Happy First Birthday Little Harmonie!

I can't believe it has been a year already! Wow! She grew up so fast! That means we have all made it another year. She is feeling much better, after having caught another bug last week, so we are all happy that she was better able to enjoy her birthday. We started off with pancakes and ice cream, of course. Marissa was helping to feed Harmonie and she really enjoyed it!

 

Her card from my parents was here so she opened that, with a little help, and we enjoyed reading it to her... and she enjoyed trying to eat it.

For the most part the day was pretty normal... school for the other kids, naps for her. We tried to sing to her throughout the day and so I'm sure she is totally aware of what's going on and that we are celebrating her!

Grandma and Grandpa Nichols brought the cupcakes and they were so cute!

We sang as Kevin brought out the cupcake. She watched but wasn't sure what to do about the fire on the candle. Domonique had said earlier that she was going to help Harmonie blow out the candle, but she couldn't reach it.

We enjoyed watching her open presents and she enjoyed all the attention. I have gotten into a rut with these gifts because I don't feel like buying her anything because we have so many toys for little ones, so we just picked out a few that we thought she would enjoy and gave them to her. She enjoyed pulling the stuff out of the bags so it was fun to watch her. Good thing Grandpa and Grandma Nichols are nice to our kids so they can have one new toy on their first birthday. She only used one hand for a really long time. It was funny, but eventually she started to use both hands.

 

Her favorite part was eating the cupcake. She was nervous at first, because she wasn't sure about touching her food. Once she knew she wasn't going to get into trouble she went for it and really did a great job!

 

I gave her a bath after the cupcake because it was a little messy. She really likes the bath so she didn't mind at all. It's so fun to watch this little one, especially now that she's feeling better and back to her happy self.

It was a nice day and we truly enjoy Harmonie so much. All the kids love her and she loves most everyone.