And celebrate we did!

We partied.  We got up in the morning and drove North to begin preparations.  Somehow, we all ended up crashing my mother-in-law's hair appointment and getting haircuts (and by we, I mean my mom, mother-in-law, Daniel's grandmother and myself).  The hair stylist she goes to did Daniel's very first haircut and even gave him the haircut he had for our wedding.  It's a tradition and I love it.  When Anni's little mullet get's a little too shaggy, Paula is the one we're visiting :).

 

The rest of the morning was spent baking cute little cakes and cupcakes and getting the decorations ready.  There was no specific theme, just happiness, spring and lots of yellow (did you know that's my favorite color?  It is.)

Oh, and we took plenty of breaks for Miss Anni to chow down on her new favorite foods: kiwi and strawberry.

And then, the rest of the party was food, love, tears and all that good stuff.  

She even had some little buddies who blew bubbles and kept her fascinated (she much prefers watching little people to anyone else). 

And, lest you think we deprived her of sugar, there was plenty.  She went after the cake most definitely in her way.  One finger to test it out.  We helped her a little so she knew it was okay, but in the end she mostly wanted the dots on top (which, a warning, we had to remove because we realized they don't really dissolve in her mouth... not exactly safe, so no more of those).

Sweet Nugget, I'm so proud of you for how much you've grown.  Today at exactly 5:43 pm, we're going to snuggle and talk about a year ago.  I'm probably going to cry, and that's okay.  We made it, my Antonia, and we're so glad you're here.  We love you, Happy Birthday!