Little Miss turns 1

I am not happy about this post.  Just typing the title makes me upset.  This year has gone way too fast and I don't like how fast my babies become not babies anymore.  I love my little girl.

On a sentimental note: the broach was my Grandma G's.  One string of pearls was given to me by Evus' Grandmother M and one was bought for a couple pesos on my mission in Argentina.

So...I bought Hannah a fancy little mini Tea Set for her birthday.  It was a few months back when we first came to Oregon.  When I found it in a big old box on a shelf at the second had store I began squealing and jumping up and down.  A lady passing by thought there was something alive inside...When I explained that I had finally found the perfect mini tea set, with which I hoped to spend many days playing dress up and chatting with my little girl, she nodded with understanding and we hugged and both got misty eyed.  All in the Goodwill store.  And my hubby was standing right there witnessing the sappy scene and had no choice but to let me buy it.  It may seem impractical but :P  I bought it as an investment.

And just for the record, it was my son who suggested we have a tea party to celebrated Little Miss' first birthday.  Which is no huge surprise, since I have tea parties with my boys all the time (with their very boyish tea party Tupperware set).  Having another female in the house has added a new dimension to our family though.  It has given my boys an excuse to tote purses around and play dolls and they have trained little sister to play with dinosaurs and trucks.  I love it.

So last night we had Hot Cocoa (in a teapot), cucumber sandwiches (which we had never had before and they were yummy), and meatballs.  We had rainbow cupcakes and Hannah had her cake...though mainly she just attacked the whipped cream frosting.