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Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts

Sunday, October 24, 2010

My girl is one

2 comments Posted by Todd & Chelsea at 2:11 PM


(if you can't tell her shirt is a cupcake with one candle on it :)
My baby is one.....sigh. I decided to spend the day doing things Lyla loves. We had a picnic at the park, ate all her favorite foods and moved out all the furniture in the living room and played with toys all day. For her party, I decided to have it that Saturday with just family. The over-doer in me wanted to do a big grandiose bash, but then I realized doing that would mean I would spend the whole day getting ready for adults and not Lyla. I'd be paying attention to hosting and cleaning, etc, and NOT her....so we did it small but fun. We blew up the swimming pool and filled it with balls, one of Lyla's fav. The party treats were toddler food and everyone pretty much sat on the floor. Lyla had fun playing with all her stuff with the cousins and was spoiled rotten. I think she had a pretty good day:) I did good most the day but I have to admit I started choking up when we started singing her happy birthday. I don't know why, just thinking this is my sweet little miracle baby here, and celebrating one whole year of life. It really is quite amazing when you think about it. She is simply amazing. Really, she is.
Playin
 The birthday chair!

TOYS!! We got her the wagon which she LOVES

The CAKE & Cupcakes: Caterpillars to Butterfly. Get it???




Opening all those gifts!

This is a cloth tent to go over a card board table Jenny made. Cute huh??








Blowing out the Candles!




Suprisingly, Lyla was super timid and wouldn't dig in. I eventually took off a chunk and gave it to her to eat. I don't think she knew what to think about that giant butterfly
YUM!

 

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Friday, August 20, 2010

One year older

0 comments Posted by Todd & Chelsea at 5:52 PM

I turned 26 on the 26th.
Pretty much since age 21, I've loathed birthdays.
Now I'm not sure why
Maybe because I felt like I was being thrust into adulthood for which I wasn't prepared.
I guess because this year has been so big for us, what with bringing a life into this world and buying a house,
for the first time in many years, I'm okay with getting older.
It's okay that the worry-free life of no responsibilities is behind me. It's been replaced with a much deeper and meaningful life.
With work and responsibility comes meaning, purpose and joy like I never known before.
Cheers to another year
I had a great birthday. Todd was at out of town for work so my mom and sisters took me to dinner and we rented a movie. I was shown lots of love by friends as well. They took me to dinner a few days later. One of my cute primary kids even brought me cookies. As did a surprise gifter! I've been thoroughly enjoying my Kandle (like for my Kindle), my food processor (best gift I've ever asked for, even if my fam thought it was lame), and look forward to the blanket my mom is making me. I felt very special

 

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