Its Been One Year!

Oh where the time has gone!

Stella's birthday fell on a Thursday this year. Work had already given Belinda and I Friday off so we decided we would take off Thursday just to spend time with Stella and prepare for her birthday celebration. On the day Stella was born the doctor made us promise she would always have a party for her as he wanted to make sure she wasn't cheated for being born so close to Christmas.

Doc, we are one for one.

Even though we wanted to have an elaborate party we knew that it would be wasted on Stella as she has no interest in petting zoos, jumpy castles, sky divers, hot air balloons, or margaritas. So we decided to make it a small affair.

Part of the day we went to the store to get the necessary decorations. And by this I mean balloons. Stella is fascinated by balloons. Once she gets one in her hand she will not let go of it. The same was true for this day. We got her the balloons and she was as content as content can be. Even when we got home she would not let them go and insisted on walking around the house with her bouquet all day.

Belinda had ordered Stella her birthday outfit long before the actual day so she was dressed and ready to go before the guests had arrived. I on the other hand was running behind schedule. From day one I said I would be making Stella's first birthday cake and I was not going to go back on my word. Belinda was ok with me making the cake but she made me concede that I could not make the cake and cook the meal at the same time. Um, yeah she was correct. People were already over and I was still trying to decorate the cake. Now, I never claimed to be a professional baker, but I think for a first time job I did pretty good. Their were actually two cakes made for the day which is why it REALLY took so long. One cake was for Stella and only Stella and the other was for everyone else.

Stella had her own cake because we assumed that when given the chance to taste her first cake she would jump right in there and get dirty. We put down floor covering around her chair and had it all planned for the big candle blow. Grandma had been working with Stella for weeks now and she showed every sign of being ready. If you asked Stella to blow out the candles she would take this huge breath of air in and then blow it out in such a way the front of her hair would move. It was great.

So there we go putting the cake in front of her. Everyone is singing happy birthday and the only thing she wants to do is touch the candle. We got to the end of the song and everyone is telling her, "blow out the candle Stella. Blow out the candle."

Didn't happen.

 Belinda blows out the candle for her and then puts the cake right in front of her. She makes this look to Belinda that express a confusion for what has been put in front of her. In an effort to start the destruction of the cake Belinda tries to feed a bit of the frosting to her.

Didn't happen.

In fact, nothing happened. My child does not eat sweets. Can you believe that? I consume a disproportionate amount of sugar and my child refuses to eat anything sweet. Well, I will consider it the blessing it is while she is still young.

Here are some more photos of the day.