they say it's (almost) your birthday

we held caroline's 1st birthday party today! she had a great time and loved being the center of attention. she doesn't understand present-opening, but she loved seeing what came out of them. she really loves her panda bear from uncle joe.

of course, quentin enjoyed "helping" with presents

and caroline was fascinated by the bows and shiny paper

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it's hard to see, but caroline is modeling the charm necklace jeremy and i got her for her birthday. we got her three charms - her birth stone (pearl), a cross for her christening, and a pig because her 1st party theme was the barnyard. the plan is to buy her charms for major occasions throughout her life so she ends up with a complete necklace full of memories. awww.

seriously. i was told there'd be cake. (we had to move inside mid-presents because a thunder and rain, which didn't really ever get worse than a few droplets. oh well.)

she started eating the cake very delicately

but eventually resorted to grabbing fistfuls.

in chocolate heaven.

and quentin was there. grabbing whatever he could from the food table. the boy chose broccoli and cucumbers over chips. weirdo.