100410-K1stBday My poor kids. Apparently they all get suckered out of their first birthdays. The same weekend as E’s first birthday, I was hosting a wedding shower. This time around? We have had to put on a new roof. Steve had already been working on it for days and on K’s birthday (Saturday) my dad came down to help him. Some of my in-laws were also by and we did have a little mini-party for K. However, one must also remember that she’s not really like a one year old, she’s more like 9 and a half months and is only just now getting a tooth popping through, so she can’t do a lot of the stuff other kids can on their first birthdays. I’m thinking that come her adjusted birthday (first anniversary of her due date), we could maybe do something a little more, then.

However, we had a good day. My father-in-law and I made hamburgers and he grilled them up, they were yummy. When my mother-in-law ran out to the store, I had her grab a red velvet cake from the grocery store. I got some raised eyebrows at that one but, really, it was too hot to run the oven, I was too busy to make a cake from scratch, and really, it was pretty darn good, who cares if a bakery made it? So K had her little “1″ candle in the little red velvet cake and we carted it all outside since it was cooler out there and the lighting better. I gave her a little taste of icing, she shuddered and spit it out. That was the end of that.

So, welcome to one year, K. I can hardly believe it’s been that long. (And hopefully Daddy will be finished with the roof SOON.)