Birth Day

What, exactly, does a 1 year old do on her first birthday?



After some cozy time with her parents in bed, she eats her usual breakfast of magic tummy porridge, plays for a while, and then heads back to bed for her morning nap. Upon waking, she runs some errands with mommy and then has lunch at Vallarta's together with friends, Maxwell, Marilyn and Deanna...then back to bed for an afternoon nap (hopefully!) and well-rested ready to party! Grandma happened to popped by bringing gifts and birthday cheer-- just in time to join the festivities: present-opening, play and cake!



Audrey was very taken with all of her gifts, but was also very happy with the Elmo gift bag. Among other thing she got her first horse--a talking rocking horse we have named, 'Tonto'. Also, she got a Nintendog --a Golden Retriever puppy named Obi. Other really cool gifts included U2 & Cold Play lullabies (too cool to pass up.)



Audrey's first cake was quite a hit, although it took her a while to catch on to the idea. She enjoyed eating some, hitting it really hard with a fork and then burned out, as one often does with bakery cake.



It all starts out very dignified...



a taste...a lick of the fingers...



then comes the fork; all the better to shovel with!



Heck--who needs a fork?!



...and the grand finale is when she discovers how fun it is to use a cake as a drum! (as pictured below)



Audrey post-cake...perfectly happy with her daddy and new puppy, 'Obi.'



P.S. Once she seemed to be burned out on cake, we offered her a bowl of yogurt, which she happily scarfed, and chased with tomatoes and hummus on rye bread. A very proud moment for her parents.