Fun with Cake

One of the things you look forward to when your child turns one is the cake and the expected mess. Well, with Ethan there was so much expectation and we did not quite get what we expected. Ethan did not like his cake and wanted it off of his hands as soon as possible. Well, then there is Miranda. First she poked the cake, got some on her fingers, put a little in her mouth and was very interested. Then Jim put on a little U2 and she got very into it. Her cake became a drum and we got the mess we always expected.

So much fun! It took a couple of tries to get the cake out of her hair. Her hair was a little greasy until we could get it all out. Worth every minute!

First Birthday Project.

Jim is all about fairness and making sure the kids are equal. Being the third boy Jim did not get quite as many pictures as the first two or the lovely girl that followed. So Jim always tries to do for Miranda what he did for Ethan. On Ethan's first birthday we got a border and put paint on his hands and feet to decorate it. It then became the frame for his one year picture (it is in the background in one of the pictures below). Lisa and Jim have more of a memory of Ethan's painting session than I since I was quite under the weather with food poisoning. Luckily, this time I was able to participate. So here are some photos from Miranda's painting session.

Miranda was much more cooperative than Ethan. Ethan did not like the paint and put up quite a fight. Miranda was very laid back and did not mind the gooey paint so much.

Auntie Lisa go the fun job of scooping off the excess, since the first hand print came out a little blurry.

Here is the finished product.

We gave Ethan a chance to make a couple of hand prints. What a different 5 years makes. In the background you can see his one year birthday project.

These are our beautiful Aunties. Auntie Lisa was our wonderful paint assistant and Auntie Dana was our lovely photographer.

Happy Birthday, Miranda!!!

A year ago today this beautiful little girl came into our lives. Boy the time goes by fast, I cannot believe she is one today. Happy Birthday to my sweet little girl!

My Favorite.

This is my all time favorite picture of Miranda (so far). Jim and I have taken thousands of pictures of her. As most babies are very wiggly and uncooperative, there is usually a good one here and there, and many funny ones in between. This one came out so perfect,I just love it!

Bath fun.

Jim decided to have a little fun at bath time. Miranda's hair is getting longer, so the mohawk was a must. We kept trying to get her to make this face where she scrunches up her nose. We thought it would complete the look. Of course she did not cooperate, but came up with some cute looks of her own.

Feeding time.

Last Friday was my mom's annual fund raising event, so we asked Nana to come and watch the kids. Ethan usually takes these evenings to try to get away with as much as possible. So when feeding time came he asked if he could feed Miranda. Nana was hoping to get this honor since she does not often get to. She definitely took one for the team and let Ethan feed Miranda the whole bottle. Thankfully she grabbed our camera and captured these photos for us.