty great, I thought, but apparently Grace is scared of fire (who woulda thought...) and started screaming as we shoved the candle into her face. A logical reaction, but made me a little sad, as I had envisioned a perfect little puckered mouth blowing out the candle, applause, and little cheeks and hands covered in chocolate and whipped cream. Alas, none of this happened. There was a little applause and laughter when she started screaming, I blew out the candle, and she didn't touch the cake. Until 3 days later when I fed her a little leftovers on a fork.
Oh well, I guess we'll wait for next year...
But once she was free from her chair and able to roam the grass with all the kids, she was as happy as a 1 year old should be! LOVED all her toys, and ended the day exhausted but happy.
