Lydia's First Birthday

On Lydia's birthday we had a little birthday celebration at home.  Lydia opened her gifts (or more like sat and watched Rich open them for her!)

Alex made her a sweet note.

Our wonderful neighbor, Joy, has been telling us for months that she wanted to make Lydia's first birthday cake.  I didn't have anything specific in mind but what she came up with was beautiful!

Lydia couldn't wait to get her hands on her cupcake and Rich was teasing her by moving it around while we sang "Happy birthday".  Once she got her hands on it she liked the taste but wasn't so fond of the frosting stuck to her hands.

She didn't last long with the cake... and she really enjoyed her bath when it was all over.

We love this sweet, pretty, gentle girl!