It is amazing what happens in 12 months:
We celebrated Eva’s first birthday a little over a week ago. It was an event – family flew in from the West Coast and we threw a party. You should know that the last time Matt and I threw a party, we were getting married. It took a week to recover from it all – normally I have a 24 hour turnaround for getting pictures up and this batch took… a week and a half.
The picture above right is from our little family celebration on Eva’s actual birthday. We had breakfast for dinner, because one of Eva’s favorite foods is pancakes – the carbohydrates instantly convert into baby energy.
Two days later we had the official party at a picnic shelter at local park. The park was gorgeous, we couldn’t have asked for better spring weather, and everything went smoothly. The picture below captures the spirit of the party – Eva has not left my arms, and is wondering how everyone she knows ended up in the same place and why they are all singing.
She finally decided she could leave my side when she saw Matt pick up another baby.
Eva got into the spirit of things after guests left. She is missing a shoe, but enjoying the flying paper.
All the pictures are up the photo gallery. We’d better get good at party planning – only 51 weeks until the next one.
Happy Birthday, Eva! She’s a cutie pie.
Sure was fun . . . lots of wonderful memories.
Happy birthday, Eva! She sure has gotten big. How wonderful that so much of your family could be there!
Hey Allegra,
I’m in Arlington right now, spending the coming week at the Greater Washington Suzuki Institute. I don’t have your email address with me (and this whole trip was a little last-minute!) but if you’re a) anywhere near Falls Church/Arlington and somewhat accessible by metro (I don’t know exactly where you guys live) and b) have a free afternoon or something sometime, I’d love to see you guys and meet Eva! You can send me an email and let me know if meeting up might be possible!