Happy First Birthday, Sophia!

We were so excited about Sophie's 1st birthday. As most of you know, Sophie loves Winnie the Pooh. Inexplicable how babies are handed so many options and gravitate to one thing. Sophie's one thing is Winnie the Pooh. They are best friends. So, her party has all her favorite things...Winnie the Pooh decorations, strawberries, milk, and funfetti cupcakes! Now that's a party!



We got our first taste of Christmases and birthdays to come as we put together toys and set up decorations into the wee hours.
Eric's parents flew out for Soph's birthday, to see Kyle (Eric's brother) and to see the show one last time. They arrived the night before and it was so great to have them. Soph was excited to see them too!
Sophie had a ball. She loved having everyone around. We had read a lot about being careful not to overload your child's party with too many guest, but our social butterfly wouldn't have it any different. She thrives around people. The more, the merrier! We put her in the highchair to open presents and she had a ball.



Once she started getting the hang of it, she would open one present, throw it over her shoulder, and reach out the next. Everyone laughed uncomfortably as she chucked their carefully chosen gift over her shoulder. We paused for a minute to try to get her to play with each gift for a moment before moving on to the next, but...alas, she is 1, so.... Soph wasn't into eating the cake really, but enjoyed playing with it and squishing it around in her hands. It almost looked like she was washing hands with it.
A big group of the cast had come for the party, but everyone had a huge press event at The Grove (A huge outdoor shopping/nainsook street USA/ LA's answer to Time Square) in LA. If you know anything about these actors schedule, its backwards from most people, with late nights and late mornings, so we were so happy that so many of them showed up for Sophie's party. Eric had to be there at 11, so we wrapped up the party in the morning and headed over to support the cast and crew. Soph loved seeing them perform and loved seeing Daddy Shrek.



Most people are still amazed that seeing Daddy as Shrek and going to him lights her up. It's leaving him that sends her into a frenzy. That was the only birthday meltdown she had though, so I feel it was an overall success.
We went to the theatre to see Eric before the show and so his visiting family could get some time with him.



Finally, we were headed home, after a long day out, and Soph was able to play with her new toys. We had turned our living room into a children's museum and she couldn't ave been happier.


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