So, we did it! We kept a baby alive for a whole year! I was pretty excited about that. Harp was excited by all the cake. We ended up having two mini-parties for the birthday girl. The first one was the day before her birthday, with just a few close friends, at Liberty Park (our favorite place). Harp was a bit grumpy, but watching her eat the cake was amazing. She wasn't sure just how to dig in at first, but boy did she find her groove. Witness, below:
And video footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfWn_Nb2fj4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgYYJ6XFweY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ4N0yo4PXQ&feature=youtu.be
She got some pretty awesome gifts from her friends and admirers, including one of these,
a gift card for a yummy local ice cream place, called Maggie Moos (Harp LOVES ice cream), a pretty necklace, a really cute book, a pez dispenser and some pez. Guess what she liked the best?
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The PEZ!!
She carried that pez around with her nonstop, for weeks, until it literally all fell apart or got lost. She didn't eat a single piece. She's so weird.
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| I feel like I never put crying pictures on here and I actually don't want to forget her cute, tragic crying face. |
Her second party was a on her birthday. It was a family party at Tom's parents' house.
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| She's making this face because she want the cake. |
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| Then we started singing, so... |
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| She got happy. |
Destroyed it again.
And video footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzmnEPplPQ&feature=youtu.be
(she was getting upset because she was having trouble reaching it with her mouth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWvE6gGExS4&list=UU8AOfQJanIyQHU9OsdpOsHw
Let's see if I can remember all the toys she got this time. She got a cute little doll that giggles when squeezed, Dr. Seuss books, a graduated ring stacker, an awesome musical instrument set (from us), a doctor doll that surprised us by singing songs (we had no idea it did that when we bought it), a puzzle (us). She's spoiled.
Last, but not least, I made a video compilation of her entire first year. What I did is, I took all the videos I took of her in her first year, sped them up 8x faster, then edited out parts like crazy to get it down to 10 min. I took so many videos that even after speeding it up, all the videos together were something crazy like 1.5 hrs. Anyway, then I set it to music and voila! Watching it brings back SO many memories for me. Enjoy!
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