Baby your baby

How can someone go from this...

...to this in one short year?

Piper’s first birthday was June 18th and I still can’t believe she is not a baby anymore. Though George Strait was not talking about a tiny, chubby infant-baby … I think he was on to something when he said:

“Better baby your baby

With a love that’s strong

Hold her and tell her

You’ll never do wrong

Better baby your baby

‘Cause if you don’t

One day your baby’ll be all grown up gone”

Thanks George.

Click the collage below to zoom. That’s my baby … growing into the toddler she is today.

This year Piper celebrated her birthday with family at Mimi & Pop Pop’s house. Sadly, Billy had to miss her party. He left the day before for YL camp with 80something kids & leaders. Thankfully, due to all the chaos excitement, Piper didn’t seem to mind too much that dada wasn’t there.

The whole family was there – including Carter in Kim’s tummy! We swam and had burgers just before the cake smashing. It was such a fun night. Billy & I couldn’t be more in love with or proud of our sweet & spunky one year old.

the girl loves her balloons!

This only child used to be overwhelmed by her cousins zeal for life... but now loves them & asks for them by name constantly.

Ahh, the adventures in photographing tiny-humans. All you can do is laugh.

birthday kiss from Abby

birthday "love pat" from katie-bug

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

Cutest rolls on the planet. Hey! I was talking about Piper! And, by the way, when did a giant tummy & rolls stop being precious?

Isn't my parents kitchen stylin'? They were in the midst of a remodel (that my dad is doing completely himself) and still graciously hosted Piper's party. Those are part of the old cabinets that my dad left up until the last minute to leave some storage for my mom.

Speaking of kitchen remodel ... have you ever baked a birthday cake in a toaster oven? It's all the rage! My mom could surely author a cookbook titled: Cooking Under Construction - One thing Martha Stewart can't do.

toaster oven cake = success! (a near disaster)

 

By the time we got around to the cake Piper was pretty pooped. She pretty much sat there with a blank stare on her face and shoved handfuls into her mouth. Insert Nemo: “just keep eating”. It took a good 10 minutes for the sugar to kick in before she realized that mama was letting her eat a cake the size of her head all by herself.

For the first time Piper enjoyed opening presents. Of course, her favorite part was just tossing everything over her shoulder without even looking at it. The one exception, as the video below will show, is the new baby doll she got from Aunt Shue.

Holy moly our girl is growing up so fast.

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