I have always LOVED birthdays! You can imagine how excited I have been to celebrate Silas & Zoe's 1st birthday!! What a milestone for all of us!!!
The day started with a gift for all 3 of us (Derek was at work) - Silas & Zoe slept in until 6:50am! I sang happy birthday first thing upon entering their room - I actually shot a video but I won't submit you all to the pain of hearing me sing when I'm half awake (or fully awake, for that matter)! Silas decided to show off his new solo standing skills by promptly pulling himself up in his crib.
We had a great breakfast as usual,
And we did the the birthday photo shoot when they got up from their morning nap,
We had some great family time once Derek got home from work.
Since our last lunch outing a few weeks ago was such a success, we decided to take them out for birthday lunch! We went to Dogwood Cafe in JP, and they did so great! I finally caught a video of Zoe jamming out, as I've alluded to in recent posts.
They had a special birthday feast, which included steamed broccoli, a few bites of potato skins, sweet potato fries, and some of my portabello-eggplant-roasted red pepper sandwich.
Boy can they make a mess (note the adorable shoes, their birthday present from us a few weeks ago! Blog post about shoe shopping at Stride Rite coming soon).
We opened a birthday gift from Auntie Eliza when we got home.
They were exhausted and ready for a nap and meltdowns ensued...
Thankfully everything was back to normal following a good afternoon nap! We skyped with my parents after dinner so that S&Z could open their birthday present. They got their very own Melissa & Doug piano that we wrote about playing with before!
Zoe checked it out first, while Silas played with the box.
And then they both played while I continued to skype with my parents.
It was a wonderful day celebrating as a family, with so many facebook messages, e-mails, text messages and phone calls from friends & family from afar wanting to send Silas & Zoe their love. The birthday fun will continue all month with birthday parties in a few weeks!!! As always, more to come...
The day started with a gift for all 3 of us (Derek was at work) - Silas & Zoe slept in until 6:50am! I sang happy birthday first thing upon entering their room - I actually shot a video but I won't submit you all to the pain of hearing me sing when I'm half awake (or fully awake, for that matter)! Silas decided to show off his new solo standing skills by promptly pulling himself up in his crib.
We had a great breakfast as usual,
And we did the the birthday photo shoot when they got up from their morning nap,
We had some great family time once Derek got home from work.
Since our last lunch outing a few weeks ago was such a success, we decided to take them out for birthday lunch! We went to Dogwood Cafe in JP, and they did so great! I finally caught a video of Zoe jamming out, as I've alluded to in recent posts.
They had a special birthday feast, which included steamed broccoli, a few bites of potato skins, sweet potato fries, and some of my portabello-eggplant-roasted red pepper sandwich.
Boy can they make a mess (note the adorable shoes, their birthday present from us a few weeks ago! Blog post about shoe shopping at Stride Rite coming soon).
We opened a birthday gift from Auntie Eliza when we got home.
They were exhausted and ready for a nap and meltdowns ensued...
Thankfully everything was back to normal following a good afternoon nap! We skyped with my parents after dinner so that S&Z could open their birthday present. They got their very own Melissa & Doug piano that we wrote about playing with before!
Zoe checked it out first, while Silas played with the box.
And then they both played while I continued to skype with my parents.
It was a wonderful day celebrating as a family, with so many facebook messages, e-mails, text messages and phone calls from friends & family from afar wanting to send Silas & Zoe their love. The birthday fun will continue all month with birthday parties in a few weeks!!! As always, more to come...
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