{"id":834,"date":"2006-05-25T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-25T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tessa.datdec.com\/wordpress\/?p=834"},"modified":"2006-05-25T21:03:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-25T21:03:00","slug":"happy-1st-birthday-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"Happy 1st Birthday Baby!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a> We have the world’s greatest
\n baby! We celebrated Lex’s birthday by hanging out, getting his
\n pictures taken, having lunch, going grocery shopping, and
\n eating cake. He was happy as can be all day. It was great
\n fun!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> We were the first appointment
\n at the picture place so what should have been a 15 minute
\n session ended up being 45 minutes and they took 11 poses in
\n several changes of clothes. Then we had lunch at Ruby Tuesdays
\n and we let Lex try all sorts of things (peppers, french fries,
\n etc.) He made a huge mess and had lots of fun (don’t worry, I
\n tipped the waitress well). After lunch we went back to pick up
\n our pictures. They had printed all 1l poses, which was great,
\n but made our job of choosing what to buy much more difficult.
\n I, of course, wanted almost all of them. We ended up getting 2
\n different poses in their “packages” (1 8×10, 2 5×7, and 8
\n wallets), plus a close-up in black and white, and a free 10×13
\n – so 4 poses total. I love them. The people were having trouble
\n with the printer so we ended up waiting about an hour total for
\n them to print the black and white photo, which sounds annoying
\n but ended up being pretty fun. While we waited Lex got to play
\n with 9 month old twins (who were as big as he is!) and a 5 year
\n old who had a great time with Lex. Once the photos were done
\n and our order was complete, we headed home. Lex slept the whole
\n way.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> At home I made him a birthday
\n cake (carrot cake with cream cheese frosting) and he sat in his
\n high-chair eating lunch and watching me. I told him the story
\n of his birth day one year ago today. He actually listened and
\n watched me intently. Maybe I’ll make that a birthday tradition.
\n When the cake came out of the oven I let him look at it. He
\n reached out and I thought he was going to pat it, so I let him,
\n but instead he took a handful right out of the top :) Then he
\n ate it happily. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> After the cake was done and a
\n list was made we headed out for the grocery store and dinner
\n (Panera – my favorite). Lex made 3 more friends (cute little
\n girls) while waiting for our deli order to be completed. He
\n also enjoyed holding and touching all of the fruits and veggies
\n that I bought, although that game ended when he quite swiftly
\n took a bite out of a tomato! Later in the store I let him play
\n with a can of kidney beans and he enjoyed that until he threw
\n it on my foot! Alan rushed to my rescue with bandaids (it was
\n bleeding), ice, and an ace bandage to whole the whole thing
\n together. We finished the shopping with an ace bandage wrapped
\n around my foot and sandle. It was pretty silly looking. My
\n first day this season wearing open-toed shoes and I now have a
\n black & blue toe nail. Bummer. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> We finished most of the
\n shopping, but skipped the last store because it was 7:15 and I
\n still had to ice the cake and give it to Lex – all before a
\n 7:30 bedtime :) We hurried home and I though I was afraid Lex
\n would be too tired for cake, I was wrong. He walked in circles
\n around the kitchen while I finished the cake and Alan put away
\n groceries. Then we put him in his chair, sang happy birthday,
\n and gave him his cake. And he did exactly what I thought he
\n would – poked at it and made little weird faces. So I cut three
\n pieces (two regular, one tiny) and we all ate cake. It was
\n great cake – if I do say so myself. Lex ate his whole piece
\n happily. The sugar made him all silly and goofy so we sat
\n around eating cake and acting goofy for awhile. It was a
\n perfect way to end the day. <\/p>\n

Happy
\n birthday baby! You are perfect and so very loved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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