First Birthday
Saturday, April 1, 2006, was Sydney's First Birthday party. (No foolin'.) Fun was had by all.
Both Murvosh Aunts came for the party. Grandma and Grandpa M had arrived a few days prior with a moving van full of stuff for their house. (They're moving in next door, remember?) They're not even close to completing the move yet.
Our good friends Mark and Jackie were here (honorary Uncle and Aunt of Sydney) with their boys Caden and Rylen. Kathy was here with her boys Evan and William, along with her boyfriend John and his daughter Riley. Jackie's mom and stepfather were there, Diana and Ruffy.
All in all we had a full house of people who love Sydney and wanted to celebrate her birthday.
Everyone (except Sydney) bellied up to the taco bar and had dinner. Sydney woke up from her afternoon nap and had dinner. Then we waited a little while before having cake. (The first game of the Final Four was on. As important as cake is, the NCAA tournament will always be an important part of Sydney's birthday. Anne was in labor during the 2005 National Championship game.) We did cake and then presents between games.
Sydney's birthday cake had Tweety Bird on it. Mommy saw it in the book at the store and knew immediately that was the cake she wanted.
And since it was her first birthday, Sydney of course got her own personal cake to destro...er, eat.
At first, Sydney wasn't sure if she really could have her cake and eat it, too. She lightly touched the frosting.
After a few minutes of playing with the frosting Sydney really hadn't tasted the cake yet. Mommy decided to help her out a little bit. It looks like Sydney wanted to tell Mommy that she knew perfectly well what to do and she was just having some fun first.
Sydney really did know how to eat cake.
In fairly short order Sydney had about half of her cake pretty well demolished.
About this time Sydney decided that she was done with the cake. She didn't really eat anymore. And, as she does when she doesn't want to eat, she started flapping her arms and hands. Cake and frosting went flying. (Look above her right hand in this picture and you can see the frosting flying off.)
Her expression in that picture is priceless. There are so many things I can see her trying to say. Top of my list is, "What else do you want me to do?"
Then it was time for the cleanup and aftermath. Frosting was all over. It was on Sydney, of course, but also on the walls, the side of the bookcase, the carpet and I think there was some on the sofa and end table, too. If you look closely in this picture you can see a glob of frosting in the center-bottom of it (about a third of the way up). It's about even with the piano bench leg. It shows how far frosting went flying. Aunt Jackie is helping clean up. (She said the tarp under the chair should be fine and talked us out of doing it in the kitchen.)
Sydney got lots of presents for her birthday (though nowhere near as many as she had for Christmas).
Quite possibly her favorite present was the Radio Flyer wagon she got from Grandma B. (Except maybe for the two cards she held and held and wouldn't let go of.) Sydney bounced with excitement when we set her in it. She laughed and smiled and just had a great time. I tried to capture it in the pictures, but they really couldn't do justice to her level of excitement.
The party was a lot of fun. Sydney had a great time and got some really cute clothes (big enough for her to grow into) and some fun toys. Everyone had a good time wishing Sydney a Happy Birthday. (She looked a little perplexed at the singing when the cake was brought out.)
Before the Aunts left the next day we snapped a picture of Sydney with the Murvosh Clan. Now, if you're the center of attention and you know it, raise your hand.
There are plenty more pictures of the birthday (cake and presents) as well as Sydney with various Murvosh relatives over at Picturetrail. Make sure you check them out. Only a few of them made it into the blog this time.
Both Murvosh Aunts came for the party. Grandma and Grandpa M had arrived a few days prior with a moving van full of stuff for their house. (They're moving in next door, remember?) They're not even close to completing the move yet.
Our good friends Mark and Jackie were here (honorary Uncle and Aunt of Sydney) with their boys Caden and Rylen. Kathy was here with her boys Evan and William, along with her boyfriend John and his daughter Riley. Jackie's mom and stepfather were there, Diana and Ruffy.
All in all we had a full house of people who love Sydney and wanted to celebrate her birthday.
Everyone (except Sydney) bellied up to the taco bar and had dinner. Sydney woke up from her afternoon nap and had dinner. Then we waited a little while before having cake. (The first game of the Final Four was on. As important as cake is, the NCAA tournament will always be an important part of Sydney's birthday. Anne was in labor during the 2005 National Championship game.) We did cake and then presents between games.
Sydney's birthday cake had Tweety Bird on it. Mommy saw it in the book at the store and knew immediately that was the cake she wanted.
And since it was her first birthday, Sydney of course got her own personal cake to destro...er, eat.
At first, Sydney wasn't sure if she really could have her cake and eat it, too. She lightly touched the frosting.
After a few minutes of playing with the frosting Sydney really hadn't tasted the cake yet. Mommy decided to help her out a little bit. It looks like Sydney wanted to tell Mommy that she knew perfectly well what to do and she was just having some fun first.
Sydney really did know how to eat cake.
In fairly short order Sydney had about half of her cake pretty well demolished.
About this time Sydney decided that she was done with the cake. She didn't really eat anymore. And, as she does when she doesn't want to eat, she started flapping her arms and hands. Cake and frosting went flying. (Look above her right hand in this picture and you can see the frosting flying off.)
Her expression in that picture is priceless. There are so many things I can see her trying to say. Top of my list is, "What else do you want me to do?"
Then it was time for the cleanup and aftermath. Frosting was all over. It was on Sydney, of course, but also on the walls, the side of the bookcase, the carpet and I think there was some on the sofa and end table, too. If you look closely in this picture you can see a glob of frosting in the center-bottom of it (about a third of the way up). It's about even with the piano bench leg. It shows how far frosting went flying. Aunt Jackie is helping clean up. (She said the tarp under the chair should be fine and talked us out of doing it in the kitchen.)
Sydney got lots of presents for her birthday (though nowhere near as many as she had for Christmas).
Quite possibly her favorite present was the Radio Flyer wagon she got from Grandma B. (Except maybe for the two cards she held and held and wouldn't let go of.) Sydney bounced with excitement when we set her in it. She laughed and smiled and just had a great time. I tried to capture it in the pictures, but they really couldn't do justice to her level of excitement.
The party was a lot of fun. Sydney had a great time and got some really cute clothes (big enough for her to grow into) and some fun toys. Everyone had a good time wishing Sydney a Happy Birthday. (She looked a little perplexed at the singing when the cake was brought out.)
Before the Aunts left the next day we snapped a picture of Sydney with the Murvosh Clan. Now, if you're the center of attention and you know it, raise your hand.
There are plenty more pictures of the birthday (cake and presents) as well as Sydney with various Murvosh relatives over at Picturetrail. Make sure you check them out. Only a few of them made it into the blog this time.
posted by Tah at 3:36 PM
2 Comments:
Happy Birthday Miss Sydney, you look beautiful and it looked like an amazing party. Great job parents, she is such a great girl.
I saw your pictures yesterday and have been waiting for an update. Sydney looks like so much fun, I wish our girls could meet. Emme really digs her cards too, we let her look at them during her diaper changes. I love the pic of her raising her hand, that is priceless! beth
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