One Year Old!

Our baby girl is one year old today! I can't believe she started out as this teeny little bundle and now she has been with us for a whole year! We love having our happy little girl in our family. Emily and Caleb have so much fun playing with her and making her laugh.

 

The hard thing about first birthdays is that the baby has no idea what is so special about the day and by the third child the parents are about out of energy. We tried our hardest to make it a fun day though.
Joseph made a special birthday breakfast of crepes with Nutella, whipped cream, and fruit for us while I was sleeping. That was pretty delicious. Then the older kids helped him make cupcakes from scratch because I forgot to buy a cake mix. We made a mini cake with the leftover batter for our mini little girl.

She didn't really know what to think of the candle.

"Is this for me?"

I blew it out really quick when she tried to grab the flame.

Then she was pretty confused by the swirls of smoke.

I do like the expression on her face in that one.

Emily was more excited than any one else for presents. What to get for a third child who is turning one? She already has more toys than she knows what to do with, and I know I bought more clothes for Emily than I needed to. We settled on a box of Kleenex (thanks to Reianna for that idea), her first toothbrush and toothpaste, and a piggy bank.

Yeah, babies don't really know what to do with presents. 

Good thing Emily was there to offer lots of advice.
And to help with the opening where necessary.

 As simple as her presents were, she loved the tissues and the piggy bank.

It was a good birthday. We love our little El-Bel and are excited to watch her grow.
And we hope she grows out of pulling this face... all the time.

Even if she doesn't, we'll keep her.
Happy birthday, Elinor!