My very first birthday! (a post by Sophie)

Today was my very first birthday! I was so excited for it I could hardly contain myself. The partying started yesterday when we had a nice lunch with Mommy's cousin, C and her family. Then, Mommy made me this panda birthday cake:


I clapped when she showed it to me!

To my delight, I discovered that I got to EAT some of the cake. Mommy cut a little piece and placed it in front of me. I thought I would start by licking the icing...

...but quickly learned that it was far more fun to squish my fingers in it!

And then, what the heck - I decided to pick up the entire piece and try to shove it in my mouth!

I made sure that I didn't miss a single crumb.

Oh man, that was good cake! Mommy said it's a secret family recipe called a screwball cake.

Next, it was time to open some presents! Hmmm....wonder what's in here?

I got a really neat shape sorter...

and this cool telephone:

And finally, my sister EJ got me this really cool xylophone! I love it! My eyes get all big when EJ plays me a song. All in all, a great first birthday. How many more days till I can eat cake again?