Keziah’s First Birthday: Part I March 31, 2011

Keziah’s very first birthday was Tuesday! Though it’s cliche, I can hardly believe that she is already a year old. We had a great party on Sunday afternoon to celebrate. My parents were able to be up for the weekend to celebrate with us (and help us with all the party prep). It was wonderful to have them in town for a few days. My mom made two amazing cakes ahead of time – one chocolate and one lemon (just for Tom). I, being the very domestic woman that I am, had it in my heart to decorate her cake and to make her some special carrot cupcakes for her birthday. I wasn’t ready to test out chocolate with her just yet and had a great recipe in a baby cookbook I received at a shower. After a brief trip to Common Roots Cafe, we spent Saturday cleaning, decorating, baking and re-arranging. My dad even built us a coffee table that attaches to a bookshelf we already have while Tom enjoyed using our steam mop on almost every surface possible in the house. Needless to say, preparing for a party was more work than I imagined, but was worth it. Thanks, Mom and Dad, for all of your help!
On Sunday, after church and some last minute arranging, we had a great time with our natural and spiritual family celebrating Keziah. Her YiaYia and Papa O (my parents) had a great time talking with her surrogate grandparents from church and we all enjoyed watching her enjoy her party. It was wonderful and everyone fit in our house pretty well. She seemed to thoroughly enjoy her special cupcake and spent a long time breaking it apart and eating it. She only got upset after she had been sitting there awhile and decided she’d had enough! (Well, that time and when I bumped her head on a chair during gift time, but . . . ) She was beautiful in her party dress and it made up for the fact that she slept until a half-hour into her own party! She (we) were blessed with lots of amazing gifts and with our friends and family at our side to celebrate.

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