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Happy Birthday!

Can you believe it has already been a year? It has just flown by for us! We are so excited to celebrate our little girl's first birthday! We feel so grateful to have her in our lives and just love watching her grow and develop.

Since we live so far away from family, we decided to have a small party with just the three of us.


Thank you for the gifts Grandma Little and Papi, Grandma and Grandpa Hill and Tanya.
I love them!


Auburn's first word after Dad and Mom was duck. She loves ducks. I attempted to make a cake that looked like a duck. I realized that I am not a cake decorator, but at least Auburn recognized what it was without promting.

You mean I can really make a mess?


This is kind of fun!


The final mess.
She didn't really like the cake. She has never had sugar before and so it was a little much for her. At least she had fun!


Happy Birthday Auby!

Comments

faith said…
good work on the cake. i think it looks great!
September 29, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Bradley L. Hill said…
Thank you SO much for posting these! We really like the cake!
September 29, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Ashley Hall said…
How cute! I'm so impressed with the cake. You did a great job. I'm also so impressed that she's never had sugar before. I try to feed Kayley really healthily, but she's definitely had some tastes of sugar before. Can you believe our baby girls are 1?? :)
September 30, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Peggy said…
Happiest Birthday Auby!!!! She is adorable and obviously well loved!!!
I LOVE the duck cake!!!
September 30, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Nikki (and Crew!) said…
Oh my goodness! Somehow I missed this when it was new-time is flying! (I can't believe your little girl has never had sugar!) Miss you!
October 6, 2009 at 9:01 PM
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