One Year Old

It is beyond weird to write that title. Even though I've been looking forward to Sydney's 1st birthday, it still somehow snuck up on me. It was a busy day for me; I had progress reports to write for my students, Stake YW stuff to attend to in preparation for Laurel Academy this weekend, and a cake to bake and decorate.

I had big plans for the cake, but I didn't have time to decorate it during the day, and Spencer didn't get home until almost 6pm. We invited friends to come over at 6:45pm, so I had about 15 minutes after dinner to throw something quick together.

My big girl. Such a sweet little face.

She was a little confused by our singing to her, but she gave us a few smiles :) Spencer tried like 4 times to blow out her 1 candle, and he couldn't ever do it. Geoff had to step up to take care of it.

This video of Sydney destroying her cake is pretty awesome. As you can tell, Spencer was the cameraman, hence the jiggling of the camera while he laughed at Sydney.

Digging in with two hands. After inspecting that gigantic piece of cake for like 20 seconds, she just picked it up and took a bite.

And she just kept eating...

and eating...

and eating.

Although she ate almost the entire piece of cake, she stayed pretty clean. Most of it was on her hands and face, and then a little bit on her bib, but her clothes and hair were cake-free!

We waited until after the Barnum's left to open presents (so they didn't have to watch us open her presents for her).

Again, I didn't have time to wrap her bigger presents, so I just threw blankets over them. Am I the laziest Mom ever?

Sydney liked pulling the tissue paper out of the bag,

and pulling out the presents inside.

New toys!! Thanks to Grandmas and Grandpas for the gifts!

Spencer brushed Sydney's teeth before she went to bed since she ate all of that cake. She actually let him do it- she usually insists on holding her toothbrush herself whenever I try, then screams like a maniac when I take it away.

Happy happy birthday to our sweet little girl!! You brought so much excitement and fun to our family during your first year of life, and we look forward to more adventures with you!