And what's a trip to the beach without tasting the sand?
After naps the boys taste-tested fluffy blue frosting as I iced the cake.
We invited our neighbors over to celebrate with us and the kids had fun making forts out of the sofa cushions and playing with baloons.
Christian "lasted" until about 7 pm at which point we cerimoniously produced a cupcake with a candle, took a picture, and promptly put him to bed. The rest of us partied on.This first birthday is not just a celebration of a year in a child's life, or even a celebration of the having survived all sickness and made it to the first year (a real cause for celebration in so many developing countries) It is, afterall, also a celebration of the PARENTS having survived baby's first year--ever a reason for a party if there was one! We are so thankful at God's sovereign placement of this incredible child in our home.
