Claire's latest favorite toy is a Happy Easter helium ballon that was part of a birthday gift from Sam Burns. It has lost enough of the helium that it floats around the floor and slowly drifts up. It has been a permanent fixture in our living room the last few days and has made a few narrow escapes from the ceiling fan. I'm not sure what we'll do when it finally deflates.
In honor of your first birthday, I'm offering a flashback to your actual birth day. What a wonderfully exciting day we had on April 24, 2008. (I feel tired just looking at these pictures.) I can't believe you're already a year old! Mommy and Daddy have sure learned a lot over the past year!
Tonight we celebrated Claire's first birthday with David's parents. She LOVED her new wooden puzzles and other gifts from Grandma and Grandpa and her Leap Frog bus and new dress from Aunt Nancy and Uncle Bruce.
Thank you all!
Another perk of turning one... cupcakes for dinner!
Daddy even ordered up a rainbow to put the finishing touches on Claire's special day!
Zuko's dog food? You protest by pulling all the stuff off
Mommy's pantry shelves.
(Yes, we seem to eat a lot of microwave rice.)
I also happened to catch her standing alone for a few seconds. She usually stands alone only when she's prepoccupied with something else and doesn't realize she's doing it.