You are one year old. I can't believe the day came and went so fast! It was a great day! I'm not gonna lie! We woke up and took our beautiful birthday girl to breakfast! That was a little rough. You were impatient and for some reason IHOP was very busy! ;) We walked around until our food arrived. I think you enjoyed your eggs and pancakes! :)
We basically spent the rest of the day getting ready for your party. We really didn't want to have your party on your birthday but there was no other day to do it on. I spent the day baking and getting things organized and then finally it was time to head up to decorate. Let me note, when we planned your birthday we didn't even consider the Bountiful City Pioneer Day Parade. I assumed that the parade would take place on the 24th, but nope. It took place the 23rd exactly the same time as your party, 6 o'clock. It was crazy traffic at 5 when we headed up to the park. This caused many of our guests to either be very late or not come at all unfortunately. :(
You sat in your high chair while we decorated the park! It looked pretty good! You spent your party being passed around from person to person. Luckily, you are doing better with people who are not Mom and Dad. We had 2 games at your party, one was guess how old Olivia was in each picture and the other was a quiz about you! Valerie Eddings and Sue Hyer won the picture game and Ron Hyer won the quiz about you. We then opened presents. You weren't quite into this part. It was weird, every present that was given to you was in a bag. You didn't open a single wrapped gift. They were all in gift bags. You had a hard time when we would take the toys away. It was so sad, but adorable.
Then it was time for the cake smash. I had no idea how it was going to go. You love your food, but your brother barley touched his cake. We sang to you and I made it through with crying, though it was a close call! It's always my favorite part of any birthday and yours was no different. There I was, crouched down next to you holding your cake and thinking about all the beautiful and wonderful memories the past year had held for you and me. From you being a tiny infant to a crawling almost toddler. I loved looking around and seeing all the amazing people who love you! We are so lucky to have such an incredible support system! And of course I was looking at you. My incredibly smart and beautiful little girl who was leaving the baby years behind her. Birthdays are so bitter sweet but I sure do love celebrating them!
After singing I set the cake down in front of you and just watched. At first all you could get was frosting and you started to get done really fast. (It was VERY rich frosting) But then when you started getting to the cake you got so excited! Once you had enough cake and learned how fun it was to take both your hands, raise them above your head, and smash them down on the cake. You threw that cake every where. You literally had a cake smash! It was so cute and fun to watch! I love that you were so happy!
We used some of Sue's emergency water to wash you up. Luckily it was very warm since it had been in the car! You loved that almost as much as you loved the cake smash itself. Daddy washed you up and I loved getting to just watch your relationship with your Dad. He loves you so much! You guys just laughed at each other as he wipped all the cake off your face, tummy, arms, and legs!
Then we cleaned up and hauled everything home. By this time it was almost nine. As much as I knew you needed to get to bed, I wanted a moment to just sit, enjoy you, and have some quiet family time. So your Dad, Bently, me, and you all sat in our family room read some of your new books and played with some of your new toys. That was one of the top moments of the day. Just enjoying you and watching you interact with Bently and your new toys. There is something magical in little perfect moments like those. I hope you always keep your eyes open and notice them when they come around. Those are the moments that make life worthwhile.
I love you my beautiful one year old. I love watching your personality develop and I love watching your grow and learn. I am grateful to have you as my daughter.
I love you forever!
Mom
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