The first pictures are at home, when we got speghetti & lasagna from Andrea's favorite restaurant.
Tuesday the 21st was our darling girl's first Birthday. As Andrea said, “Somebody, on some plane of existence, thought it would be a good idea for us to have a child.”
She's started walking, though crawling's faster, so, in the spirit of efficiency, I'm sure, she still crawls when there's somewhere she really wants to be. She's also started imitating speech. Her current favorites are “Ha ha ha” from a story we read her, and “Oh Yeah.” Awesome. Occasionally, we'll get “Poopy,” “Allah” and “Buday” (Spell Check isn't helpful on that one. It's that toilet-fountain meant to replace shit-tickets.) We've decided that it's time to retire the “F-Bomb,” and other offensive words, 'cause you just know she won't repeat them until she's in the situation that would most embarrass us. Like meeting one of my super-sensitive bosses and saying “Fucktard” or “Oyster Rose.” Oh yeah, I went there.
On Sunday, we had her first Birthday Party (Thanks again mom-in-law for hosting), and she got her own cake. We were sure she would make a mess of it, and she did, but not half as bad as we would have expected. Still, it was easier to just strip her down and take her to the tub. And Calli learned that she loves cake & icing. A lot. When I tried to dress her after her bath, she was literally bouncing. I'm sure every parent before me has already learned this, but cake is like speed for babies. The cats are concerned; after a year of successfully staying out of reach, they suddenly don't have a chance.
It turned out to be a lovely time and more of an adult social & photo op. As Andrea said, it takes a village, and we were glad to have so many family & friends in attendance. There were two conspicuous absences though. Can you guess who? It was the two ladies who said “Oh, you just HAVE to have a chocolate cake. Don't worry, I'll bath her and help clean up.”
What fun; Happy Birthday Calli! My Mom's birthday is that day, too~
ReplyDeleteI love the photo, she is having a fabulous time~
Cake rules! You remind me of my daughter and
the F word. WE lived in base housing and she couldn't say, truck. It was fruck, thank God for the r! She hated that damn truck, loud and noisy.
She would try to climb me like a baby koala. Ahe wasn't a year old, probably 6-8 months then she out grew her fear. She was walking at 7months and she would come up to me and kept saying,"Fruck, fruck, fruck... You just wait, more magic to come~
Happy birthday to Calli!
ReplyDeleteHowever, that one photo brings back nightmares of my nephew all covered in spaghetti and sauce - as if he'd walked off the set of a horror film!
Now I need spaghetti. And cake. And a bath would be nice, too. Happy Birthday, Calli!
ReplyDeletewow its been a year already? Happy Birthday Calli, haha yeah I wasn't at my newphews first birthday, unfortunatly I had to work.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the pictures..she is soooo cute and happy birthday Calli..walking..let the "fun" begin. :)
ReplyDeleteAdam twittered a picture of Addi eating spaghetti and it was the same. "naked" and a mess.
Seriously? a year? Damn. I remember it like yesterday when you took time off when she was born. Woooooooow. Well, here's to many more!
ReplyDeleteHi Will .. congratulations to you both & to Calli - she'll love these photos in 20 years! Enjoy this week .. happy days & choccy cake and mess .. then suddenly she's clean and sparkly again .. lovely to see the photos .. Hilary
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday to Calli, I think all children are born with a purpose in life though at times I did wonder what my children could possibly contribute to the world as they grew up. But though they are not famous to the rest of the world they are a bright light to me I have four wonderful grandchildren, my youngest son for a while was a pro soccer player and now lives in Spain where I visit from time to time.
ReplyDeleteWhatever Calli's life has instore for her she is luck to have wonderful and loving parents.
Yvonne.
Congratulations proud papa! The next seventeen years will fly by.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on her birthday. And she looks absolutely adorable. Incidentally, if you call that a mess, you should see what my kids are capable of.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Calli! Congrats to you, Will. This is a milestone you'll never forget--and thes best parts will always be these messy pictures!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Miss Callie!! She's a doll!! Sometimes, when no one is home, I eat cake just like her ;0).
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm so late to the party--Happy birthday Calli! I love those food all over pics! And yes... than language thing... I was so good when my daughter was a baby--I never yelled, never used bad words... so when she was about 2 and very upset with me about going to bed she said 'you're a dumb dog'--the dog (a puppy then) had a habit of spreading garbage across the kitchen... the only angry words my daughter heard were 'you dumb dog!' so that's what she said.
ReplyDeleteI remember those day. Is like why put clothes on them when the eat. Let them make a mess, then its straight to the tub. A big Happy Birthday to Calli!
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Happy birthday to Calli! What a gorgeous little thing she is. The pictures of her covered in cake made me laugh... she'll love them when she gets older and you are showing them to her boyfriends!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, I'm looking to my grandchild's first. I know it's exciting, she's a beauty.
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