Tanner and Natalie have made it through their first year of life! We had quite the celebration for their birthday yesterday. We had all the family over for pizza party and cake and ice cream. The highlight was by far watching them eat their cake. Natalie was so dainty and careful with hers, pinching off small pieces one at a time and putting them in her mouth. She has always been this way with her food. Her daddy actually helped her get a little frosting on her face to start and she did end up a bit of a mess in the end. But it was nothing compared to Tanner who is all boy and tried to shove the whole cupcake in his mouth at once. It was hilarious. They were both very tired by the end of the party and we thought they might fall asleep while eating their cake. You can tell in these pictures that they are quite somber.
We decided to get a swing set for their birthday and a couple of small gifts because I couldn't handle the idea of getting them one thing that they can't unwrap or really even play with much yet. Sydney is pretty excited about having our own swing set. She and the cousins had a lot of fun playing on it.
Tanner and Natalie made out like bandits as far as presents went at their party. They seemed extra excited to get their name puzzles from Aunt Jenny which we were so glad she still does. They love playing with Sydney's name puzzle but Sydney rarely lets them.
They also really loved the little maracas Eric and Andrea brought back from mexico. As usually they can be completely surrounded by toys but decide they both want to play with the same one.
My mom got a really cute picture of Rachel and Tanner. I think he must be very excited for his cousin to get her because as soon as I handed him to her he molded himself right over her tummy and just snuggled. We are so looking forward to having a cousin on the Ruben side!
4 comments:
such great photos! i'm sorry that we are lame losers and totally spaced the party! sheesh! i had a wedding reception to shoot that afternoon/evening and when i got home i crashed on the couch. later when i realized we'd missed out i felt so bad! i'm so glad they had such a fun first birthday. watching them eat their cake is always so fun!
Happy Birthday to two cuties! I love letting the babies dig into a cake. This year Ethan was totally not into it. I love the messes yours made. That is so fun you got a swing set! We want one to, but I don't know that we'll get one.
I did take some pretty good pictures! Can't believe a year has already gone by. Watch out - they'll be all grown up before you know it!
Your kids are so cute! We're finally back in Utah, we are moving to Herriman in a couple of weeks (after our trip to Bermuda, wahoo) but after then we'll have to get Sydney and Jackson together to play! Your picture of your family in the grass is really cute too!!
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