How We Spent Peace's Birthday

Today, our beloved Peace turned one. (For those of you who are feeling nostalgic and want to revisit the most hilarious and heartwarming birth story ever told, go here.)

Here is how we spent our day.

6:59 am - Peace wakes up and the kids give her an old toy flute of theirs (which is one of the only toys they have left which I haven't sold or given away).

12:05 pm

12:09 pm

2:06 pm - Vernon made this delicious, healthy cake for the party.

But Ocean wanted to make a cake that Peace could eat, so she made this:

It had avocados, sweet potatoes, peas, and carrots in it.

2:41 pm

2:44 pm

Let me draw attention to two things in this picture, 1) Ezra's outfit. Good stuff, huh? 2) How Ezra is sticking out his tongue while he concentrates on hitting the ball.

Now, look at what his father is doing with his tongue.

3:42 pm

3:43 pm

3:44 pm

3:45 pm

3:47 pm

3:49 pm

Happy birthday, Peace!

Then, at 4:40 pm, Vern and I went to the movie Inception which was AMAZING and something that everyone in the world should see. I will write about it tomorrow.

We left the kids with my mom and I was telling my mom all sorts of tips about what to do with Peace, how to get her to sleep, etc. And she's smiling at me and says, "You act like I've never taken care of a baby before." And I'm, like, "You've never taken care of this one."

But, apparently, my mom does know what she is doing because all things went swimmingly, and I really shouldn't be so mean to her on this blog anymore. I love you, Mom!

Lent - Day 13

Today is my birthday, and I have so many things to be thankful for.

Let's start with my lunch at Chili's. I love it because they have unlimited chips, soup and salad. It is delicious:

The kids had it too, and it was Peace's first time sitting in a restaurant high chair. Very exciting.

 

I loved it when my family sang happy birthday to me and I blew out the candles on my cake. In the picture, I can't figure out if I'm really THAT excited about blowing out the candles, or if I'm exaggerating my excitement for the kids. I suppose when you become a parent, that line gets kind of intertwined a lot of the time.

I love that Vernon and the kids made me a homemade ice cream cake. It was amazing.

I love the gifts my family gave to me. That is me getting super excited about the gift of a nail clipper (and this I know I was not exaggerating about. I really wanted some new fingernail clippers!), and with the Huggermugger board game (a classic from my childhood).

I love my daughter Ocean and the birthday notes she wrote for me. She is the one of most caring, empathetic people I know.  She has such an amazing heart and I am so happy that she is a part of my life.

As a birthday tradition, in between pregnancies and babies, I like to go roller skating on my birthday. I've been doing this since I was 21. (Yes, that is how I spent my 21st birthday. Shut up.) I am 33 now. I like to go rollerskating because it makes me feel young (not that I needed another reason to feel young, I do a pretty good job of that already). I wasn't even a super good rollerskater as a kid (although I somehow managed to win a lot of the limbo contests because I could squat down on my skates and stick one leg out in front of me so I could get under the pole), but I just like it. I like gliding across the floor. I like the roller rink music. It is fun.

 

Yep, I have a lot to be thankful for this birthday. It was a good one.