It finally happened....his birthday arrived and it has been one year since I gave birth to him. It never seems to take an actual year for the birthday to arrive.
We had a very quiet day; the boys and I went to church and had a very nice time there. Upon arriving at home, I put Baby Nick down for a nap; and he slept for the next two hours. Bubba also took a fairly long nap after eating lunch, giving me an opportunity to put together one of Baby Nick's presents and baking the cake. I didn't know what kind of canned frosting I wanted (since none of them are really all that great) but I decided on a Whipped Cream flavored frosting, thinking that it would be lighter than some of the others. I knew that it couldn't be real whipped cream, but I thought it would at least resemble whipped cream. Instead, it was more like marshmallow cream! Not the great success I was hoping for. However, that did not stop Baby Nick from devouring it.
I could not stop laughing while watching Baby Nick eat his cake. I could hardly hold the camera still enough to take a picture! I have never seen a kid eat his cake like Nick did. Usually, a child might poke at the cake before deciding that it was okay to pat at it until it was a pile of crumbs, and then spend the remainder of the time trying to pick up the crumbs or just liking them off his hands. Not Nick, however. Nick goes straight for it, picking it up with both hands....whole! Of course, he wasn't anticipating the texture of the frosting, so he withdrew his hands quickly until he had sucked all the frosting off his hands. I wish you could have heard the slurping noises coming from this kid! As soon as his hands were sufficiently cleaned, he went back for the cake with both hands, shoving as much of the whole piece in his mouth as possible, then proceeded to suck it in as you would an unending spaghetti noodle, until the whole piece was finished! He was done in under five minutes! Then he spent the rest of the time licking the leftover crumbs and frosting off his hands and arms.
As for the unwrapping the presents, he actually did really well for his age and kept his attention better than I anticipated. We want to send out thank-yous to Nanny and Papa Buddy for the Pooh Airplane Ride-On, to Uncle Josh and Aunt Stacei for the very nice warm outfit (he will look so cute in it) and to Grandma Mary for the book and the shirts and pajamas.
I will spend the next bit of time posting pictures...but I won't spend as much time writing much as I have written just about everything here.
Love and miss every single one of you.
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